Doctors Fight Coal Like It’s Tobacco to Fuel Climate Debate
©2015 Bloomberg News NQ75ILSYF01T (Bloomberg) — Doctors are joining the fight against pollution from coal power, adding a significant new dimension to the effort to rein in global warming. Calling for “a rapid phaseout of coal from the global energy mix,” a panel of 46 health professionals and climate scientists
U.S. Stocks Rise, Treasuries Slip on Greece Talks; Dollar Climbs
©2015 Bloomberg News NQD8KM6TTDS3 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks climbed with global equities, and bonds from Spain to Italy surged amid optimism a deal between Greece and its creditors will soon be reached. Treasuries slid, while the dollar strengthened. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 0.6 percent by 4 p.m.
Climate Catastrophe Predicted by U.S. as Obama Urges UN Action
©2015 Bloomberg News NQD85Z6K50YG (Bloomberg) — Labor productivity would dwindle as workers wilt in the heat. Summers in Illinois would feel like a Louisiana swamp. Epic downpours and surging seas of the future would leave $5 trillion in losses. And worsening air quality would result in 57,000 premature deaths in
Euro Rises Before Greece Summit as JPMorgan Calls Drama Sideshow
©2015 Bloomberg News NQBR4X6K50XS (Bloomberg) — The euro rose versus the dollar, extending last week’s gains, before an emergency summit in Brussels that may decide Greece’s future in the currency bloc as JPMorgan Chase & Co. said global markets have little cause for panic. The single currency advanced against all
Activists to File Lawsuit to Force Changes to Presidential Debates
©2015 Bloomberg News NQBPK26JTSE8 (Bloomberg Politics) — A consortium seeking to expand the 2016 general-election presidential debates to independent and third-party candidates is suing the Federal Election Commission to try to force changes to a system they say is designed to keep power in the hands of Democrats and Republicans.
Sex-Slave Statue Sits Between Thaw in South Korea-Japan Ties
©2015 Bloomberg News NQBS0J6JIJUU (Bloomberg) — Outside Japan’s embassy in Seoul sits a statue of a diminutive Korean girl — a symbol of the animosity that divides the U.S.’s Asian allies decades after World War II. The monument commemorates thousands of women forced by the Imperial Army into sexual servitude
FCC Takes Step to Provide Internet Subsidy for Poor
©2015 Bloomberg News NQ5V7L6JIJUW (Bloomberg) — Federal regulators took a step Thursday toward making Internet connections eligible for a $1.6 billion government subsidy that helps poor Americans afford telephones. The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 along party lines to consider changes proposed by Chairman Tom Wheeler, a Democrat, to the
One Sick Lawmaker Makes Vote on Hong Kong Democracy a Landslide
©2015 Bloomberg News NQ5ZV96JIJUY (Bloomberg) — After nine months of division in Hong Kong that saw protesters clash with police, the city’s decision on whether to accept a China-backed plan for picking its chief executive ended with 28 lawmakers voting against and 8 for. A widely expected narrow defeat of
Cameron Criticizes U.K. Muslims Who ‘Quietly Condone’ Extremism
©2015 Bloomberg News NQ5GUS6JIJUO (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister David Cameron will say British Muslims should stop extremist ideologies taking root in their communities if they want to stem the flow of radicalized Islamists traveling to fight in Syria and Iraq. Muslims who “quietly condone” prejudices either online or in their
Wall Street Research, Wrong but Honest: Barry Ritholtz
©2015 Bloomberg View NQ49DH6KLVR5 (Bloomberg View) — Sometimes the gains from a new regulatory regime are obvious. The creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is a perfect example. Your bank deposits are guaranteed by the government up to some stated amount, no matter the recklessness or irresponsibility of the