published Dec 16, 2018 7:00:00 PM, by Fabiana Batista (Bloomberg) — Sugar is ending 2018 on a bitter note on signs that a price collapse could get even worse next year. Futures have slumped 17 percent this year, a second straight annual loss, as booming global production sparked a supply

published Dec 13, 2018, 1:04:48 PM, by Alyza Sebenius and Justin Sink(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump reaffirmed his promise to punish General Motors Co. for plans to close an auto factory in the electoral battleground of Ohio and said China’s plan to lower tariffs on U.S. cars to 15 percent doesn’t

published Nov 13, 2018, 1:38:06 PM, by Sarah Frier(Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. took down some accounts ahead of last week’s U.S. midterms that federal authorities told them might possibly be from the Russian Internet Research Agency — the same group that tried to influence the 2016 election. The company on Monday

published Dec 13, 2018, 6:38:13 PM, by Mark Gurman and Ian King(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. said a Chinese ban on the sale of some models of the iPhone will force it to settle a long and bitter licensing battle with Qualcomm Inc., according to a recent legal filing. Earlier this week,

published Dec 3, 2018, 2:57:49 PM, by Ari Natter(Bloomberg) — Several tables sat empty — salads untouched — in the Washington ballroom as hundreds of lawmakers, lobbyists and others ate roasted chicken as a speaker blamed over-regulation for the nation’s lack of affordable housing. “That’s why you see people out with

published Dec 12, 2018, 8:59:40 AM, by Shahien Nasiripour and Bob Van Voris(Bloomberg) — A Manhattan federal judge will have to decide between two competing portraits of President Donald Trump’s longtime fixer, Michael Cohen, at a sentencing hearing on Wednesday: The greedy lifelong liar or the family man who made some

published Dec 12, 2018, 10:29:26 AM, by Christopher Martin(Bloomberg) — With natural gas prices surging in the U.S., you might think coal would be king again this winter. Think again. Yes, production is rising, a little. And yes, higher electricity prices in the biggest U.S. power market are providing a rare

published Dec 11, 2018, 10:28:53 AM, by James Hirai and John Ainger(Bloomberg) — The litany of risks for global investors in the euro area keeps growing as France joined Italy in putting its spending interests ahead of the European Union’s budget rules.  The extra yield traders seek to hold French 10-year

published Dec 11, 2018, 1:59:47 PM, by Jeran Wittenstein(Bloomberg) — Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and TripAdvisor Inc. are the two best performing stocks in the S&P 500 this year, but they aren’t getting much love from technology analysts. TripAdvisor Inc.’s 81 percent gain in 2018 is second only to AMD’s 95

published Dec 11, 2018, 3:28:05 PM, by Eli Lake(Bloomberg Opinion) — Google would like you to know that it is transparent. This was the mantra repeated over and over by Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai when queried by the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. That was the word he used when asked