Trump Threatens Military Sealing U.S. Border to Stop Migrants
published Oct 18, 2018, 3:49:15 PM, by Terrence Dopp (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he’d mobilize the U.S. military to close the border with Mexico to stop an “assault” on the nation by a caravan of migrants from Central America. Trump, who ran in 2016 promising to tighten U.S.
Trump Says Khashoggi Likely Dead, Warns of `Severe’ Consequences
published Oct 18, 2018, 6:32:10 PM, by Jennifer Jacobs and Toluse Olorunnipa (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said it “certainly looks” like missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and warned of “very severe” consequences for the killing. Trump told reporters Thursday that his administration is “waiting for the results of
Trump Brand to Be Erased From Another Namesake NYC Building
published Oct 17, 2018 5:18:24 PM, by Oshrat Carmiel and Shahien Nasiripour (Bloomberg) — Residents of another building are dumping the Trump name. Trump Place, a condo tower on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, will remove President Donald Trump’s surname from its facade, according to a New York Times report. The
Smart Money Doesn’t Think Investors Are Safe Yet: Robert Burgess
published Oct 16, 2018 3:30:09 PM, by Robert Burgess (Bloomberg Opinion) — Back to normal. That’s what it must seem like after the S&P 500 Index surged 2.15 percent Tuesday in its biggest gain since March. The benchmark is now up 2.99 percent since closing on Thursday at its lowest
Trump’s Logical Act in an Illogical Trade War: Brooke Sutherland
published Oct 17, 2018 1:35:22 PM, by Brooke Sutherland (Bloomberg Opinion) — President Donald Trump is putting aside his tariff bazooka for the moment to instead target more surgical changes to trade relations. In an otherwise illogical trade war, this maneuver makes sense. Trump plans to withdraw from a 144-year-old
As States Legalize Pot, Warnings Issued on Impaired Driving
published Oct 16, 2018, 6:29:57 PM, by Ryan Beene and Alan Levin (Bloomberg) — U.S. transportation safety officials are sounding the alarm on drug-impaired driving, calling for state and federal regulators to do more to tackle the growing problem as states grapple with prescription drug abuse and adopt a more
Momentum Investors Need to Experience Some Pain: John Authers
published Oct 16, 2018, 5:24:38 PM, by John Authers (Bloomberg Opinion) — Are you interested in receiving John Authers’ newsletter in your inbox? Please subscribe at this link. The Reflex, as 1980s new wave and synth-pop band Duran Duran sang, is a door to finding treasure in the dark. Anyone
Trump Says Former Personal Attorney Cohen `Lying’ in Testimony
published Oct 16, 2018, 6:23:49 PM, by Justin Sink (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said his former personal attorney Michael Cohen was “lying” when he testified that Trump ordered hush payments in violation of campaign finance laws to silence two women alleging extramarital affairs. Trump added that Cohen’s testimony was
A World of Hurt Awaits If Traders Start to Panic: Taking Stock
published Oct 15, 2018, 6:22:43 AM, by Arie Shapira (Bloomberg) — Stocks are back to their declining ways, after Friday’s breather, as tensions are bubbling up between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of a prominent journalist while Trump threatens another round of tariffs on China — note
Yen Reigns Supreme Over Franc as a Haven When Markets Get Messy
published Oct 15, 2018, 4:31:33 PM, by Austin Weinstein (Bloomberg) — There’s only one trade to make in foreign-exchange markets when investors are running away from risk: buy the yen. That’s the view of analysts at Citigroup Inc. who compared the performance of the Japanese currency with the Swiss franc