©2015 Bloomberg News NOBB9R6K513R (Bloomberg) — The dollar maintained losses, trading near an almost four-month low versus Australia’s currency after stagnant U.S. retail sales data fueled speculation policy makers will put off interest-rate increases. Oil dropped. The Aussie was steady at 81.12 U.S. cents by 9:41 a.m. in Sydney, after jumping

©2015 Bloomberg News NYYYIV6K50XT (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama warned that the mass shooting in California last week showed the terrorist menace has evolved into a “new phase” of less sophisticated, harder to detect plots, while assuring the public that organizations like Islamic State that threaten the U.S. will be