published Apr 4th 2017, 7:00 pm, by Mihir Sharma (Bloomberg View) — Over the past year, Russia’s Vladimir Putin has emerged as the ideological patron of a certain brand of conservatism worldwide. Politicians from France’s Marine Le Pen, to Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, to Donald Trump appear drawn to

©2015 Bloomberg News NN8FHK6JIJUP (Bloomberg) — The dollar climbed to 120 yen for the first time in a week after a jump in U.S. sales of previously owned homes backed speculation that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year. The greenback held a three-day advance against the euro before