©2016 Bloomberg News O4F1FH6TTDV2 (Bloomberg) — BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest money manager, says investors should pare their Treasury holdings because the U.S. will avoid a recession. “Economic indicators this week may show the U.S. economy experienced a mild slowdown but is not headed for a recession,” Richard Turnill, the global

published Dec 27th 2016, 1:03 pm, by Eli Lake (Bloomberg View) —The way the White House tells it, the U.S. had no choice. For eight years, President Barack Obama has been pleading with Israel to stop building settlements. But they didn’t listen. So reluctantly, the president instructed his United Nations