published Jun 6th 2016, 7:33 am, by Luke Kawa (Bloomberg) — The world’s governments are stepping up to the plate to relieve monetary policymakers of some of the burden of supporting persistently slow-growth economies, according to HSBC Holdings PLC. Around the world, government spending is poised to grow by more

published Oct 27th 2016, 5:07 pm, by Shira Ovide (Bloomberg Gadfly) — Just when everyone thought Amazon.com Inc. was steering into a lush forest of profits, it veered back to its desert of barren earnings. It has been smart to let Amazon drive wherever it wants to go, so investors