published May 25th 2017, 8:45 am, by Michelle Jamrisko (Bloomberg) —Consumer spending may be set to emerge from a weak first quarter as Americans last week became more upbeat about the buying climate than at any time in the last 15 years and optimism about personal finances reached a decade

©2015 Bloomberg News NYPF776K50XY (Bloomberg) — A Republican U.S. senator who said earlier he opposed his party’s House bill to repeal Obamacare’s core provisions is now “strongly leaning” toward supporting the Senate version of the measure. Such a decision by Senator Mike Lee of Utah would increase the chances that