©2015 Bloomberg News O055KX6JTSED (Bloomberg) — Floods after heavy rain shut 5 miles of the Mississippi River, the biggest U.S. inland shipping channel, and waters were forecast to climb to record levels in parts of Missouri and Illinois later this week. The river between mile markers 179 and 184 near

published Jul 19, 2017 11:43:41 AM, by Shira Ovide (Bloomberg Gadfly) —It’s the silly season for financial predictions about Apple Inc. With history as our guide, it is folly to place much faith in them. Nearly every day brings deeply researched reports from stock analysts on their Apple sales forecasts.