Game of Thrones ‘Game of Thrones’ Finale Draws Record 19.3 Million ViewersBloomberg - Gerry Smith The final episode of “Game of Thrones” drew 19.3 million viewers, a record for HBO and the fantasy drama that became one of TV’s rare collective …
Bloomberg Markets Industrial E-Mini Futures Are Headed Lower, Benchmark's Kelly SaysBloomberg On this edition of "Charting Futures," Benchmark Investments' Kevin Kelly examines industrial stocks and how he is playing the trade war. He speaks …
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe to Subsidize Public Transport as Inflation AcceleratesBloomberg - Antony Sguazzin Zimbabwe will subsidize public transport and cut fuel duties by more than half as it tries to ease the impact of rampant inflation on its poorest …
Internal Revenue Service Super-Rich Americans Aren't Getting Audited as Much, New IRS Data ShowBloomberg - Lynnley Browning The chances of an IRS audit for people making at least $10 million a year plunged during the government’s last fiscal year, according to data …
Tariffs Tears of Joy Flow in the Steel Industry as Trump Rolls Back TariffsBloomberg - Joe Deaux When President Donald Trump dropped tariffs on steel from America’s neighbors, it brought tears to the eyes of employees at the biggest Canadian …
Investing American Airlines Asks Court to Halt ‘Illegal Slowdown’ by UnionBloomberg - Justin Bachman American Airlines Group Inc. asked a federal court to halt an “illegal slowdown campaign” by unionized employees, saying the action had disrupted the …
Broadcom Broadcom Chip Unit Targeted in Widening U.S. Antitrust ProbeBloomberg - David McLaughlin, Ian King U.S. antitrust officials investigating Broadcom Inc. are significantly broadening their scrutiny to focus on whether the chipmaker abused its …
Colombia Colombia's $15 Billion Road Plan Bounces Back From Bribe ScandalBloomberg - Oscar Medina Colombia’s $15 billion highway program has come roaring back to life as laws to protect investors help confidence recover from a massive kickback …
Venezuela OPEC Founder Venezuela Pumps Less Oil Than Three of Its NeighborsBloomberg - Lucia Kassai Venezuela, which sits atop more oil than Saudi Arabia, has fallen behind three other Latin American countries as years of mismanagement and lack of …
Greenpeace Greenpeace Protest Outside BPBloomberg Greenpeace activists locked themselves inside giant containers outside BP's London headquarters. Their message? "Stop the hunt for new oil and gas" …
Wall Street Sell in May and Go Away?Bloomberg This Wall Street adage is legendary, but is it a sound investment strategy? Historically, investing in the Dow between November 1 and April 30 each …
Climate Two Coal Plants Are Closing a Decade Early in the U.S. MidwestBloomberg - Will Wade Xcel Energy Inc. plans to shutter its last two coal-fired power plants in the Upper Midwest a decade ahead of schedule as part of a pledge to phase …
Labor Economics Fed Economist Challenges the Idea a Tight Job Market Pulls In WorkersBloomberg - Reade Pickert Contrary to a widespread view among economists, the tight U.S. labor market is not attracting new workers from the sidelines, according to new …
Investing Health-Care Munis Gobbled Up in Yield-Starved ‘Feeding Frenzy’Bloomberg - Amanda Albright Tom Casey, senior portfolio manager at Mellon Investments Corp., likes health-care bonds. The problem is that everyone else in the $3.8 trillion …
Investing Mike Ashley's Sports Direct Divests Stake in MySale Fashion SiteBloomberg - Deirdre Hipwell Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International Plc sold its stake in MySale Group Plc after the Australian fashion website withdrew from the U.K. market, …
Border Patrol Fifth Migrant Child Dies After Detention by Border PatrolBloomberg - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NOMAAN MERCHANT) Houston (AP) -- The U.S. government says a 16-year-old Guatemalan died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, the fifth death of a migrant …
Dish Network Dish Falls as Sprint Deal Threatens to Remove Potential AllyBloomberg - Nick Turner Dish Network Corp., which is sitting on a vast trove of wireless spectrum, fell on renewed concern that T-Mobile US Inc.’s merger with Sprint Corp. …
Tariffs Nike, Adidas Call Tariffs ‘Catastrophic’ in Open Letter to TrumpBloomberg - Eben Novy-Williams Nike Inc., Adidas AG and other footwear giants urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his tariffs on shoes made in China, saying the policy would …
Chevron Oil Giant Chevron Offering Electric Car Charging at StationsBloomberg - Mark Chediak Big oil is shifting, ever so slightly, toward the electric car business. Chevron Corp. is offering electric car charging ports at a handful of …
Lori Lightfoot The Latest on Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s InaugurationBloomberg - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago (AP) -- The Latest on the inauguration of Lori Lightfoot as Chicago mayor (all times local): Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot addressed the city's …
Abortion Federal Judge to Consider Blocking New Mississippi Abortion LawBloomberg - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS) Jackson, Miss. (AP) -- A federal judge will hear arguments about a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be …
Taiwan U.S. Urges China to Give Taiwan a Role at UN Health AssemblyBloomberg - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Geneva (AP) -- The United States is urging China to allow Taiwan to be granted observer status at the U.N. health agency's biggest annual gathering, …
Brexit Party U.K. Electoral Commission to Review Brexit Party FundingBloomberg - Alex Morales The U.K. Electoral Commission said it will visit the offices of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party to review how it raises money after former Prime Minister …
Tech Industry Germany Revives Underground Carbon Capture Plan in Sign of Climate StruggleBloomberg - Brian Parkin German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is reviving the idea of storing carbon-dioxide emissions underground as the nation struggles to achieve …
Minimum Wage Nearly Entire 2020 Democratic Field Agrees on $15 Minimum WageBloomberg - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NICHOLAS RICCARDI) (AP) -- From liberal firebrands Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to moderates Joe Biden and John Hickenlooper, nearly the entire 2020 Democratic …
China China Warns About ‘Unwavering Resolve’ to Fight U.S. ‘Bullying’Bloomberg - Natalia Drozdiak, Jonathan Stearns, Nikos Chrysoloras China could retaliate against the U.S. after President Donald Trump blacklisted Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese ambassador to the European Union …
Michael Bennet 2020 Hopeful Michael Bennet Proposes $1 Trillion Climate FundBloomberg - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NICHOLAS RICCARDI) Denver (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet said Monday he wants to commit $1 trillion for underwriting research and projects to …
Iran Iran Accelerates Production of Enriched Uranium as Tensions RiseBloomberg - Golnar Motevalli Iran has accelerated the rate at which it’s enriching low-grade uranium four-fold, weeks after threatening to gradually scale back its commitments …
Bloomberg Markets 'Bloomberg Markets: The Open' Full Show (05/20/2019)Bloomberg Bloomberg Markets: The Open. Jonathan Ferro hosts an hour long program centered around the Opening Bell on Wall Street. The program showcases the …
News Trade, weather hit farmersBloomberg Increased tariffs in the U.S.-China trade war and delayed spring plantings from historic rainfall have hit American farmers. Soybean farmers are …
