Bees Drama in Biarritz, Biden’s Weak Spot, Dead Bees: Weekend ReadsBloomberg - Michael Winfrey Group of Seven leaders are just beginning to gather in the French resort town of Biarritz, and their host – French President Emmanuel Macron – has …
Opinion China’s Future and the Human Factor: Weekend EditionBloomberg - Brooke Sample Is the rest of the world getting China wrong yet again? Maybe the country is not doomed to live out unending top-down rule. What is history, after …
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift Slams U.S. Politics and Trump's 'Autocracy'Bloomberg - Kelly Gilblom Taylor Swift said U.S. President Donald Trump probably thinks of the U.S. as an “autocracy” and that she has become disillusioned with the state of …
Trade War Your Weekend Reading: Trump Brings Trade War to FranceBloomberg - Ian Fisher Want to receive a daily news briefing, including this weekend edition, in your inbox every day? Sign up here President Trump took aim at the chairman …
Donald Tusk Macron and Trump Having Lunch Together: G-7 UpdateBloomberg - Josh Wingrove Group of Seven leaders are meeting in Biarritz, France, Saturday amid mounting tensions over trade, climate and threats to the global economy. Follow …
Iceland Iceland Held Talks With U.S. Ambassador Over Pence VisitBloomberg - Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir Iceland’ prime minister is open to extending the visit of Vice President Mike Pence to the Nordic island to allow the two to meet. The option was …
Democratic National Committee Biden Skips DNC Meeting as Traditional Power Center Loses SwayBloomberg - Jennifer Epstein Most Democratic presidential hopefuls stepped away from the early-state campaign circuit this week to court party insiders at their biggest meeting …
Casinos Megaworld Says Online Casino Exposure to Stay Small, ManageableBloomberg - Ian C Sayson Megaworld Corp., the largest Philippine office landlord, says China’s ban on Manila-based online casinos servicing gamblers in the mainland will have …
Luigi Di Maio Italy Democrats Demand New Premier as Price for Government RoleBloomberg - Chiara Albanese Italy’s Democrats and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement have just a couple of days to put aside their historical rivalry and work out a deal …
Investing Cathay Pacific Warns of Zero Tolerance Ahead of Monday ActivityBloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said it will show zero tolerance to employees who support or take part in illegal protests ahead of “planned activities” …
Carrie Lam Hong Kong's Lam Meets Ex-Officials, Pleads for End to DeadlockBloomberg - Ina Zhou Hong Kong’s beleaguered Chief Executive Carrie Lam called on protesters to break the deadlock gripping the city, after she held a meeting with former …
China Obama-Backed Film Offers a Sobering Take on U.S.-China RivalryBloomberg - Shawn Donnan The trade battles between China and the U.S. are often discussed as sterile policy matters. But every so often a tale like “American Factory,” a …
Sudan Corruption Trial Continues for Sudan's Ex-PresidentBloomberg Cairo (AP) -- Sudan's autocratic former President Omar al-Bashir has arrived in court amid tight security for the second week of his trial on …
Francisco Franco Spanish Ex-Monarch Juan Carlos I to Undergo Heart OperationBloomberg Madrid (AP) -- Spain's former monarch, Juan Carlos I, has been admitted to a hospital for a heart operation. The 81-year-old king emeritus will …
Nigerian Court Orders Shell Oil Lease be Renewed, Punch SaysBloomberg - Tope Alake A Nigerian high court ordered the government to renew Shell Petroleum Development Co.’s operating license for the Oil Mineral Lease 11 field, which …
Investing Sweden Economists Call for Green Fiscal Policy to Stop RecessionBloomberg - Rafaela Lindeberg Sweden and the European Union should ease regulation and allow for a more expansive and greener fiscal policy to counter the threat of a global …
Anthony Scaramucci Anthony Scaramucci Says Working to Remove Former Boss TrumpBloomberg - Kelly Gilblom Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has set up a political action committee in a bid to prevent Donald Trump’s re-election, …
Qantas Qantas Tests 20-Hour Non-Stop Flights to See If Passengers Can Bear ItBloomberg - Angus Whitley Qantas Airways Ltd. will run marathon ghost flights from New York and London to Sydney carrying just a few staff to see how the human body holds up …
Merchant Shipping Stena Bulk Asks Putin for Help to Release Tanker, DI ReportsBloomberg - Rafaela Lindeberg Stena Bulk LLC has written a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking for help in the company’s efforts to have its tanker, Stena Impero, …
Space Station Russian Shuttle Fails to Dock With Space Station, Interfax SaysBloomberg - Scott Rose An unmanned Russian Soyuz spaceship was unable to dock with the international space station as planned, Interfax reported, citing a NASA broadcast. A …
Investing Eskom Tells Senior Managers Unit Separation To Take 3 to 5 YearsBloomberg - Antony Sguazzin Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., the South African power utility struggling with almost $30 billion in debt, said it will take as long as three to five years …
South China Sea China, Vietnam Spar on High Seas Over $2.5 Trillion in EnergyBloomberg - Philip Heijmans When a Chinese state-owned survey vessel sailed into waters off Vietnam’s coast in early July, it unleashed a high-seas standoff with trillions of …
Arun Jaitley Arun Jaitley, India’s Former Finance Minister, Dies at 66Bloomberg - Vrishti Beniwal Arun Jaitley, India’s former finance minister who gave the nation its biggest tax reform, has died. He was 66. Jaitley died at 12:07 p.m. local time …
Rakesh Gangwal IndiGo Billionaire Gangwal Flags Truce With Airline Co-FounderBloomberg - Anurag Kotoky Rakesh Gangwal, the billionaire co-founder of Indian budget airline IndiGo, will support company proposals at a shareholder meeting next week to …
Bayer AG Takeda Loses Bid to Nix $155 Million Bayer Win in Drug CaseBloomberg - Christopher Yasiejko Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.‘s Baxalta unit lost its bid to overturn a $155 million jury verdict won by Bayer AG for royalties from sales of a …
Turkey Iran Oil Tanker Adrian Darya 1 Changes Destination to TurkeyBloomberg - Catherine Traywick Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, which was formerly called Grace 1, changed its destination from Kalamata, Greece, to Mersin, Turkey, on Friday …
Fitch Lebanon Cut Deeper Into Junk by Fitch as Diaspora Dollars Dry UpBloomberg - Dana Khraiche Lebanon’s credit ranking was cut deeper into junk by Fitch Ratings as one of the world’s most indebted nations finds its finances stretched with a …
Laundry Italian Laundry List Grows as Latest Political Crisis Grinds OnBloomberg - Chiara Albanese Italy’s next government -- whoever winds up leading it -- will have a lengthy list of problems needing immediate attention. Thorny issues include …
Melanesia Indonesia Extends Mobile-Data Blockage in Papua After RiotsBloomberg - Harry Suhartono Indonesia’s government extended the suspension of mobile-data services in Papua and West Papua provinces after riots broke out in the region, the …
Investing The Pound's Biggest Brexit Risk Is Not What You Think It IsBloomberg - Charlotte Ryan As markets bet on a no-deal Brexit, the real shock for pound traders could be Prime Minister Boris Johnson clinching a sudden deal. Sterling has …
