UK Doubles-Down on Criticism of Huawei's Flawed Systems

UK Doubles-Down on Criticism of Huawei's Flawed Systems

Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co. has failed to improve its devices and software — putting U.K. national security at risk,
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Inflation Is Nowhere in Sight

So imagine the surprise when the minutes of the Fed's December monetary policy meeting stated that “many participants expressed the view that,
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'Modern Monetary Theory' Is a Joke That's Not Funny

As part of a series of columns last year for Bloomberg Opinion, leading MMT exponent Stephanie Kelton called on fiscal policy, not the Federal
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Billionaire Sam Zell Buys Gold for First Time in Bet on Tight Supply

“For the first time in my life, I bought gold because it is a good hedge,” Sam Zell, the founder of Equity Group Investments, said in a Bloomberg TV
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The Hottest Cryptocurrency, Tron, Rekindles Memories of the Bitcoin Bubble

… officially named, has a market value of about $1.6 billion, making it the ninth-largest virtual coin, as measured by data provider CoinMarketcap.com.
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Trump Weighs Whether to Renominate Goodfriend to Fed, Source Says

Earlier: Trump Finds Villain in Powell for Markets Hit by Myriad Problems. The Fed didn't heed the advice, and instead raised interest rates the
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Trump Denies Pelosi Plane to Visit US Troops in Shutdown Spat

President Donald Trump informed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that she couldn't use military planes to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan this weekend
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How Will the Shutdown End? Time for Some Game Theory

So when and how will the shutdown end? A bit of game theory is in order. Game theory doesn't usually serve up exact predictions, but it can help us
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Bond Traders Are Keeping a Wary Eye on Inflation

And it's true that TIPS got beat up last year, with the Bloomberg Barclays … Bloomberg News's Lu Wang reports that this measure is right around a
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Model Who Claimed Russian Help for Trump Detained, Interfax Says

A Belarusian model who claimed to have evidence of possible Russian help for U.S. President Donald Trump's election was detained Thursday upon
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US May Roll Back China Tariffs to Calm Markets: WSJ

U.S. May Roll Back China Tariffs to Calm Markets: WSJ … Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli reports on “Bloomberg Markets: The Close.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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MIT, Stanford Academics Design Cryptocurrency to Better Bitcoin

Some of the brightest minds in America are pooling their brain power to create a cryptocurrency that's designed to do what Bitcoin has proved
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Fed's Quarles Plays Up Economy's Strengths as Markets See Risks

“Clearly markets are more attuned currently to the downside risks, but the core base case remains very strong,” Quarles, the central bank's vice
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Giuliani Can't Say No One Colluded, Only That Trump Didn't

The former New York City mayor called into Fox News in July, and Guy Benson asked him whether he denied flatly that there was collusion between
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Americans Drank Less Alcohol in 2018 for the Third Straight Year

Americans are drinking less alcohol. Total cases of beer, wine and spirits consumed in the U.S. dropped 0.8 percent to nearly 3.35 billion in 2018, the
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'OC' made good on his vow: After banking $1M following his last fight, the MMA fighter is retiring as …

'OC' made good on his vow: After banking $1M following his last fight, the MMA fighter is retiring as a champ. Now he wants to donate his brain to
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Woodforest National Bank names James Dreibelbis new CEO

Woodforest National Bank announced the ascension of James Dreibelbis from chief operating officer to president and CEO. Dreibelbis took the helm
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California Shouldn't Waste a PG&E Bankruptcy

One look at its stock — trading at a princely 0.17 times book value — tells you it has lost the confidence of public markets. That rather undercuts the
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Banking Blast-Off: Why Canada's Big 6 Banks Are About to Roar Even Louder!

What a relief rally! Many U.S. and Canadian banking giants soared on Wednesday after Bank of America pole-vaulted over the earnings expectation of
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Trump Pulls US Delegation Out of Davos Forum, Citing Shutdown

President Donald Trump canceled the U.S. delegation's trip to the global economic summit in Davos hours after he denied House Speaker Nancy
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