Three times within the last 25 years, New York City voters have voted in favor of a two-term limit for Council members, the mayor, the comptroller, the public advocate and the borough presidents. The most recent time was in 2010, two years after Mayor Michael Bloomberg and then-Council Speaker
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Egyptian Oil Minister Tarek El-Molla and Israel's energy minister, Yuval Steinitz, spoke after an interview El-Molla gave to Bloomberg earlier this month sent shares of Israeli gas companies tumbling on speculation Egypt would halt talks on buying gas from Israel, the person said. El-Molla told Steinitz that
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Clock faces sit in the Big Ben clock tower at the Houses of Parliament in London. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg. The U.K. is close to running out of time in its divorce negotiations with the European Union and would be set back by missing a December deadline to resolve several thorny issues,
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(Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel previewed the agenda of her next government, saying any coalition partner would have to support a balanced budget and broadly pro-business policies. In a speech to members of her Christian Democratic Union, Merkel reached out in the clearest
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The endurance of the pound's three-week rally against the dollar depends on whether ongoing Brexit negotiations can clear the way to discuss trade. With the week being relatively light on key U.K. economic data, likely discussions between British and European Union officials could dictate sterling's
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