“Yet again, Republicans expose their utter hypocrisy in paying lip-service to states' rights while trampling over laws they personally dislike.” That was House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi's reaction to the news that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is increasing federal enforcement of laws against
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Senior finance and accounting executives who thought their companies might be given extra time to report the effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act had better think again. On December 22, the same day that President Trump signed the act into law, the Securities and Exchange Commission published
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Christopher Sell, Editor of the Bloomberg Brief Oil Buyers Guide, joins Bob Moon to discuss how the winter storm will affect the oil market. This is a Bloomberg podcast. To download, watch or listen to this report now, click on the thumbnail/player on the sidebar. To contact the producer: Richard Trueman
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The Bloomberg Commodities Spot Index, tracking the price of 22 raw materials, jumped to its highest since December 2014 on Thursday. … back of higher prices could keep prices range-bound even though demand for oil is rising,” said Michael McDonough, chief economist at Bloomberg Economics.
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The Trump administration is proposing to let small firms act more like big corporations to buy cheaper health insurance, a measure that would get around some of Obamacare's requirements. The rule would broaden the availability of less-regulated health insurance coverage to more small employers,
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