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Twice in the past year, Mohammed Mohsin’s textile design business was buffeted by major changes in the Indian economy. First, a ban on high-value notes, then a new tax system. Now, he senses yet

Senator Al Franken called for more transparency into how Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. choose what news and products users see and said lawmakers should investigate the

For all the talk of wanting more women in positions of power, the number of female executives in Britain’s biggest traded companies has barely shifted.

Brexit talks resumed Thursday with no indication that a breakthrough is in reach: the Europeans are taking a cautious approach even as both sides hope for an agreement by year-end.

Bloomberg Businessweek's Josh Green examines the results of the 2017 U.S. elections. He speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)

Jason Furman, a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and former top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, discusses the economic implications of the GOP tax overhaul

President Donald Trump’s promised tax cut for the middle class comes with some extra baggage in the bill House Republicans are considering: a much larger tax cut for the top 1 percent.

Saudi Arabia’s former Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Nayef made a rare public appearance following his ouster in June in a palace shakeup that brought his younger cousin closer to the throne.

Senator Rand Paul says a final medical report shows that he suffered six broken ribs and a "pleural effusion," a buildup of fluid around the lungs, in Friday’s incident when a neighbor tackled him

Russia’s new bailout mechanism has left the country’s central bank holding assets as diverse as poultry plants and nanotechnology firms. Now the regulator has to figure out just what to do with its

New Jersey Governor-elect Phil Murphy will have a much tougher time taking on the state’s finances than Ralph Northam, his counterpart in Virginia.

Jurors ended a third day of deliberations without a verdict at the bribery trial of Senator Robert Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat accused of taking official actions to help a top donor who paid him

Haley Barbour, former RNC chairman and former Mississippi governor, discusses the results of the 2017 elections and the implications for the GOP with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and David Gura on "Bloomberg

Democrats won a sweeping statewide victory in Virginia by energizing the coalition that was supposed to carry them into the future but failed them in 2016: young voters and women.

Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, discusses the results of the 2017 U.S. elections with Bloomberg's David Gura and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power." (Source:

November so far has been a train wreck for Theresa May, but out of the carnage -- she’s lost two ministers in a week -- some clarity has emerged on what it would take for this British prime minister

Days after Energy Secretary Rick Perry requested a study on how to help coal-fired power plants, a lobbyist for the largest U.S. coal producer contacted the department to offer his advice. Many of

Former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp discusses the prospects for tax reform with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and David Gura on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)

AT&T Inc. won’t sell CNN and never proposed such a deal, Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said.

President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ rhetoric on trade has prompted concerns among many that his words could soon be matched by action. Chinese executives say they’re not worried.