Bloomberg Palladium prices are shattering record highs, and investors are betting that tight supplies mean the bull run is just getting started. The metal, used in pollution-control devices in cars, has jumped almost 9 percent this year in New York, the best performance among major metals. Demand is roaring thanks to China, which is on a mission to reduce smog ...

Bloomberg US Vice President Mike Pence traded sharp barbs with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in back-to-back speeches at a regional summit, showing that neither country appears to be giving ground in an escalating trade war. Xi received applause on Saturday when he told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Papua New Guinea that implementing tariffs and breaking up supply ...

Bloomberg The implications are unsettling: 15 minutes before a fire was reported among the trees north of Sacramento — the spark that would explode into the deadliest blaze in California history — a PG&E power line in the area went offline. A week later, at least 56 people have been found dead — and PG&E Corp is facing its gravest ...