Bloomberg The US sanctioned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s wife and several close associates in an escalation of Trump administration efforts to punish the socialist regime for corruption and anti-democratic practices. Cilia Flores de Maduro, 61, is the first lady, a former attorney general and head of the National Assembly. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez, as well as ...

Bloomberg US stocks were mixed after President Donald Trump said China is taking advantage of the US on trade while oil producers rallied on stronger crude prices. Treasuries fell as the Federal Reserve started its two-day policy meeting. US benchmarks briefly fell to their lows of the day as Trump told the United Nations that the US trade deficit with ...

Bloomberg Crude approached a four-year high after OPEC signaled it may not replace Iranian oil that’s disappearing from global markets as US sanctions loom. Futures rose as much as 1.7 percent in London on Tuesday. OPEC shrugged off the threat to Iranian supplies over the weekend, spurring some of the world’s most-sophisticated traders to forecast a return to $100-a-barrel oil. ...