Bloomberg US stocks pared gains amid fresh tough talk on trade by a Trump administration official. Treasuries advanced with the dollar and oil gained. The S&P 500 pared two-thirds of a gain that reached 0.9 percent, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq indexes turned lower after Larry Kudlow said America is not retreating in its approach on trade. Stocks rose at the …

Bloomberg Uphold, an exchange for digital coins and currencies, agreed to acquire New York-based broker-dealer JNK Securities Corp., the latest push by a crypto platform to position itself in more regulated markets. “Many crypto assets (particularly ICO tokens) may be treated as securities in some cases,” Uphold Chief Executive Officer Adrian Steckel said. “Through Uphold’s new securities division, the digital …

Bloomberg London Heathrow airport’s 16 billion-pound ($21 billion) expansion plan may have cleared its last major political hurdle, but the project has yet to convince British Airways, the hub’s biggest customer. After UK lawmakers backed the construction of a third runway by 415 votes to 119, BA owner IAG SA responded by saying that the financing arrangements proposed by Heathrow …