Health-care costs are not as much in the news nowadays as they used to be. A big reason might be that cost growth has slowed in recent years. Between 1967 and 2007, per-capita health care costs rose at an average of 2.36 percent a year. Since then, it’s only been about 1.31 percent. That’s actually not such great news. Health-care ...

Bloomberg Stocks surged on Tuesday after the Trump administration said there was progress coming out of its two-day mid-level trade talks with China. The dollar rose with Treasury yields, and crude climbed towards $50 a barrel on expectations the market will be tightened by OPEC’s output cuts. All major US equity benchmarks were higher. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq gauges ...

Bloomberg India stocks rose as investors positioned for the corporate earnings’ season that begins this week amid estimates that economic growth may be slower than forecast. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.4 percent to close at 35,980.93 in Mumbai after swinging between gains and losses. The broader NSE Nifty 50 Index rose 0.3 percent. India’s largest companies this week begin ...