Bloomberg American farmers’ livelihoods are at risk from climate change as Midwestern grain yields are poised to tumble amid increasing temperatures and more extreme flooding and droughts, according to a new report. Rising heat, drought, wildfires and heavy downpours are expected to increasingly disrupt agricultural productivity in the US, according to a National Climate Assessment report. While some northern regions ...

Prospects for a trade deal between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the upcoming Group of 20 meeting in Argentina are quite likely to founder on the question of China’s industrial strategies: While Beijing may be willing to buy more American goods to mollify Trump, it almost certainly won’t stop supporting sectors it sees as key ...

It’s only when the tide goes out that you find out who’s been swimming in the nude, billionaire investor Warren Buffett famously opined. And as the bull market in global stocks starts to ebb, asset management companies will find themselves dangerously exposed — with medium-sized firms the most at risk of finding themselves naked and shivering on the beach. Investment ...