Philadelphia / AFP Republican Donald Trump has drawn level with and even surpassed his White House rival Hillary Clinton as the billionaire enjoys a surge after his party’s nominating convention last week, polls showed Monday. Post-convention bounces are expected for a US presidential candidate who has been in the media spotlight for a solid week. But the surge is …

  Bloomberg Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager insisted that Democrats are unified as they kick off their nominating convention amid the ouster of Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and said he is “very confident” Bernie Sanders will deliver a rousing speech Monday night in support of the nominee. Speaking at a Bloomberg Politics breakfast on Monday in Philadelphia, Robby …

  Bloomberg Brazil’s real joined a slide in emerging markets on Monday as policy makers intervened to weaken the currency and economists cut economic forecasts amid uncertainty on budget plans. The real weakened 0.5 percent to 3.2736 per dollar at 10:22 a.m. after the monetary authority placed 10,000 reverse currency swaps, equivalent to buying $500 million in the futures market. …