Bloomberg The main attraction at Javier Bertucci’s presidential campaign rally wasn’t the Christian hip hop, the interpretive dancers or even the bouncy castle. It was the soup. The 48-year-old Venezuelan televangelist came to the seaside community of Catia La Mar with vats of hearty beef stew that drew hundreds of hungry people carrying plastic containers and cups. He has spent ...

Bloomberg US equities drifted lower as investors digested earnings reports and shifted focus to the Federal Reserve’s imminent rate decision. The dollar recovered from earlier losses to surge for a third straight session, while Treasuries were little changed. The S&P 500 Index declined in Wednesday trading, with healthcare and financial stocks among the laggards. Tech shares moved higher on the ...

Bloomberg There’s been lots of competition for the title of Asia’s best-performing stock market this year. Among the major equity indexes in the region, eight have climbed to records in the first four months alone. On Wednesday, Singapore’s Straits Times Index nudged higher, boosting this year’s gain to 6.2 percent in local currency terms, and took the top spot from ...