Bloomberg Watch out for the unexpected in commodities in 2017. Barclays Plc said raw materials markets from energy to metals face the high likelihood of disruptions, giving a laundry list of possible threats including a default by Venezuela, riots in Chile and a trade war with China. “The new politics of populism and protectionist trade policies have the potential ...

  Bloomberg The world is getting more hazardous for skeptical analysts, the banks that employ them and investors who rely on their published research. Even by the rough-and-tumble standards of emerging markets, Indonesia’s punishment of JPMorgan Chase & Co. this week for a bearish analysis of the nation’s stock market stands out. The country’s finance ministry cut business ties with ...

  Veitshoechheim / DPA “Before I came here I was unemployed for quite a while,” says 26-year-old Anna-Lisa Imkeller, as she stands at a high desk in the workshop of the Farassat Foundation. Her table is covered with post-it notes, pens and papers, the model of a wind turbine stands on a shelf and the wall is covered with large ...