Bloomberg Rockhopper Exploration Plc confirmed potential oil resources in a discovery in the Falklands basin, sending its shares higher. An independent audit showed that the best estimate of contingent resources — also known as 2C resources — at the Sea Lion complex came in at 517 million barrels, of which London-based Rockhopper’s share is 258 million barrels, it said ...

  Bloomberg Hillary Clinton’s call to raise the minimum wage for disabled Americans who earn pennies per hour has families and caregivers fiercely debating whether the real benefit of the jobs comes from pay or an intangible sense of self-worth. The lower pay, permitted by a policy in place since 1938, has been scrapped for federally contracted employees, and Clinton ...

  Bloomberg A new fund to stabilize the price that coffee farmers in Colombia receive for their beans may be announced as soon as next month and start operating in 2017, potentially protecting farmers and allowing them to produce profitably at lower international prices. The fund is intended to moderate sharp price drops in the world’s largest producer of mild ...