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US Thanksgiving travel to jump in 12 years

Bloomberg US Thanksgiving travel will jump to the highest level since 2005 boosted by a stronger economy, even as gasoline prices will be higher than a year earlier. About 50.9 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home for the November 22-November 26 holiday period, the ninth consecutive increase and a 3.3 percent jump over a year earlier, ...

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Climate envoys step up pace of work without Trump support

Cop23 climate change conference

Bloomberg Envoys from almost 200 nations agreed to step up the pace of their work on reining in global warming even without additional help from the world’s richest polluter. Two weeks of discussions organised by the United Nations concluded, after talks were delayed by a grammatical error in the draft text. The delegates, drawn from energy and environment ministries set ...

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Macron raises pressure on ‘low-cost Europe’

Cop23 climate change conference in bonn.

e Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron urged European Union leaders to work together to protect living standards and called for financial penalties for those who refuse to play ball. With 27 countries meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, as Angela Merkel tries to broker a coalition agreement at home in Berlin, Macron said that some members have taken advantage of subsidies from ...

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