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Macri promises to turn around presidential race

Bloomberg Chanting “Yes, we can!” along with thousands of supporters, Argentine President Mauricio Macri pledged to lift salaries and economic growth as he began a final bid to come back in the polls ahead of a presidential vote next month where his chances of victory have been largely written off. “This election can be turned around,” Macri told the crowd ...

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Boris Johnson says won’t quit if exit day is delayed

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested he won’t quit if he fails in his defining mission to deliver Brexit by the end of October. In an interview with the BBC, he refused to back down over his use of military terms to describe the opposition to his Brexit strategy, while facing questions over his alleged links to a businesswoman ...

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Credit Suisse saga exposes banker-surveillance state

Bloomberg The scene: a street in Zurich. The mark: a wealthy Swiss banker. His pursuers: hired goons looking for intel. It sounds like something ripped from John Le Carre. In fact, it’s real-life — and not all that unusual in the world of high finance. News that Credit Suisse Group AG had hired private investigators to tail a star banker ...

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