Bloomberg US Vice President Mike Pence traded sharp barbs with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in back-to-back speeches at a regional summit, showing that neither country appears to be giving ground in an escalating trade war. Xi received applause on Saturday when he told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Papua New Guinea that implementing tariffs and breaking up supply ...

Bloomberg The implications are unsettling: 15 minutes before a fire was reported among the trees north of Sacramento — the spark that would explode into the deadliest blaze in California history — a PG&E power line in the area went offline. A week later, at least 56 people have been found dead — and PG&E Corp is facing its gravest ...

Bloomberg Uber’s sales are dramatically slowing even as the ride-hailing company is spending more to fuel global growth, particularly in its food delivery business. Revenue growth of 38 percent in the third quarter was almost half of what the growth rate was six months earlier, when the company was negotiating a $9.3 billion investment led by SoftBank Group Corp. That’s ...