South Carolina / Bloomberg On the eve of South Carolina’s Republican primary, billionaire Donald Trump suggested that one of the state’s top employers could lose jobs if he isn’t elected president because, he claimed, no one else will be as good a negotiator with the Chinese. “Boeing is building massive plants in China,” he said at a rally in Myrtle …

South Carolina / Bloomberg South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley shook up the Republican presidential race this week by endorsing Florida Senator Marco Rubio. But much of the endorsement action is back in Washington, where a Bloomberg Politics analysis illustrates Ted Cruz’s clear dominance with hard-core conservatives; the battle between Rubio and Jeb Bush for establishment support; and John Kasich’s potential …

Bogota / AP The spread of Zika will have a modest drag on economies in Latin America, with tourism-dependent Caribbean nations most at risk, the World Bank said. It made $150 million immediately available to help fight the virus. The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency in response to the Zika outbreak and the U.S. is urging …