Bloomberg President Barack Obama touted a new rule from his administration that’s aimed at making it harder for people to hide money in the U.S. — but it came under quick criticism from a group of organizations pushing for greater financial transparency. Parts of the rule, which will require financial institutions to identify account holders hidden behind shell companies, ...

  Bloomberg Puerto Rico’s economic recession is poised to worsen as residents continue to leave the island, threatening to deepen the fiscal crisis that’s pushing the island to default on a growing share of its $70 billion of debt. The Planning Board, which calculates the island’s economic growth, released its fiscal 2017 forecast, estimating a 2 percent drop in gross ...

  Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc said it’s working on plans to eliminate as many as 300 more management posts as the maker of engines for Airbus Group SE and Boeing Co.’s biggest jets steps up a cost-cutting drive amid sputtering first-half earnings. The UK company, which has already announced the elimination of 200 senior positions in two tranches, is in ...