Lost in the debate over how best to insure Americans against the high cost of health care has been the question of how to bring that cost down. That’s a shame, because keeping the cost of medical treatment from rising so fast is just as important as providing Americans access to it. Promising efforts to get a grip on medical ...

On October 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin turned 65. As of this year, this is the maximum retirement age for Russian civil servants, which can only be raised in special cases. Though Putin, as an elected official, is not subject to this law and has indicated that it’s too early for him to retire, he reaches this milestone in a ...

For 30 years China has recycled more cardboard boxes, plastic bottles and old computers than any other nation. By doing so, it’s saved millions of tons of resources and indirectly funded thousands of recycling programs and companies globally. But now it wants to stop. In July, China notified the World Trade Organization that it will soon prohibit the import of ...

Prime Minister Theresa May closed the Tory Party conference with a rambling speech on Conservative values, Brexit, economic and social policy. Many wondered whether the embattled leader had done enough to heal, or at least paper over, the much-noted divisions within her own party and cabinet for now. But the more important question is whether she’s doing enough to win ...

Bloomberg US stocks climbed to record highs as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. led a rally in consumer shares and energy producers climbed along with oil prices. Politics remained the dominant theme in Europe as Spanish stocks declined and the euro rose before a pivotal meeting of Catalan’s regional parliament. The dollar had weakened against most major currencies as President Donald Trump’s ...

Reuters Qatar’s stock market continued to recover on Tuesday from last week’s big losses, while Saudi Arabia’s main index was dragged down by the banking and insurance sectors. The Qatari index rose for a third straight day in a technical rebound after hitting five-year lows last week. It was up 0.5 percent on Tuesday after gaining 0.9 percent. Foreign investors ...

Bloomberg People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan made a fresh call to open up the nation’s financial sector, and warned that reform will become more difficult if the window of opportunity is missed. In an interview with the Chinese financial magazine Caijing, the nation’s longest-serving central bank chief defined a “troika” of three drivers needed to further open ...

Bloomberg Indonesia will investigate whether citizens linked to the transfer of $1.4 billion of Standard Chartered Plc private bank client assets complied with tax amnesty requirements. The country’s Finance Ministry received data on the fund transfer for tax compliance purposes and found it involved 81 private citizens, without any military, police, law enforcement or civil servants involved, Ken Dwijugiasteadi, director-general ...

Bloomberg The pound rose as UK data was seen supporting the case for a November rate increase from the Bank of England (BOE). Sterling’s rally took this week’s gains to around 1 percent, as manufacturing and construction output beat forecasts. The data still showed a mixed picture for the U.K. economy as the nation’s trade deficit increased to the most ...

Bloomberg Chief Executive Officer John Cryan is losing the support of some investors just seven months into Deutsche Bank AG’s latest turnaround plan. Three of the 10 largest stakeholders in the bank, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they want to see a turnaround in the next few quarters, particularly in the trading business, to continue to back the 56-year-old ...