Nobel prizes Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions 12-10-2020 12:05 US economists Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have won the Nobel Prize in Economics for "improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats."
UNITED STATES Of presidents and health, US history replete with secrecy, lies 03-10-2020 15:38 Throughout US history, an uncomfortable truth has emerged: Presidents have lied about their health.
BLOOMBERG - OPINION Latin America’s trash brims with hidden cash 24-01-2020 13:42 "Where there’s waste, there’s also opportunity. Latin Americans, belatedly, seem to be catching on," writes Marc Margolis. by Mac Margolis
Colombian Elections Shootings, death threats mar Colombia's post-peace elections 29-10-2019 07:00 Despite an historic peace accord, running for office in Colombia is still risky. Recently, two candidates were shot and burned to death in a campaign vehicle. Gubernatorial candidate Wilson Flores has received pamphlets declaring him a “military target.”
BLOOMBERG YPF should return to focusing on oil, says Sergio Massa 07-10-2019 14:36 State-controlled energy company YPF SA should go back to its core business of pumping oil and stop investing in other projects like scooters, according to Sergio Massa.
CRIME & SECURITY Killings by police divide Rio, with Brazil's famed city weary of crime 22-08-2019 09:32 Brazilian human rights and victims' groups are raising alarms about the record levels of deaths at police hands in the state of 17.2 million people, with 1,075 slain in the first seven months of the year, according to official figures. And far-right Rio state Governor Wilson Witzel and President Jair Bolsonaro are pushing to give police a still-freer hand.