Mark Gongloff is an editor with Bloomberg Opinion. He previously was a managing editor of Fortune.com, ran the Huffington Post's business and technology coverage, and was a columnist, reporter and editor for the Wall Street…

No, CBD doesn’t get you high. But it’s made from the cannabis plant—the letters stand for “cannabidiol”—and, as such, is subject to the same laws as marijuana in the U.S. It got a major boost…

Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg The agenda in Davos may be expansive but one clear priority remains at the top of the list: defending the global order. In speeches at the World Economic Forum’s…

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the outspoken New York socialist, said she sought out a seat on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, which has promised heightened scrutiny of President Donald Trump and his administration. She…

Joe Nocera is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business. He has written business columns for Esquire, GQ and the New York Times, and is the former editorial director of Fortune. He is co-author of “Indentured:…

Carry traders are profiting as emerging-market currency volatility drops to a seven-month low. Buying higher yielding developing-nation currencies with borrowed dollars has returned 8.5 percent since the beginning of September amid expectations the Federal Reserve…

Stocks closed higher after whipsawing investors through the day amid the ongoing debate over the outlook for global growth. The dollar’s six-day rally stalled and crude oil dropped after an earlier increase. The S&P 500,…

A courtroom sketch of Patrice Lescaudron. Photographer: Cecilia Bozzoli/Cecilia Bozzoli/Le Temps Photographer: Cecilia Bozzoli/Cecilia Bozzoli/Le Temps A Russian client of convicted former Credit Suisse Group AG wealth manager Patrice Lescaudron lashed out at the lender…