Bloomberg “Irma Has Florida Bracing for Atlantic’s Strongest Storm Yet.” Hurricane Irma, the most powerful storm to form in the open Atlantic Ocean, made landfall in the Caribbean early Wednesday and barreled toward Puerto Rico on a path that may bring it ashore in Florida and destroy so much property that damages surpass Hurricane Katrina.....
New York Times “Caribbean Devastated as Irma Heads Toward Florida.” One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded crescendoed over the Caribbean on Thursday, crumpling islands better known as beach paradises into half-habitable emergency zones and sideswiping Puerto Rico before churning north. It is expected to hit the Florida Keys and South Florida by....
Bloomberg “Dollar Advances With Stocks as Irma Threat Recedes.” The dollar gained, Treasuries retreated and stocks advanced as an appetite for risk returned after an anticipated North Korean missile test failed to materialize and Hurricane Irma struck the U.S. with less force than feared. Gold, the yen and the Swiss franc all fell. Bloomberg’s dollar....
Bloomberg “45,000 Evacuated Across Russia After Wave of Bomb Threats.” More than 45,000 people have been evacuated from airports, schools and government buildings across Russia over the last two days amid a wave of fake bomb threats that officials called unprecedented. “There’s never been anything like this before, it’s 100 percent organized telephone terrorism,” Frants....
Reuters “Improvised ‘terrorist’ bomb on packed London commuter train injures 22.” A home-made bomb on a packed rush-hour commuter train in London engulfed a carriage in flames and injured 22 people on Friday in what police said was Britain’s fifth terrorism incident this year, but apparently failed to fully explode. Passengers on board a train....
Bloomberg “Portugal Bonds Lead Peripheral Rally on Debt Rating Upgrade.” Portuguese debt led a rally in euro-area peripheral bonds after S&P Global Ratings raised the nation’s credit rating to investment grade. The yield on benchmark 10-year notes slid to a 20-month low after S&P revised the sovereign rating to BBB- from BB+ with a stable....
Bloomberg “U.S. Stocks Mixed, Dollar Weakens Before Rate Call: Markets Wrap” U.S. stocks remained listless, the dollar slipped and Treasuries edged higher as investors count down to the Federal Reserve’s rate decision and press conference. Commodities advanced as oil rose alongside industrial metals. The S&P 500 Index churned near all-time highs, stuck in one of....
Bloomberg “Uber’s London Private Hire License Revoked by Transport Body.” Facing criminal investigations and government inquiries around the world, Uber Technologies Inc. has lost its license to operate in London in a surprise decision that potentially affects 3.5 million people and 40,000 drivers who use the app in Europe’s largest city. Regulators in London faulted....
Reuters “At least 50 dead, more than 400 hurt in Las Vegas concert attack.” Some 50 people died and more than 400 were hurt when a 64-year-old gunman with an arsenal of at least 10 rifles fired on a Las Vegas country music festival on Sunday, raining down bullets from a 32nd-floor window for several....