Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), the pro-gun control group backed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, released an ad targeting Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), one of the opponents of the Senate's high-profile background check amendment that faile

Executives are concerned that mayoral candidates lack the business affinity that has defined Michael Bloomberg’s approach

NEW YORK (AP) — Launching his namesake company's news division in the 1990s, Michael Bloomberg largely rejected long-held rules of the journalism trade that insist...

The escalating controversy over Bloomberg reporters accessing private information on Wall Street through the company's terminals puts the data and media empire founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg into strange, new territory. It is now in

"You look around this room and ask, 'What binds the people in this room together?'" New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at Casa Lever on Park Avenue Thursday night. "It's that they're all creators, they're all doers."

Bloomberg has a new radio station in Boston (1200AM) Here’s an interview I did this morning (May 8) with Tom Keene and Michael McKee. And from last week an interview with my colleague Aaron Jackson, and also Marvin Goodfriend of Carnegie Mellon

With marijuana legal or medically available in 16 states, a new industry is rising to capitalize on the new commodity.  Interestingly, many of the entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry are finding a way to run their business without even touchi

Michael Bloomberg’s campaign to promote gun-control may not have swayed many votes in Congress last month, but the $12 million TV and video effort was enough to impress marketing executives at Walmart. The national retailer which claims to serv

We discussed previously the slowing of the global economy and the drag on global trade and it appears that despite some hope-ridden headline data from China, things are definitely troubling under the surface. As Bloomberg Brief's Michael McDonough no

NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented an updated budget proposal for the coming fiscal year on Thursday with largely cosmetic changes before the budget goes to the...

NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters) - New York City's mayor Michael Bloomberg presented an updated budget proposal for the coming fiscal year on Thursday with largely cosmetic changes before it goes to the...

Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, It is just incredible how quick NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is to throw a temper tantrum whenever anyone dares question his crusade to rid the nation of its remaining civil liberties.  In

Even when New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg receives criticism, he is regarded as "a pragmatic, apolitical, solution-oriented centrist," as Joe Nocera once described him in The New York Times. But it isn't so. The conventional wisdom is wrong. Al

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The suspects in last week's Boston Marathon bombing intended to target Times Square next, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday afternoon in a media briefing with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

At a press conference this afternoon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg confirmed that he was informed last night by the FBI that New York City was "next on their list of targets" for the Boston bombing suspects. According to NBC News, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the s

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg believes that the Boston Marathon bombings have created a unique scenario — one in which traditional interpretations of the U.S. Constitution must change. Rather than shying away from cameras and other secu

This stat might blow your mind. *ITALIAN TWO-YEAR NOTE YIELD DROPS TO RECORD-LOW 1.267% -Bloomberg — Michael McDonough (@M_McDonough) April 22, 2013 That's right, short-term Italian borrowing costs have fallen to an all-time low. Meanwhile, 1

JCPenney Chief Operating Officer Michael Kramer has left the company, Bloomberg News reported.  The news organization said in a tweet that JCPenney confirmed the news.  Dana Mattioli at The Wall Street Journal spoke with Kramer in Febr

James Grant, publisher of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, talks about gold prices, inflation and credit markets. He speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” Bloomberg’s Michael McKee also speak

Reuters World Editor Clare Richardson tweets this photo of the escalated police presence in New York's Times Square after Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon.  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that the NYPD has deployed "

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a statement following the Boston Marathon explosions that injured dozens and killed two.  Here's the full statement:   (emphasis ours) "As law enforcement authorities investigate today's exp

Well, at least inflation of a particular kind. Michael McKee, economics editor for Bloomberg TV and Radio, reported Friday morning via Twitter that New York City taxi medallion prices rose an astounding $216,000 in 2012 to $917,000 and increased at a

Japan's efforts to stimulate the economy with aggressive monetary policy has sent the Japanese stock market surging as investors see it as a way to ride inflation. Below is a chart from Bloomberg BRIEF economist Michael McDonough, which shows th

NEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters) - The race to succeed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg could receive an added dose of intrigue with former Congressman Anthony Weiner considering a run for office...

A New York City court has ruled that the city shall pay $366,700 for a destructive raid on Occupy Wall Street's Zuccotti Park encampment. Around 1 a.m. on Nov. 15, 2011, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg ordered the NYPD to evict protestors — some wh

Cyprus Finance Minister Sarris Resigns After Brokering Rescue (Bloomberg) Cyprus Finance Minister Michael Sarris quit the government today after helping clinch the final terms of an international aid agreement to stave off a financial collapse of the

The latest Economics Asia Bloomberg Brief, put out by Michael McDonough, has a great section on the potential for the Chinese auto industry. McDonough writes: "China’s goal of doubling per capita income by 2020 may boost auto sales 144 percent

MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Dell Inc.founder Michael Dell is reportedly seeking a guarantee that he will remain chief executive officer of the personal conmputer maker in the wake of any buyout. Citing a person familiar with the discussion, Bloomberg New

A legislative compromise came after a raw display of political muscle by unions and activists who ran into fierce objections from the business-minded mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, and his corporate allies.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control group released a new ad Thursday morning featuring family members of those killed in the elementary-school massacre in Newtown, Conn. The ad comes on the heels of a $12 million ad buy aimed at

While Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to keep tobacco products out of sight from customers at New York city stores was met with mixed reviews last...

Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, While hosting his weekly radio show this past Friday, Your Royal Highness Mayor Michael Bloomberg explained to the serfs of NYC that privacy is dead and that you just "can't keep the tide" of t

We'll say this, at least it's for charity. Every year billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg performs at the Inner Circle Charity Dinner. Every year there's a highlight reel, every year it's painful. However, it isn't every year that the Mayor sings son

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has a new chief of staff: a former top political adviser to Mayor Michael Bloomberg who has spent the last four years lobbying for school-reform policies resisted by teachers unions.

NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre slammed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and charged his views on gun control were "insane" and "reckless" during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday. "He's so reckless in terms of his comments on this whole gun

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's group is launching a $12 million ad campaign aimed at persuading Senators in key states to support gun control measures.  The ads from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which feature a self-described gun owner

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg considers the domestic use of military drones "scary" but says that there is no way to stop it. “Everybody wants their privacy, but I don’t know how you’re going to maintain it,” Bloomberg

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Which business leaders of our time will become the business legends of all time? Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Cornelius Vanderbilt have all secured their place in business history. Last week we proposed that Michael Bloomberg

Law Blog looks at the legal questions surrounding Mayor Michael Bloomberg's new anti-smoking push.

Bloomberg is reporting that Cyprus finance minister Michael Sarris has resigned, citing Market News International. Reuters is also reporting that he has resigned, citing sources. Sky News is citing sources as well, saying this is the case. Sarris is

NEW YORK -- Anti-smoking advocates and health experts hailed proposals from Mayor Michael Bloomberg that would keep cigarettes out of sight in New York City...

Under a proposal from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, New York would be the first city in the nation requiring stores to keep tobacco products out of sight.

A look at the parallels between New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's sugary-drink ban and efforts to ban specific assault-style weapons -- and how it could affect trading in gun manufacturers.

To develop New York City's electric vehicle charging infrastructure, Mayor Michael Bloomberg last month called for the installation of 10,000 charging spots for electric vehicles over the next seven years. In June, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo anno

Lawmakers over in Mississippi are probably not going to be best friends forever with New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg any time soon, considering they’re pushing a bill that’s the opposite of what Bloomberg is trying to do in

Walter OlsonMayor Michael Bloomberg and his aides at the NYC Department of Health seem to have been caught unawares Monday when Judge Milton Tingling Jr. struck down their “Portion Cap” ban on large sizes of sweetened beverages. They probably

Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the pro-regulation group cofounded by Bloomberg LP founder Michael R. Bloomberg, is at it again. In addition to lobbying, the group has been systematically producing information, which is kryptonite to the National Rifle

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday that he’s still going to fight for his soda ban that was struck down, a measure he thinks will...

While public education cuts drive college tuition costs to new heights and students rack up debt to cope, it's nice to see colleges still have room in the budget for faculty perks. Bloomberg's John Hechinger & Michael McDonald&nbs

Walter OlsonFor all the public irritation over New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s high-handed attempt to ban large-size sugary drinks, most New Yorkers were expecting it to pass into effect Tuesday as planned. Although opponents had gone t