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Carville: Rubio Is the GOP’s ‘Only Hope’

Thursday on Bloomberg TV’s “With All Due Respect,” Democratic strategist and former Clinton adviser James Carville offered his thoughts on the Republican side of the 2016 presidential ticket and declared the Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) would be that’s party’s best

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Historic Mexican Offshore Oil Block Auction Falls Flat

The historic offshore oil block auction being conducted by Mexico fell flat as only two of the fourteen offshore oil fields were awarded. Some of the largest oil companies in the world stayed completely away from the auction.

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Putin Signs Decree to Hide Russian Military Deaths in ‘Special Operations’

An article by Bloomberg’s Josh Rogin has triggered wide disparagement from Moscow, where officials implied all involved in the publication of a piece reporting that Russia was using mobile crematoriums to erase the presence of soldiers in east Ukraine needed mental help. A day later, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that makes all Russian soldiers’s deaths a state secret, even in a time of peace.

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Halperin Predicts 5 or 6 Justices Vote for Gay Marriage

Friday, after the news broke that the Supreme Court will hear four cases this summer of state bans to ultimately decide if gay marriage is a constitutional right, Bloomberg Television’s “With All Due Respect” host Mark Halperin said that the

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Bloomberg: Don’t Judge Immigrants by Charlie Hebdo Massacre; 9/11 Terrorists Were Just ‘Visitors’

An op-ed by the editors of Bloomberg equates “anti-immigration nativists” with the Islamic terrorists who slaughtered the staff of Charlie Hebdo Magazine Wednesday. In its rush to attack anti-immigration activists, the piece says immigration had nothing to do with 9/11, calling the terror attack’s perpetrators “outsiders who entered the country as visitors.”

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Bloomberg: The Rise and Fall of Gold

King Midas lusted after it. The Incas worshipped it. Shiny flakes of it set off a 19th-century rush to California and ship captains never stop looking for it at the bottom of the sea. While gold has ignited passions for centuries, for today’s investors, it seems, the metal has been losing its allure.