The SEC warned about the risks of cryptocurrencies — now a Chinese industry body is doing the same

Launches of new digital currencies, known as initial coin offerings (ICOs), have shaken up social and economic order, created hidden financial risks, and in some cases may amount to fraud, China’s National Internet Finance Association said. ICO investors should...

Storm’s Impact on Oil Industry Is Felt at Gasoline Pumps

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS August 31, 2017 HOUSTON — Ports along the Gulf of Mexico are closed to fuel barges. Part of the biggest pipeline between Texas and New York has stopped flowing. Refineries and gas stations are flooded. Drilling rigs in the biggest...

Storm With ‘No Boundaries’ Took Aim at Rich and Poor Alike

By JULIE TURKEWITZ and AUDRA D.S. BURCH August 31, 2017 HOUSTON — Antonio Armenta paid $45,000 a decade ago for the little white house with the arched kitchen doorway by the train tracks in northeast Houston, where he raised his children...

On Washington: Hurricane Harvey Shifts Political Winds in Washington

The hurricane has transformed the budget debate, turning Republican critics of federal spending into proponents of billions of dollars of storm relief.