Ed Kalecki

President Trump plans to nominate economist Brett Matsumoto to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this according to people familiar with the matter.

The choice elevates a career staffer to run the federal government's leading agency for economic statistics, which has been without a commissioner since Trump fired its previous chief in August out of frustration with

with numbers that showed bad news about the job market.

The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch said the department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest Epstein disclosure, as well as more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.

The files posted to the department's website include some of the several million pages of records.

that officials said were withheld from an initial release of documents in December.

Congressional Democrats, who have been key to pushing for the release of case files on Epstein, are arguing that Friday's release is only about half of the files that have been collected.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will pause tourist flights to space for no less than two years in order to prioritize development of its moon lander and other lunar technologies.

Blue Origin said in a statement announcing the news that the decision reflects Blue Origin's commitment to the nation's goal of returning to the moon and establishing a permanent, sustained lunar presence.

Disney chief executive Bob Iger has told associates that he plans to step down as CEO and pull back from daily management before the December 31st end of his contract.

This according to people familiar with the matter.

The Entertainment Giants board of directors is planning to meet next week at its headquarters in Burbank, California.

where they are expected to vote on who should take the top job.

Again, this according to people familiar with the matter.

Actress Catherine O'Hara, best known for roles in films such as Home Alone and Best in Show, and TV series such as Schitt's Creek, has died at the age of 71.

The Friday numbers on Wall Street, the Dow fell 179, NASDAQ lost 223, the S&P dropped 29, the 10-year Treasury yield at 4.24%, the two-year at 3.52%.

That's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now.

I'm Ed Kalecki.