Whether Mr. Skipper’s prediction proves true remains to be seen. But the report unquestionably introduced new waves of uncertainty and turmoil into a race for the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions, the attorney general. The women cited in The Washington Post article said that Mr. Moore had pursued them in the 1970s and 1980s…
American and other securities firms scored what looks like a big win Friday when China announced new rules allowing them to own 51 percent stakes in joint ventures. It’s just the sort of market-opening move President Donald Trump was seeking on his first trip as president to Beijing.Except Trump didn’t know it was coming.He didn’t…
Jeffrey Gundlach has been warning something’s got to give. Based on the past two days, looks like we have our answer.Stocks fell around the world a second day and high-yield bonds headed for a fourth straight loss, resuming a historic correlation that the hedge fund manager on Wednesday had warned was alarmingly out of whack. “JNK…
100 mass shooters United States The United States has 270 million guns and had 90 mass shooters from 1966 to 2012. 80 60 40 No other country has more than 46 million guns or 18 mass shooters. Philippines Russia China India 100 million guns 200 million guns 300 million guns 100 mass shooters United States…
Critics’ organizations also came out against Disney. On Tuesday, members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Boston Society of Film Critics and the National Society of Film Critics denounced Disney’s blackout of The Los Angeles Times. Each group voted to disqualify Disney’s movies from year-end award consideration…
The so-called retail apocalypse has become so ingrained in the U.S. that it now has the distinction of its own Wikipedia entry. The industry’s response to that kind of doomsday description has included blaming the media for hyping the troubles of a few well-known chains as proof of a systemic meltdown. There is some truth to…
President Donald Trump knows first-hand that a divorce -- or in his case, two -- can be messy and expensive.But if Republican lawmakers get their way, untying the knot could get even more costly for affluent Americans.To help pay for sweeping tax cuts, the GOP’s “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” includes a controversial provision that…
Photo Jayanthony Hernandez, 12, center, was comforted by his mother, Mona Rodriguez, at a vigil at the Sutherland Springs, Tex., post office on Sunday night. Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times Read the latest on the Texas shooting with Monday’s updates. SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Tex. — A gunman clad in all black, with a ballistic vest…
The king had decreed the creation of a powerful new anti-corruption committee, headed by the crown prince, only hours before the committee ordered the arrests. Al Arabiya said that the anticorruption committee has the right to investigate, arrest, ban from travel, or freeze the assets of anyone it deems corrupt. The Ritz Carlton hotel in…
The carried interest tax break that provides an advantage for investment managers would be revised under changes the House’s chief tax writer says he’s planning.House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady said on CNBC Monday morning that he intends to attach a “two-year holding period” to carried interest. The tax break is used widely among…
