New Trump bump? Consumer confidence hasn’t been this high since … Clinton impeachment
If you’re concerned that your fellow Americans may be worried about a potential hit to their pocketbooks from impeachment of President Donald Trump, the most recent consumer confidence reading could lead you...
UK election 2019: This is where each party stands on young money issues
Following a so-called “youthquake” at the last election, many media outlets are suggesting that young Brits have become even more politicized as Brexit chaos has rumbled on in Westminster.
A survey...
Small business confidence rebounds on optimism about US-China trade deal
Resurgent optimism about the future of U.S. trade policy, along with a surprise spike in optimism about technological changes, helped lift confidence among small business owners, according to the fourth-quarter 2019 CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small...
These companies help Amazon and Walmart haul away all the stuff Americans buy online
E-commerce sellers, or e-tailers, have transformed the way we shop, undermining brick-and-mortar retailers with a promise of convenience and efficiency. But one aspect of their business model has swung so far to...
Sanders’s Tax Would Hit Small Investors
I share my fellow Democrats’ concerns about income inequality and the need for a fairer tax system. But the presidential candidates would do well to drop one of their talking points: a...
Mayor Pete’s Latest Trillions
Pete Buttigieg is getting a hard look from anxious Democrats. If Joe Biden can’t perform better and Elizabeth Warren seems unelectable, then who’s on deck? Maybe it’s Pete, the mild Midwestern...
Boris’s Bad Campaign Start
Boris Johnson last week wrung an early election from an unwilling Parliament, but he’s off to a bad start for the Dec. 12 poll. The Prime Minister started things off by announcing...
Boris Johnson Leads Westminster to a Waterloo Over Brexit
Boris Johnson is finally facing his Waterloo. As ABBA sang, he couldn’t escape it if he wanted to. The prime minister’s battleground won’t be on the road to Brussels, as it was...
Facebook and Free Speech
Mark Zuckerberg offered a stalwart defense of liberal values on free speech last week, and it’s a sign of our illiberal times that progressives were his biggest critics. A Joe Biden spokesman...
U.S. and EU should put aside their Boeing-Airbus feud and join forces against predatory...
A major clash between the U.S. and the EU over government subsidies for aircraft manufacturers may pave the way for the emergence of a well-financed, state-backed Chinese aerospace competitor, unless Boeing and...
