Graham Says He May Back Bill Forcing Release…

Lindsey Graham Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham said he would sign on to bipartisan legislation requiring Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report to be made public if President Donald…

Anti-OPEC Bill Allowing U.S. to Sue Oil Cartel…

Photographer: Trevor Snapp/Bloomberg Photographer: Trevor Snapp/Bloomberg Legislation that would allow the U.S. government to sue OPEC for inflating oil prices cleared a key hurdle in the new session of Congress. The House Judiciary Committee, now…

The Beer & Booze Company Behind Corona, Svedka…

Welcome to the Consumerist Archives Thanks for visiting Consumerist.com. As of October 2017, Consumerist is no longer producing new content, but feel free to browse through our archives. Here you can find 12 years worth…

Will the Next Alstom-Siemens Be So Easy to…

A train driver gestures in the cabin of a Siemens train. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg True to form, Europe’s top antitrust official has stood firm. Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has rejected Siemens AG…

A VIX Copycat Tries to Break Cboe’s Monopoly…

Photographer: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Photographer: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Wall Street’s wildly popular fear gauge -- the VIX -- may finally get some real competition. On Feb. 19, MIAX Options plans to…

There He Goes Again: Netanyahu Seizes on Arabs…

Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg Hours before polls closed in Israel’s 2015 election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a news conference to drum up support by warning that Arab citizens were “going to the…

Trump to Nominate Malpass as World Bank President:…

David Malpass Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg It’s a story for our times: A critic of the World Bank takes over the World Bank, nominated by a nationalist U.S. president who rejects the principle…

GMs Resilient Profit Shows Why CEO Mary Barra…

General Motors Co. ended last quarter on a strong note, blowing away Wall Street’s earnings estimates. Drilling into the numbers points to a harsher reality that explains why the Detroit carmaker is cutting thousands of…