Robert Reich is the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies. He has served in three national administrations, including as Secretary…
Huawei Deals for Tech Will Have Consequences, U.S.…
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Any Western country allowing Huawei Technologies Co. or other Chinese equipment to be used in critical infrastructure projects will face the risk of U.S. countermeasures, the U.S. envoy to…
Philippines Holds Rate as Central Bank Cuts Inflation…
Photographer: Veejay Villafranca/Bloomberg Photographer: Veejay Villafranca/Bloomberg The Philippines central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a second straight policy meeting, while cutting inflation forecasts for this year and next. The overnight reverse repurchase rate…
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…