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…
Stock Buybacks Arent Bad. Theyre a Symptom of…
Photographer: Nejc Prah for Bloomberg Businessweek Photographer: Nejc Prah for Bloomberg Businessweek Last year, U.S. companies announced they were buying more than $1 trillion of their own stock. This record-setting exercise in financial engineering was…
Try Your Government On For Size
Justin Fox is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business. He was the editorial director of Harvard Business Review and wrote for Time, Fortune and American Banker. He is the author of “The Myth of the…
NYC’s Park Lane Hotel Stake Sold as Part…
The Park Lane Hotel in New York. Michael Stewart/Getty Images Michael Stewart/Getty Images A stake in New York’s Park Lane Hotel has been sold to an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund as part of the…
Is the Anti-BDS Bill Constitutional? Yes, But …
Noah Feldman is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a professor of law at Harvard University and was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter. His books include “The Three Lives of James…
Forget About Trump’s New Immigration Position. He Will.
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg An ad-libbed moment in President Donald Trump’s latest State of the Union address is the key to interpreting it. “I want people to come into our country in the…
Publicis Shortfall Jolts Madison Avenue as Ad Stocks…
Photographer: Tony Eccles/Moment Open via Getty Images Photographer: Tony Eccles/Moment Open via Getty Images Publicis Groupe SA is setting off alarm bells on Madison Avenue as the ad industry’s earnings season gets underway. The French…
End Metals Tariffs Before Car Prices Rise, Linamar…
Linda Hasenfratz, president and chief executive officer of Linamar Corp. Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg The U.S. and Canada should drop steel and aluminum tariffs before automakers are forced to raise prices, the head…
Virginia Democrats Face Triple Scandal Combining Race and…
Ralph Northam speaks at a press conference in Richmond, on Feb. 2. Photographer: Alex Edelman/Getty Images Photographer: Alex Edelman/Getty Images In the capital of the former Confederacy, three top Democratic officials are being engulfed by…