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…
VW, BMW Consider More Cooperation Efforts for Self-Driving…
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Volkswagen AG and BMW AG remain open to teaming up with more manufacturers and software providers worldwide to share the huge cost of developing self-driving cars and boost economies…
Oil rises on expectations of market balance, slower…
Oil slipped below $53 as China warned that trade wars and populism posed “serious challenges” to the international order, countering signs that the U.S. shale boom is slowing. Futures fell as much as 1.3 percent…
Qatars $500 Million Foray Into Lebanon Provokes Saudi…
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Qatar threw a $500 million lifeline to Lebanon because of what it sees as its mission to be the Middle East’s emergency lender to…
Wall Street Profit Optimism Requires a Crazy-Good End…
The fourth quarter failed Wall Street’s equity bulls in 2018. This year, strategists are counting on earnings growth in the last three months of the year to save them. An examination of analysts’ profit forecasts…
Stocks Drop as Growth Jitters Halt Earnings Rally:…
U.S. stocks climbed from the lows of the day as traders debated the outlook for global growth. The dollar’s six-day rally stalled and crude oil dropped after an earlier increase. The S&P 500 was little…
U.K.s Fox Hints Hed Be Willing to Accept…
U.K. International Trade Secretary Liam Fox suggested he could live with a delay to Brexit if more time is needed to implement a divorce agreement with the European Union. “A delay because we’ve got a…
Canadian Farmers May Give Peas Another Chance as…
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Canadian farmers may be ready to give peas another chance. Plantings in the world’s top exporter of the legume probably will rise 8 percent to 3.9 million acres (1.6…
Bang Olufsen Beosound Edge Speaker Review: All-in-One Wireless
Bang & Olufsen Beosound Edge speaker. Photographer: Will Anderson for Bloomberg Businessweek Photographer: Will Anderson for Bloomberg Businessweek Bang & Olufsen A/S, the 94-year-old Danish electronics company, has earned a reputation for audio devices with minimalist…