How a Trump ‘love child’ rumor roiled the media The story of how The National Enquirer’s owner bought and spiked a story about an alleged Donald Trump “love child” is now roiling the media world, as The Associated Press acknowledged having decided not to publish it last August, before turning […]
Trading Snarl for Smile, Pompeo Makes Case to Lead State Dept. President Trump has in his first year marginalized American diplomats, sought to slash the State Department’s budget and reversed crucial pieces of his predecessor’s economic and diplomatic opening to Cuba. But Mike Pompeo promised on Thursday to reverse nearly […]
Trump Plans to Pardon Scooter Libby in C.I.A. Leak Case President Trump plans to pardon I. Lewis Libby Jr., who as chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney was convicted of perjury in connection with the leak of a C.I.A. officer’s identity, a person familiar with the decision said […]
Pompeo to signal tough line on Moscow in Cabinet nomination hearing CIA Director Mike Pompeo will signal a harder line toward Moscow during his confirmation hearing on Thursday to become U.S. President Donald Trump’s new secretary of state, according to excerpts of his testimony. “Russia continues to act aggressively, enabled […]
Pressure grows for Missouri Governor Greitens to step down Missouri Governor Eric Greitens on Thursday faced another day of bipartisan pressure to resign or face impeachment after the release of a report finding that he abused and tried to blackmail a woman with whom he was having an affair. The […]
Exclusive: Walmart close to buying majority of India’s Flipkart Walmart Inc (WMT.N) is likely to reach a deal to buy a majority stake in Indian e-commerce player Flipkart by the end of June in what could be the U.S. retail giant’s biggest acquisition of an online business, two people with […]
Toyota’s Hino, VW’s truck unit tie up to reduce R&D costs The truck units of Toyota Motor (7203.T) and Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) are forming an alliance to bolster their market positions as commercial vehicle makers face growing costs to develop lower-emission vehicles and automated driving capabilities. The strategic tie-up of […]
Urban mining’ in South Korea pulls rare battery materials from recycled tech Workers at a rural South Korean factory are busy extracting some of the world’s most coveted metals, used in the batteries that power electric cars. But they’re not digging in the ground or refining ore. Instead, they are […]
UK takeover panel rules Disney must offer to buy all of Sky Britain’s takeover regulator ruled on Thursday that Walt Disney (DIS.N) must make an offer for the whole of Sky if it succeeds in buying Twenty-First Century Fox assets, including its 39 percent stake in the European pay-TV company. […]
Easing Middle East anxiety helps stocks recover European shares began to recover on Thursday as Wall Street futures pointed to a positive U.S. open, with investors’ anxiety over a threatened clash between Western powers and Russia in Syria easing ahead of a strong U.S. earnings season. The ratcheting up of […]
