BUENOS AIRES — He didn’t sit down with two of his favorite strongmen. He downgraded a meeting with one ally and postponed one with another. He exchanged icy smiles with the prime minister of Canada, who had threatened to skip the signing of a new trade agreement with the United States and Mexico because of…
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Marriott has announced a massive breach of data belonging to 500 million guests who stayed at hotel brands including W, Sheraton, and Westin. Marriott announced Friday that it had "taken measures to investigate and address a data security incident" that it said stemmed from its Starwood guest-authorization database. The company said it thought about 500…
THE TRADE disputes President Donald Trump relishes have an old-fashioned feel. Tariffs are the principal weapons. Old-economy markets, from cars to steel, are the main battlefields. Farmers and factories preoccupy the president. And his personal chemistry with other powerful men can make or break deals. Hence the focus on the meeting between Mr Trump and…
When Donald J. Trump took a run at building a tower in Moscow in the middle of his 2016 presidential campaign, it was the high point of a decades-long effort to plant the “Trump” flag there. The role his former lawyer Michael D. Cohen played in the endeavor entered the spotlight again on Thursday after…
In early November, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled plans that would allow tech companies around the world access to Chinese investors. He announced the creation of a new equity bourse based out of Shanghai that would allow tech companies worldwide the opportunity to list. The move that likely came as a relief for the Shanghai…
Prosecutors in the Russia investigation made one of their most consequential moves on Thursday when they announced that they had struck a plea deal with Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former longtime lawyer. According to a criminal information against Cohen filed by the special counsel Robert Mueller's office, Cohen pleaded guilty to one count of…
WHEN MPs called for a vote on the Brexit deal, many said economics should influence their decision. The government has now published its analysis. It makes gloomy reading for Brexiteers who think leaving the EU will boost the economy. The message is that Britons will be worse off with any plausible form of Brexit. The…
Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, who is in line to become chairman of the Intelligence Committee, became emotional as he made the case for Ms. Pelosi. “Everything we care about is now at risk,” Mr. Schiff said, according to people in the room, mentioning families who lack health insurance, children separated from their parents…
Amid rising global trade tensions and slowing GDP growth, shaken investors have pushed stock markets across China down over 20% in 2018. One victim of the broad stock slide: Chinese tech unicorn Meituan Dianping. Now valued at roughly $35.8 billion, the-yet-to-be profitable food delivery giant went public in September on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange…
