Major Asian indexes on Monday are expected to focus on Wall Street’s firmer Friday close as investors await the release of China inflation data. U.S. September consumer prices released Friday were softer than expected. Still, although the headline 0.5 percent increase was below the 0.6 percent predicted in a Reuters poll, the rise in prices […]
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I love that the doorbell has a constant source of power, but that meant I needed to place it pretty much exactly where my old doorbell was (unless I wanted to do some of my own construction). The Ring Doorbell 2, on the other hand, can be stuck anywhere. This also meant that the August […]
Read moreFormer U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton cautioned Britain on Sunday over its push to secure a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump after it leaves the European Union. Clinton, the Democratic Party candidate who lost out to Trump in last November’s election, also said Britain would face serious disruption if it left the EU […]
Read moreIf you read the popular press today, you’d think that people are about to march on Silicon Valley and Washington D.C., with pitchforks, demanding that legislators pass laws that restrict big tech from destroying the world. The New York Times is publishing op-eds with gobsmacked titles like “Silicon Valley is Not Your Friend,” in which […]
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Germany's Social Democrats beat Merkel's conservatives in state vote
Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) beat Angela Merkel‘s conservatives in a vote in the northern state of Lower Saxony on Sunday in a setback to the chancellor as she prepares for tricky three-way coalition talks at the national level this week. The SPD, which has governed the swing state home to carmaker Volkswagen with the Greens […]
Read moreInitial results showed the party of Austria’s 31-year-old foreign minister leading in national elections Sunday, putting him on course to become the youngest head of government in Europe. Projections from the SORA polling organization showed the People’s Party led by Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz receiving 30.5 percent of the vote and the euroskeptic Freedom Party […]
Read moreAt first glance, it seemed pretty unlikely to me that Google and Apple would need to learn anything from a rental car company. Both Hertz and Avis posted worse-than-expected financial results in August. While most rental brands seem to be gaining ground in the J.D. Power 2016 North America Rental Car Satisfaction Study, they all […]
Read moreFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Sunday sketched a bright outlook for the U.S. economy and for inflation prospects in coming months, saying the impact of the recent hurricanes will likely slow economic growth slightly but only temporarily and should be followed by a rebound by year’s end. Her comments suggested that the central bank […]
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Like everyone else, I was skeptical of the hourglass/spindle/predator face/vacuum cleaner/megatron grille that Lexus adopted as they tried to shake the image of being an old person’s car. But across its lineup, Lexus has smoothed out the styling clashes and made a very attractive family of cars. Aside from the jaw-dropping LC 500, the GS […]
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Britain, Germany committed to Iran nuclear deal after US plans to scrap the agreement
Britain and Germany agreed on Sunday they remained committed to the nuclear deal with Iran after a U.S. decision to decertify the agreement, a spokeswoman said after a call between Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “They agreed the UK and Germany both remained firmly committed to the deal,” the spokeswoman said […]
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