Business 'Game of Thrones' Bows OutThe Wall Street Journal. - John Jurgenson“Game of Thrones,” the HBO series that achieved epic scale and success, ended Sunday with at least one winner to its eight-season tale but left many viewers feeling like they had suffered a loss—either
Economics Japan's Blossoming 2.1% Growth Stuns Economists, but It's Not All RosesThe Wall Street Journal. - Megumi FujikawaTOKYO—The Japanese economy unexpectedly grew in the first quarter of 2019 supported by government spending, although there were some worrying signs connected to the U.S.-China trade dispute. The economy
U.S. Politics Trump Signals GOP Discord on State Abortion LawsThe Wall Street Journal. - Gabriel T. RubinPresident Trump’s call this weekend for unity among abortion-rights opponents reflects an emerging split among Republicans who are debating the merits and politics of new state laws aimed at curtailing
Black History A Gift to Morehouse Class of 2019: Your Student Loans Are GoneThe Wall Street Journal. - Cameron McWhirter, Jake HollandATLANTA—The keynote speaker for Morehouse College’s commencement ceremony on Sunday caused elation when he made a stunning announcement: The billionaire would pay off the college debt of every graduate
New York State Senate New York Democrats Aim to Make Presidential Primary More AccessibleThe Wall Street Journal. - Jimmy VielkindNew York’s Democratic presidential primary is still almost a year away, but a key debate over who gets to vote in it will take place Wednesday at a labor hall in Albany. The New York State Democratic is
Brooks Koepka Brooks Koepka Wins the PGA ChampionshipThe Wall Street Journal. - Brian CostaFARMINGDALE, N.Y.—On the evening of Feb. 1, 2015, few people took much notice of a 24-year-old golfer who had just won his first PGA Tour event. Tiger Woods’s game was in shambles, Rory McIlroy was his
Iran Rocket Lands in Baghdad's Green Zone, Where U.S. Embassy Is LocatedThe Wall Street Journal. - Ghassan Adnan, Isabel ColesBAGHDAD—A rocket landed near the U.S. Embassy in the center of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, security officials said, an incident that comes amid already heightened tensions in the region after Washington
World News U.S., Bahrain to Host Economic Forum in Mideast Peace PushThe Wall Street Journal. - Felicia SchwartzTEL AVIV—The Trump administration is inviting government officials and business leaders from the Middle East and Europe to Bahrain in late June to discuss the economic portion of its plan for peace between
Investing Secrets of Wealthy Women: How Pro Golfer Kelley Brooke Learned About MoneyThe Wall Street Journal. - The Wall Street JournalIn professional golfer Kelley Brooke’s family, money was a taboo topic of conversation when she was growing up in Iowa. Ms. Brooke, who is the 2018 LPGA Professional of the Year and owner of the Golf Academy,
Heinz-Christian Strache Austria Government's Breakup Is New Blow to Europe's Far-Right MovementThe Wall Street Journal. - Bojan PancevskiA video showing the leader of the junior partner in Austria’s ruling coalition offering public contracts to a woman he believed to be a Moscow oligarch deals a blow to the Continent’s far-right movement
Opinion What if Green Energy Isn't the Future?The Wall Street Journal. - Mark P. MillsWhat’s Warren Buffett doing with a $10 billion bet on the future of oil and gas, helping old-school Occidental Petroleum buy Anadarko, a U.S. shale leader? For pundits promoting the all-green future, looks
Opinion Australia's Left Loses an Election It Was Sure to WinThe Wall Street Journal. - Tom SwitzerThere’s nothing like a shock election result to force media sophisticates to eat their words. The triumph of the center-right Liberal-National Coalition government in Australia has caused plenty of verbal
Opinion Be a Leader, Not a LiterThe Wall Street Journal. - James PaneroWorld Metrology Day is Monday. Forgive me if I don’t raise a pint—sorry, 473 milliliters—in commemoration. This date is meant to celebrate the International System of Units, otherwise known as the metric
Conrad Black Conrad Black Deserved a PardonThe Wall Street Journal. - Elliot Kaufman‘I never ask for mercy and seek no one’s sympathy,” Conrad Black told a federal judge in 2011. “I do ask you now to avoid injustice.” President Trump’s pardon of Mr. Black on Wednesday comes too late that.
Mexico City Mexico Flirts With SuicideThe Wall Street Journal. - Mary Anastasia O’GradyLeftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador—AMLO, as he is popularly known—has worked hard to convince markets that he is no Hugo Chávez. Former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, maybe,
Opinion How to Slay Dragons in the Business WorldThe Wall Street Journal. - Andy KesslerDear grads: Finish streaming Bird Box, stop moisturizing with CBD, lace up your Allbirds and listen up on how to get ahead. Dressed in medieval gowns and tassels, you’ve been drowned with graduation platitudes
Opinion Cut Out the Medical MiddlemenThe Wall Street Journal. - John CarlsonHealth-care policy is often portrayed as a fight between government and insurance companies. But one of the most effective cost-saving measures is to cut out both and allow patients to deal directly with
Opinion 'Entrenchment' Review: The Politics of No ReturnThe Wall Street Journal. - Barton Swaim‘The nearest approach to immortality on earth,” the South Carolina statesman James Byrnes famously remarked, “is a government bureau.” What Byrnes was describing usually goes by the pejorative term “entrenchment”:
Millennials 'Playing Catch-Up in the Game of Life.' Millennials Approach Middle Age in CrisisThe Wall Street Journal. - Janet Adamy, Paul OverbergAmerican millennials are approaching middle age in worse financial shape than every living generation ahead of them, lagging behind baby boomers and Generation X despite a decade of economic growth and
John Wick Third 'John Wick' Movie Posts Series' Strongest Opening WeekendThe Wall Street Journal. - R.T. WatsonLions Gate Entertainment Corp. won a respite from its box-office woes as its latest film, “John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum” nabbed the top spot, with the biggest opening weekend in the action-thriller
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, Iran Appear to Ease TensionsThe Wall Street Journal. - Jared MalsinMiddle East tensions appeared to ease over the weekend after the Trump administration moved to de-escalate two weeks of crisis, while Saudi Arabia and Iran toned down their threatening rhetoric in an to
World News Swede Brings His Grandchildren Home From ISIS TraumaThe Wall Street Journal. - Isabel Coles, Photographs by Rena Effendi for The Wall Street JournalERBIL, Iraq—The distant roar of jet engines sent 8-year-old Ibrahim scrambling for cover, his survival instincts borne of years living under bombardment on the battlefields of Syria. But the boy was no
Investing Don't Get Too Used to Higher Bank Deposit RatesThe Wall Street Journal. - Allison PrangThe “good times” for bank depositors may not last much longer. Investors increasingly think the Federal Reserve is on course to cut interest rates at least once this year. That makes it likely banks could
Opinion About That 'Junk' Health InsuranceThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardHouse Democrats last week voted to reverse a Trump Administration rule that the left has branded as promoting “junk insurance.” So note that the vote arrives the same week as a fresh analysis about how
FCA US Fiat Chrysler's Ram Is Gaining on Pickups From GM and FordThe Wall Street Journal. - Adrienne Roberts, Mike ColiasThe growing popularity of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s Ram pickup truck is pushing the car maker’s Detroit rivals to defend their positions in a highly profitable corner of the auto market. Ford Motor
Investing China Probes Former Securities Regulator for CorruptionThe Wall Street Journal. - Chun Han WongBEIJING—China’s anticorruption agencies are investigating a former top securities regulator for allegedly violating the law and flouting Communist Party regulations. Liu Shiyu, who stepped down as chairman
North Korea U.S. Officer on a Pink Phone Dials Down North Korea TensionsThe Wall Street Journal. - Timothy W. Martin, Tim Franco for the Wall Street JournalPANMUNJOM, Korean Demilitarized Zone—Every weekday for five years, U.S. military officer Daniel McShane waited patiently for North Korean soldiers to return his calls. When they finally did, his team to
Investing BlackRock, Other Big Investors Spoil Uber's Coming-Out PartyThe Wall Street Journal. - Corrie Driebusch, Maureen Farrell, Juliet ChungUber Technologies Inc. grew to be the nation’s most valuable startup thanks to support from some of the biggest investors around. That support became a liability when the ride-hailing giant made its stock-market
Labor Party A Climate-Change Drubbing in AustraliaThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardIf American Democrats want a warning about the consequences of embracing the Green New Deal, look no further than Saturday’s election shocker in Australia. The opposition center-left Labor Party had led
OPEC Despite Mideast Tensions, OPEC Inches Closer to Maintaining Production Cuts Through 2019The Wall Street Journal. - Benoit Faucon, Summer SaidJEDDAH, Saudi Arabia—OPEC and its allies on Sunday inched closer to continuing their existing production targets through the end of the year, delegates said, as fear of a returning oil glut outweighed
