The Wall Street Journal.added this to US Democrats Look to Separate From 2020 Pack in First DebatesThe Wall Street Journal. - Ken Thomas, Joshua JamersonWASHINGTON—Twenty Democratic presidential contenders are poised to audition before primary voters in two televised debates, searching for a breakout moment to set them apart in a crowded field. The Miami
The Wall Street Journal.added this to PoliticsU.S. Politics EPA's Top Official on Air-Pollution Rules ResignsThe Wall Street Journal. - Katy Stech FerekBill Wehrum, who has overseen the Environmental Protection Agency’s air-pollution regulations during the Trump administration’s rollbacks, is stepping down. Agency officials announced Wednesday that Mr.
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsU.S. Politics House Panel Questioned Businessman on Trump Moscow DealingsThe Wall Street Journal. - Rebecca BallhausWASHINGTON—A Georgian-American businessman who pitched a plan in 2015 to build a Trump Tower in Moscow met on Tuesday with the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating possible counterintelligence
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsMegan Rapinoe Trump Takes Aim at U.S. Women's Soccer Star Megan RapinoeThe Wall Street Journal. - Rachel BachmanPARIS—Donald Trump took aim at U.S. women’s soccer team star Megan Rapinoe in a series of tweets Wednesday, responding to a video filmed earlier this year in which she said she’s “not going to the f---ing
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsNYPD Gay NYPD Officer Both Supporting and Securing Pride MarchThe Wall Street Journal. - Ben ChapmanRavi Satkalmi, a gay man from Queens, is one of roughly 180,000 people who will participate in the New York City Pride March in Manhattan on Sunday. Unlike most of his fellow marchers, Mr. Satkalmi is
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsU.S. Treasury Supreme Leader Says Iran Won't Back Down From U.S.The Wall Street Journal. - Aresu Eqbali, Sune Engel RasmussenIran’s supreme leader said his country wouldn’t back down in the face of U.S. sanctions, days after President Trump targeted him personally with a new round of measures to further isolate the country.
The Wall Street Journal.added this to LifeAlec Baldwin How Alec Baldwin Learned to Keep His CoolThe Wall Street Journal. - Chris KornelisAs the SATISFIED owner of a Cadillac Escalade, Alec Baldwin drives a huge car, but he’s not exactly a huge “car guy.” He doesn’t have a preternaturally protruding chin. And he’s also not known for keeping
The Wall Street Journal.added this to TechTechnology AI, Surveillance Tools Scrutinized by European RegulatorsThe Wall Street Journal. - Parmy Olson, Sam SchechnerThe European Union is considering proposals to curb or ban some uses of automated surveillance tools, including facial-recognition software, after an independent panel of industry and academic experts
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsLouvre Now You Can Smell Like The LouvreThe Wall Street Journal. - Grace CookLast summer Ramdane Touhami, the 45-year-old co-owner of cult French beauty emporium Officine Universelle Buly (also known as Buly 1803), assembled a cast of eight perfumers in Paris’s Louvre Museum. 226-year-old
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsU.S. Politics White House to Hold Social Media SummitThe Wall Street Journal. - John D. McKinnon, Catherine LuceyWASHINGTON—The White House will hold a social media summit on July 11, aiming to have a “robust conversation” about online platforms at a time when they are under increasing attack in Washington. White
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsInvesting Backer of Well-Known Hedge Funds Shuts DownThe Wall Street Journal. - Rachael Levy, Dawn LimAdamas Partners LLC, a $1.7 billion investment firm that invested in hedge funds including Baupost Group LLC and Farallon Capital Management LLC, is shutting down. The closure comes after Adamas’s funds
The Wall Street Journal.added this to BusinessJerome Powell Trump Slams Fed's Powell, Saying 'We Should Have Draghi Instead'The Wall Street Journal. - Vivian Salama, Nick TimiraosPresident Trump again criticized the Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell, comparing him unfavorably with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, and said the Fed’s policies are hurting the U.S. economy
The Wall Street Journal.added this to LifeCEOs Which Career Is Best For You? The Clues Lie in Your College SportThe Wall Street Journal. - Hilary PotkewitzLooking for your next star marketing recruit? Try a water polo player. Some jobs have such a reputation for drawing college athletes that it’s become a cliché: football quarterbacks go on to sell insurance,
The Wall Street Journal.added this to PoliticsU.S. Senate No Vote Delay Granted for 2020 HopefulsThe Wall Street Journal. - Andrew DuehrenThis item first appeared in the Capital Journal newsletter. Read today’s full newsletter here or sign up here for daily updates in your inbox. The Democratic presidential debates this week will play an
The Wall Street Journal.added this to USKellyanne Conway House Committee Authorizes Subpoena for Kellyanne ConwayThe Wall Street Journal. - Natalie AndrewsWASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Reform authorized on Wednesday a subpoena for top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, after she failed to appear at a hearing where she was asked to testify
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsGeneral Mills Two-Legged Customers Let Down General MillsThe Wall Street Journal. - Aaron BackThe food giant on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings that were more or less in line with expectations thanks to rapid growth from Blue Buffalo, the pet-food business it acquired last April. But this
The Wall Street Journal.added this to PoliticsTennessee High Court Strikes Down Tennessee Alcohol-License RegulationsThe Wall Street Journal. - Brent KendallWASHINGTON—The Supreme Court struck down stringent Tennessee regulations that prevented out-of-state retailers from obtaining state licenses to sell alcohol, saying the restrictions unlawfully hampered
The Wall Street Journal.added this to TechBroadcom EU Orders Broadcom to Halt Allegedly Anticompetitive PracticesThe Wall Street Journal. - Daniel MichaelsBRUSSELS—The European Commission opened a formal antitrust probe of Broadcom Inc., alleging the chip maker wielded its dominance of the market for chips used in modems and television set-top boxes to competition.
The Wall Street Journal.added this to WorldWorld News Europe's Struggling Political Parties Promise a Return to the Pre-Thatcherite EraThe Wall Street Journal. - Bojan PancevskiBERLIN—To win voters lost to an anti-globalization backlash, Europe’s mainstream parties are going back to the 1970s. In Germany, the U.K, Denmark, France and Spain, these parties are aiming to reverse
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsU.S. Treasury Treasury Yields Rebound on Trade HopesThe Wall Street Journal. - Amrith RamkumarU.S. government-bond yields rebounded from a recent slide Wednesday, boosted by bets that a potential trade agreement between Beijing and Washington could lift the outlook for the world economy. The yield
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsTurtles Fancy Restaurants Offer Fancy Babysitting to Attract Fancy FamiliesThe Wall Street Journal. - Alina DizikYoung diners who arrive at Kingbird, a white tablecloth restaurant inside the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., don’t have to settle for a small box of crayons. Instead, an employee whisks them away
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsTampa Bay Rays The Rays Can't Get One New Stadium. Now They Want Two.The Wall Street Journal. - Jared DiamondStuart Sternberg chose a perfect place to outline his idea for baseball’s first multinational franchise: the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla.—a surreal setting for a plan that might require
The Wall Street Journal.added this to USBroward County Broward County Sheriff Fires Two More DeputiesThe Wall Street Journal. - Talal AnsariTwo more Broward County Sheriff’s deputies have been fired following an internal investigation into the agency’s handling of the massacre at a Parkland, Fla., high school last year, officials said. The
The Wall Street Journal.added this to WorldWorld News Hong Kong Protesters Urge Governments to Confront Beijing at G-20The Wall Street Journal. - Natasha KhanHONG KONG—Bands of protesters urged foreign governments to confront Beijing at the G-20 summit over moves they say infringe on the city’s autonomy, a strategy that risks antagonizing China’s government
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsCollege Admissions Scandal The Summer Read That Predicted the College-Admissions ScandalThe Wall Street Journal. - Fleming SmithAs the news broke on the college-admissions scandal, Bruce Holsinger says he felt shocked, both as a parent and a professor. As an author, however, he understood how parents could cross so many lines.
The Wall Street Journal.added this to TechTechnology Drone Funding Is Fast and FuriousThe Wall Street Journal. - Laura FormanIf it seems like venture-capital funds are flying high these days, so are some of their investments. According to an SEC filing dated Monday, New-York based Drone Racing League Inc. has raised $26.4 million
The Wall Street Journal.added this to BusinessBusiness Media CEOs Reign Over 2018 PayThe Wall Street Journal. - Charlie McGeeMedia titans came under heavy scrutiny in 2018 for their business practices and deal making, but they were well-compensated for their trouble. The S&P 500’s communication-services sector, a group that
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsInvesting Giant Investors Are Coming After One of Wall Street's Cash CowsThe Wall Street Journal. - Liz Hoffman, Geoffrey RogowWall Street’s role as matchmaker between big money managers and corporate executives is under threat. Next year, five large investing firms overseeing more than $7 trillion are banding together to directly
The Wall Street Journal.added this to BusinessUniversity of New Hampshire One State's Effort to Publicize Hospital Prices Brings Mixed ResultsThe Wall Street Journal. - Melanie EvansAs the Trump administration moves to make confidential hospital prices public, New Hampshire’s dozen years of experience with price transparency suggests what it may—and may not—accomplish. New Hampshire
The Wall Street Journal.added this to USTariffs Medical-Supplies Companies Object to Proposed New TariffsThe Wall Street Journal. - Katy Stech FerekWASHINGTON—Add one more group to the long list of industries working to block new tariffs on Chinese imports: medical-supply companies. Trade officials have left the pharmaceutical industry and other within
