Investing Legg Mason Reaches Deal With Hedge Fund TrianThe Wall Street Journal. - Josh BeckermanLegg Mason Inc. confirmed that it reached an agreement with Trian Fund Management LP on the composition of its board, naming Nelson Peltz and Ed Garden as directors. Legg Mason said Trian also will identify
Technology T-Mobile, Sprint Get Merger Backing From FCC ChairmanThe Wall Street Journal. - Brent Kendall, Drew FitzGeraldWASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said he would back the more than $26 billion combination of cellphone carriers T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. after the companies agreed
Congressional Committees Judge Rejects Trump Request to Block Subpoena for Accounting RecordsThe Wall Street Journal. - Brent Kendall, Rebecca BallhausWASHINGTON—A federal judge ruled that President Trump can’t block a subpoena from a House committee seeking financial records from his longtime accounting firm, a blow to his efforts to head off Democratic
Business Ford to Cut 7,000 Jobs in Bid to Catch Up to RivalsThe Wall Street Journal. - Mike ColiasFord Motor Co. said it is cutting 7,000 salaried employees, or about 10% of its white-collar workforce, part of Chief Executive Jim Hackett’s broader plan to reverse profit declines and catch up to competitors
William Barr Barr Says He Is Fighting for the Presidency, Not TrumpThe Wall Street Journal. - Sadie GurmanAs President Trump’s attorney general, William Barr has come under criticism from Democrats and some Republicans who say he is acting more like the president’s personal lawyer than the nation’s top law-enforcement
Roe v. Wade State Abortion Curbs Reverberate in Presidential RaceThe Wall Street Journal. - Tarini PartiMONTGOMERY, Ala.—In the days since this state’s Republican-controlled Legislature approved a near-total ban on abortion, the debate over abortion rights has taken a central role in the 2020 presidential
U.S. Politics U.S. Fines Billions for Wall Street Fraud. Nearly Half the Time It Doesn't Collect.The Wall Street Journal. - Dave MichaelsWASHINGTON—Wall Street watchdogs often tout the fines they levy on alleged wrongdoers. Yet much of that money is never collected. The Securities and Exchange Commission over five fiscal years that ended
U.S. Politics Guatemalan Boy Dies in U.S. Border Patrol CustodyThe Wall Street Journal. - Alicia A. CaldwellA 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died Monday in U.S. Border Patrol custody, the agency said. The boy is the fifth child to die after crossing the border illegally in the past six months; four of them have
Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma, Texas Face Risk of Devastating TornadoesThe Wall Street Journal. - Erin AilworthForecasters say a dangerous mix of warm air and fast, shifting winds is expected to spawn severe thunderstorms and violent tornadoes from the Texas panhandle into Oklahoma Monday evening and into Tuesday.
HBO 'Game of Thrones' Finale Sets HBO Ratings RecordThe Wall Street Journal. - Joe Flint“Game of Thrones” set an HBO ratings record Sunday night as 19.3 million viewers tuned in to watch the epic’s final episode in the U.S., according to Nielsen. The sprawling, special-effects-filled drama
Robert Kraft Prosecutors Move to Stay Proceedings Against Robert KraftThe Wall Street Journal. - Andrew BeatonProsecutors in Florida moved to stay proceedings against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, conceding they could not effectively proceed to trial after “crucial evidence” in the case was suppressed
Pete Buttigieg Buttigieg Leans In on His Military ServiceThe Wall Street Journal. - Joshua Jamerson, Ben KeslingIOWA CITY, Iowa—Pete Buttigieg is entering a new phase of his White House bid, nodding more forcefully to a part of his background that distinguishes him from nearly all of his campaign rivals—his military
Iran Iran Says It Is Poised to Exceed Limits on Nuclear StockpileThe Wall Street Journal. - Laurence Norman, Aresu EqbaliIranian officials said Monday that within weeks they could exceed an internationally agreed cap on their stockpile of low-enriched uranium, as tensions between Iran and the U.S. escalated. Iran threatened
Measles Measles Outbreaks in U.S. Tick UpThe Wall Street Journal. - Brianna AbbottThe number of new U.S. measles cases continued to grow last week but at a slower pace, with the total now at 880 in 24 states so far this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported That
Opinion Did Democrats Just Create a Problem with Soccer Moms and Dads?The Wall Street Journal. - James FreemanEvery Democrat in the House chamber on Friday voted for the appealingly titled “Equality Act.” But next year Democrats are likely to find that support for the bill among swing voters is far from unanimous.
Elton John 'Rocketman' Review: A Biopic Blasts OffThe Wall Street Journal. - Joe MorgensternMuch of the bountiful pleasure of “Rocketman,” a jukebox musical about the genesis, emergence and turbulent triumph of a self-creation named Elton John, comes from the film’s delight in embellishing its
Stephen Ross Hits Back at Critics of Hudson Yards ProjectThe Wall Street Journal. - Konrad PutzierThe developer of Hudson Yards accused critics of the 18-million-square-foot mixed-use complex in Manhattan of creating an atmosphere hostile to business that contributed to Amazon.com Inc.’s decision not
Don McGahn Trump Administration Directs McGahn to Rebuff Congressional SubpoenaThe Wall Street Journal. - Rebecca BallhausWASHINGTON—President Trump on Monday directed former White House counsel Don McGahn to rebuff a congressional subpoena to testify the next day, escalating a standoff over a key witness to the president’s
Tesla Tesla Stock Hits Lowest Level Since 2016The Wall Street Journal. - Patrick Thomas, Sam Goldfarb, Tim HigginsTesla Inc. shares touched their lowest level in more than two years as prices on its bonds also slumped, a sign of investors’ growing doubts about the car maker’s outlook. The Palo Alto, Calif., company’s
World News 'Like Escaping Into the Desert': More Women Forced Into Sex Trade When Fleeing North KoreaThe Wall Street Journal. - Eun-Young JeongSEOUL—Escaping North Korea’s authoritarian regime comes at a high price. The perilous journey through China is especially punishing for many women and girls, who are forced to sell their bodies in their
Kremlin Russian Journalists Resign After Colleagues Fired in Media RowThe Wall Street Journal. - Thomas GroveMOSCOW—Nearly a dozen journalists at one of Russia’s most respected newspapers resigned over the firing of two colleagues, highlighting shrinking press freedoms and the stifling of discussion about the
Internal Revenue Service IRS Audit Rate Drops for 7th Straight YearThe Wall Street Journal. - Richard RubinWASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service audited just 0.59% of individual tax returns last year, marking the seventh consecutive annual decline as the tax agency copes with smaller budgets and fewer workers.
Abortion Planned Parenthood Head Says Abortion Is Still LegalThe Wall Street Journal. - Corinne RameySome women living in states that passed laws restricting or banning abortion are acting as though the procedure is already illegal, the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America said on Monday,
Huawei Google Bans Huawei Phones From Some Android ServicesThe Wall Street Journal. - Dan Strumpf, Yoko KubotaHuawei Technologies Co. has begun to feel the effects of U.S. moves to curb its access to U.S. technology, as Google cut access to some of its Android services on Huawei smartphones and a German chip said
Tablets Hate Buying Cleaning Supplies? There's a Pill for ThatThe Wall Street Journal. - Lane FlorsheimIn 2017, ahead of her first business trip since giving birth to her son, entrepreneur Sarah Paiji Yoo was doing research on how to switch him to formula. When she came across studies of microplastics our
World News Pro-Iran Militias Denounce Rocket Strike Near U.S. Embassy in IraqThe Wall Street Journal. - Ghassan Adnan, Isabel ColesBAGHDAD—Hard-line pro-Iran militias in Iraq denounced the late-night rocket strike near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, seeking to distance themselves from an attack that threatens to inflame tensions amid
Business In Plastic-Bag Wars, the Industry Fights BackThe Wall Street Journal. - Saabira ChaudhuriThe backlash against single-use plastic has engulfed straws, bags and takeout containers, but the plastics industry is fighting back, arguing alternatives can be worse for the environment and disruptive
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine President Takes Office With Vow to End Russia ConflictThe Wall Street Journal. - Georgi KantchevMOSCOW—Ukraine’s new leader launched his presidency with a vow to end a five-year conflict with Russia-backed separatists on Ukraine’s terms and a move to dissolve parliament that could set the stage elections
Kawhi Leonard 'Game of Thrones' Is Over. Your New Favorite TV Show Is Giannis & Kawhi.The Wall Street Journal. - Jason GayThis is a column about new blood, the merciless battle for greatness, and a sudden ascendancy to power. No: It isn’t about freaking “Game of Thrones.” It’s about Giannis & Kawhi. “Game of Thrones” is Your
