July 2019

Trump Campaign Invests Big in Small Donors, and Reaps Rewards

Politics /

WASHINGTON — Democrats have traditionally trounced Republicans when it comes to raising money from small donors, but President Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign is spending heavily to try to change that. As they prepare for a re-election fight in which grass-roots Democratic fund-raisers are expected to be particularly energized to defeat the president, Mr. Trump’s three […]

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Former Mitsubishi workers seek assets sale for forced labor

Finance /

Colonial-era Korean laborers are seeking a court’s approval for the sales of local assets of their former Japanese employer after it refused to comply with a court order to compensate them for forced labor decades ago. The development comes amid growing tensions between South Korea and Japan. Tokyo recently tightened controls on high-tech exports to

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Colbert Nails The Real Problem With Trump’s Racist Attacks On Democrats

Entertainment /

Stephen Colbert returned from two weeks off the air to take on President Donald Trump’s latest racist rant on Twitter.  Trump over the weekend attacked Democratic lawmakers, specifically women of color, telling them to “go back” to their own countries.    “If that strikes you as a little racist, you do not know the meaning

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After 2016 Bible Slip, Trump Lashed Out at ‘So-Called Christians,’ Book Says

Politics /

Furious after he was criticized by evangelicals for stumbling in his reference to a book of the Bible during the 2016 campaign, Donald J. Trump lashed out at “so-called Christians” and used an epithet in describing them to a party official, according to a new book. Mr. Trump’s anger was aroused after he stumbled in

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Christine Lagarde Must Learn to Run an Economy That’s Slowing to a Crawl

Finance /

Do Ms. Lagarde and Mr. Draghi think alike? Here’s a quick read on what they say: On weak inflation Mr. Draghi, June 18, 2019: In the absence of improvement, such that the sustained return of inflation to our aim is threatened, additional stimulus will be required. Ms. Lagarde, April 2, 2019: Monetary policy should remain

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Three months after I was paralysed, I was back at work

Business /

Image copyright Hiroki Takeuchi Image caption Hiroki Takeuchi was off work for just three months after his accident The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Hiroki Takeuchi, chief executive of financial technology business GoCardless. Hiroki Takeuchi had just got married when he was

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