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| Lauren Gunderson: the most popular playwright in America today One recent Sunday afternoon in Baltimore, after the cast had taken their bow, the actor Dawn Ursula waited for the applause to taper. She made a short speech from the stage aimed at eliciting donations. She told the audience they had just watched a drama written by the most-produced playwright in ...
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Questions about Trump's fitness raised by bombshell new book pose growing threat for ... In a new book informed by extensive White House access, top officials described the president with words like "crazy" and "stupid." Early polling shows Democrats strongly positioned for midterm gains in November. "It raises the question about whether the president has the judgment and discipline that ...
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| UK banks and companies tap debt at fastest rate in 8 years UK banks and businesses are tapping debt markets at the fastest rate for eight years, and bankers expect the rush to continue this quarter. The boom saw November become the busiest month in the UK since October 2009, with net new issuance of bonds and commercial paper of £17.5bn, according to ...
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| Can We Escape Trade Disaster In 2018? While it is natural to use the turn of the calendar as an excuse to take stock of what's coming, there is additional motivation when it comes to U.S. trade policy in 2018. While a number of trade conflicts were set asimmer during 2017, there was no resolution. Further, in the latter part of the year, President ...
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| Long ambulance waits double in a week as NHS winter crisis bites The number of patients enduring long waits in ambulances has doubled in a week, official figures show. Data from NHS England shows 16,900 patients were forced to wait in ambulances in hospital car parks, or with paramedics in corridors, in the week ending 31 December. Last week almost one in five ...
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| Community leader tortured and killed over land trafficking in Peru A criminal gang involved in land trafficking has tortured and murdered a community leader in northern Peru, according to his wife and local villagers who witnessed the killing. José Napoleón Tarrillo Astonitas, 50, was attacked by four men in his home on Saturday night. His wife, Flor Vallejos, told police ...
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| US suspends millions in security assistance to Pakistan A state department spokeswoman, Heather Nauert, said she could not provide a dollar value for the suspended aid, but said it was in addition to the $255m in military aid it has already put on hold. Nauert said some of the aid could still be permitted if Islamabad takes decisive action against the groups.
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| Stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading: SNAP, TSLA, DPZ, ROKU & more Tesla — The electric car maker released fourth-quarter auto delivery numbers that fell short of many Wall Street estimates. The company also pushed back production targets for its Model 3 sedan. Intel — CEO Brian Krzanich told CNBC the company will start rolling out fixes for a widespread issue ...
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| Report: PBoC Quashes Bitcoin Mining Ban Rumor in China 4 by the Chinese business publication Caixin, said that China's central bank did not host any meetings to discuss a policy requiring the closure of bitcoin mining operations in the country by a certain deadline. The meeting had supposedly taken place on Jan. 3. However, Caixin's report, which did not ...
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Tibetan activist put on trial in China for inciting separatism A Tibetan language activist who appeared in a New York Times video has been put on trial for separatism in proceedings dismissed as a "sham" by rights groups, a sign of increasingly hardline attitudes towards government critics. Tashi Wangchuk pleaded not guilty to the charges of "inciting ...
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| JK Rowling gets her own (temporary) pub in Edinburgh While some locals are protesting the change, they only need to hang in there until January 25, when The Conan Doyle will get its original name back. No word on whether The J.K. Rowling will feature butter beer or any other Leaky Cauldron delights in the meantime.
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| Two Major Security Flaws Found In Almost Every Processor Over the holidays, security researchers revealed two different, but equally serious, flaws in just about every microprocessor in use today. They're calling them Meltdown and Spectre. Between the two, they affect almost every computer, tablet, phone and cloud computing service. As with most security ...
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