The struggling British fashion brand LK Bennett has been bought out of administration by US restructuring specialist Gordon Brothers, raising the prospect that its remaining nine UK shops could close with the loss of around 380 jobs. Gordon Brothers, which ...
David J. Bier Welfare fraud cases in Minnesota involving some Somali immigrants are part of what led President Trump in November to state that he “will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries.” As I explained earlier this month, welfare fraud is an issue that has ...
Adam N. Michel Wealth taxes are back in the US policy conversation. In November, California voters will consider a ballot measure that would impose a broad-based wealth tax on the state’s billionaires. The Illinois legislature also recently debated a similar ...
Trump is clearly focused on building a legacy in his second term with his domestic vanity projects and dramatic foreign interventions. But his actual legacy is shaping up to be defined by his lack of progress on affordability. ...
From time to time, the American people need to be reminded who is the boss. The boss is the US government. The citizenry are the serfs, the servants, the subordinates. ...
While unity sounds like a nice thing to have, when it comes to politics and nation-states, experience repeatedly shows that unity is the tool of those who build state power at the expense of freedom. ...
Litestream Ventures recorded $78.1 million (£61.5m) in non-binding investor pledges during World Economic Forum week in Davos, after hosting its fourth annual Family Office & Venture Capital Forum. The closed-door event, held during the World Economic Forum, brought together more ...
The government will create a new cross-department Future of Work Unit, expand its ambition to upskill 10 million workers in AI by 2030, and invest £27 million in a new TechLocal programme aimed at entry-level tech roles, the Science and ...
The 1929 October stock market crash is one of the most important financial events in US history. Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book gives a close look at the events that shook the nation. ...
Mike Fox and Matthew Cavedon San Francisco-based FBI agents flew to Seattle to question Ahmad Abouammo at his home. They suspected Mr. Abouammo, a former Twitter employee, had disclosed a Saudi dissident’s private Twitter account information to an associate of ...