published Apr 24, 2018, 11:36:43 AM, by Tyler Cowen (Bloomberg View) — Paul Krugman recently made a splash in a New York Times column by suggesting there are no “serious, honest, conservative intellectuals with real influence,” referring to the “unicorns of the intellectual right.” I largely agree with his criticisms,

We all come out of our schooling to progress in the work place. So, what do we do…well, we follow the lead of a so called “leader”. We are taught at an early age that we just need to listen and follow. However, we get older and it becomes clear

published May 2, 2018, 1:30:13 PM, by Patrick Clark and Noah Buhayar (Bloomberg) — New York is losing more than a thousand financial-industry jobs — and Manhattan’s loss is Music City’s gain. AllianceBernstein Holding LP is moving its corporate headquarters and about 1,050 jobs to Nashville, Tennessee, the company said

published May 2, 2018, 6:10:18 PM, by Brian Eckhouse (Bloomberg) — Tesla earnings calls are unlike other companies’ — CEO Elon Musk freelances, rambles and mumbles — but this was a whole different experience. Right before the call, he sent three tweets — about SpaceX, a link to a positive

published May 2, 2018, 7:19:12 PM, by Spencer Soper (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. has started its own brand of pet products, called Wag, expanding on existing private-label efforts that include batteries, baby products, clothing and household goods. The Wag brand launched Wednesday with dry dog food and Amazon plans to

published May 1, 2018 4:23:58 PM, by Mark Gurman (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. reported revenue and profit that beat analysts’ estimates and projected continued sales momentum, calming concern about demand for the iPhone, its most-important product. The Cupertino, California-based company also raised its dividend, unveiled a new $100 billion share

published May 1, 2018 3:00:28 PM, by Jennifer Epstein (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump praised crew members and passengers of a Southwest Airlines flight for their handling of an emergency landing two weeks ago after an engine exploded. Trump met in the Oval Office with five crew members and five

published Apr 30, 2018, 8:27:10 PM, by Amy Teibel, David Wainer and Michael S. Arnold (Bloomberg) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country has half a ton of Iranian documents that prove Tehran had a secret program to build nuclear bombs, potentially giving President Donald Trump ammunition to

published Apr 27, 2018, 10:03:35 AM, by Matt Levine (Bloomberg View) — WeWork. The business model of real-estate companies is pretty much, you borrow a lot of money, you use it to buy buildings, and you rent out space in the buildings to tenants. If the tenants pay more in

published Apr 30, 2018, 8:29:44 PM, by Justin Sink and Andrew Mayeda (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump will delay imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Mexico and Canada until June 1 as he finalizes deals with them, the White House said in a statement. The administration has