For as long as I can remember, my wife and I wanted to visit Hawaii.  A few years back we got the chance when Hawaii University invited me to come there and speak on writing. It was beautiful.  The islands are full of amazing scenes – the vegetation is fantastic and natural

published May 3, 2018, 4:00:15 PM, by David Fickling and Christopher Balding (Bloomberg Opinion) — Amid a simmering trade dispute, top officials from President Donald Trump’s administration are visiting Beijing this week, hoping to induce China to make key concessions on matters such as market access and the U.S. trade

published May 3, 2018, 5:01:06 PM, by Tim Ross (Bloomberg) — The Brexit transition period will need to be extended potentially for years because any new customs regime will not be ready to come into force in time, according to senior British officials. In what would be a politically explosive

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,

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