Opinion

  Uber is currently in trouble for, well, a lot of things, but one particularly problematic thing is the claim that the ride-hailing company acquired trade secrets stolen from Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc. It’s also a case where Uber isn’t the one behaving badly. According to a lawsuit filed by Waymo, employees swiped files ...

  It may turn out that the widespread belief that most Americans’ incomes have stagnated for years is, well, false or at least overstated. Say what? No doubt, many Americans feel that, except for the rich and segments of the upper middle class, they’ve been treading water economically for years. To take a prominent piece of evidence: In 2015, the ...

  On Monday — Day 1 of the fiasco over United Airlines’s forcible removal of a passenger from an overbooked flight — the stock of United Continental Holdings Inc. actually rallied. Perhaps Americans were outraged by how the passenger was treated, but airlines operate in a consolidated industry where consumers don’t have much choice. Investors seemed to shrug and assume ...

  Paying women less than men is not only unfair but counterproductive. Women and men alike prefer to work for — and work harder for — companies that pay equally. Yet women who hold down the same jobs as men, with the same qualifications, still generally earn less. So it makes sense to continue to try to close the gap. ...

  North Korea has reacted fiercely to the US move to send a Navy strike carrier USS Carl Vinson and its battle group to waters off Korean peninsula. The new development has further worsened the already volatile situation on the divided peninsula with the United States and South Korea conducting their biggest-ever military exercises. North Korea sees this annual wargames ...

  One of the most common debates I hear about India is whether British colonialism has been good or bad for the country’s economic prospects. Defenders of British rule often cite the construction of the railroads, or the spread of the English language, but as time passes the evidence mounts that India would have been much better off on its ...

  Another one bites the dust. German-listed Dialog Semiconductor Plc lost one-third of its market value at one point after analysts at Bankhaus Lampe KG claimed there was “strong evidence” that Apple Inc. was working on making its own power management chips for the iPhone. Dialog replied that it knew of “no business reason” for the share price movement. But ...

  A pro-Brexit argument that always makes me giggle a little is that leaving the European Union will allow the UK to become the new Singapore. That’s right — the land of hope and glory, home to the world’s fifth-largest economy, wants to emulate its steamy little former colony, population 5.4 million. When you look at the per-capita income data, ...

  “War is the health of the state. It automatically sets in motion throughout society those irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation with the government in coercing into obedience the minority groups and individuals, which lack the larger herd sense.” — Randolph Bourne (1886-1918) One hundred years ago, two events three days apart set the 20th century’s trajectory. On ...

  Twin suicide bombings struck two Coptic churches in the northern cities of Tanta and Alexandria in Egypt killing 44 people during Palm Sunday services. Hours later IS group claimed responsibility for the attacks on the Mar Girgis church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta and St. Mark’s cathedral in Alexandria. At least 27 people were reported killed in ...