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Even after thirteen weeks into Lee trial, no smoking gun

Bloomberg The trial of Jay Y. Lee, heir to the Samsung Group empire, has featured thousands of pages of documents and hundreds of hours of testimony from dozens of witnesses. But experts say one thing is missing: a smoking gun. The billionaire stands accused of paying bribes to South Korean President Park Geun-hye and then trying to conceal it, charges ...

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Trump would be wise to ignore his friends

Forewarned is forearmed. So perhaps the country is lucky that President Trump’s allies have floated the possibility that he might fire special counsel Robert Mueller. This speculation allows citizens to reflect on the consequences of such an action. Trump has already taken the country to a darker place than even his sharpest critics would have imagined six months ago. He ...

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China’s skyscraper age is likely coming to an end

At more than 2,000 feet, Shanghai Tower is the world’s second-tallest building. It looms over its neighbors — the world’s ninth and 19th tallest buildings — in a supercluster of supertall structures unlike any other in the world. The only problem? Finding people to work there: Only 60 percent of Shanghai Tower is rented out, and only a third of ...

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