Matthew Winkler Fear mongers on both sides of the Atlantic would have us believe that governments are failing. They cite racially-charged violence from Dallas to Charleston, South Carolina; voters in Britain choosing to exit the European Union; the flood of migrants from the war in Syria; terrorist-inspired massacres from Brussels to San Bernardino, and the anemic global economy that ...

  Bloomberg A measure of London house prices fell to its lowest level since the height of the financial crisis as Brexit sent shock waves across the UK. The index dropped to minus 46 in June from minus 35 the previous month, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said on Thursday, citing a survey of real-estate agents. That’s the ...

  AFP Chinese conglomerate Wanda is in talks to buy a stake in US film studio Paramount Pictures, according to a report, marking the Asian company’s latest move to expand its entertainment empire. Wanda, which in January bought production giant Legendary Entertainment for $3.5 billion, is seeking 49 percent of Paramount from parent company Viacom, the Wall Street Journal quoted ...