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Trumponomics is scarier when you actually study it

  Hillary Clinton is trying to scare the heck out of voters who think Donald Trump’s business record qualifies him to be president. He has no real economic strategy beyond over-the-top promises, she said on Tuesday, and the few ideas he offers would cause millions of Americans to lose their jobs. “Just like he shouldn’t have his finger on the ...

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A change of address for Mongolia

  Peter Bittner SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS The Mongol Post, the newly-privatized national Mongolian mail carrier, plans to adopt a new and wildly innovative address system this summer in partnership with what3words, a U.K.-based tech company. Each address will be denoted by a three-word phrase representing a specific 9-square-meter GPS coordinate. Effective on August 1, the Mongol Post’s new nomenclature ...

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VW is in too much of a hurry to move on

  Leonid Bershidsky Volkswagen made every effort to leave its diesel emissions scandal behind this week. It planned to announce a $10 billion deal with U.S. car owners and a fix for their cars, hold a general shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday and settle down to implement its new strategy, announced on June 16. VW’s management and top shareholders haven’t, however, ...

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