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Aussie voters want Turnbull as PM, poll shows

MELBOURNE / Reuters Australian voters want Malcolm Turnbull to remain prime minister, according to an opinion poll on Saturday, as questions about his leadership gain momentum with his coalition facing possibly the 30th straight loss in a major poll on Monday. Losing 30 Newspolls, one of the country’s most respected political polls, would be a symbolic blow for Turnbull since ...

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How to really push back against fake economics

Fake News is a charge that US President Donald Trump routinely levels at mainstream news outlets reporting truths he prefers not to hear. So when economists cry foul—complaining about blasphemy and quackery among would-be practitioners—our first instinct should be a little scepticism about the charge of Fake Economics. Isn’t this just a famously insular and recently maligned profession simply closing ...

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Deutsche Bank’s infighting has a cost

As Deutsche Bank AG hurries to rearrange the deckchairs in its boardroom, the firm is losing market share in some of its most important investment banking divisions. If something doesn’t change soon, there won’t be much of a business left for its new directors to oversee. In international bond underwriting, the largest fixed-income category for which Bloomberg compiles league tables, ...

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