WASHINGTON / Reuters Pakistan need not kill or capture militants such as members of the Haqqani network that use its territory to launch attacks in Afghanistan but could push them across the border instead, a senior US official said. Evicting the militants would put them at risk of attack from Afghan and US forces trying to keep Afghanistan from becoming ...

Here’s today’s quiz: What poses the greatest threat to America’s economy? (a) federal budget deficits; (b) China; (c) trade deficits; (d) ineffective schools; (e) the internet; (f) none of the above. The correct answer is (e), the internet — the technological wonder of the age. True, all the other threats are real. Runaway budget deficits could raise interest rates. China ...

Uber Technologies Inc. flushed $4.5 billion down the drain last year as it spent heavily on expansion and battled the missteps of founder Travis Kalanick. Oddly, a British plumbing firm may give it a sense of whether it can plug some unwanted future outflows. Pimlico Plumbers Ltd., whose vans are ubiquitous in west London, is a fellow traveller of Uber ...