His critics called him a political novice, blasted his unorthodox presidential campaign and wrote him off for US presidency. Still Trump became 45th president of United States defying all odds. But one thing his detractors failed to understand was Trump’s ability to make about-face on promises and policies related to both domestic and international issues if the situation demands. ...

  Politicians like to throw around the phrase “currency manipulation” when they feel that some other nation has developed an unfair trade advantage by way of an artificially weak exchange rate. In the currency markets, though, it has a more benign meaning and can help explain some of the seemingly head-scratching moves of late such as the dollar’s weakness. That’s ...

  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday unveiled a new discount program to entice customers to pick up online orders from its stores. The idea is: If it’s cheaper for Walmart to get stuff to its 5,000 stores, rather than millions of individual households, than why not pass along part of that discount? It has the extra benefit of getting customers ...