As a boy, Barry Goldwater Jr., son of the former senator and 1964 Republican presidential nominee, would step out of his father’s house and shoot at tin cans 50 yards away. Now 78, he says he could fire in any direction and not endanger “anything but a cactus.” His father, born in 1909 in Arizona territory, three years before …

  Much like a father holding the hand of his anxious son through a dark alleyway, the European Central Bank is striving to give markets guidance over how it will normalize its monetary policy. The ECB has told investors that it intends quantitative easing to continue at a pace of 60 billion euros a month from April until the end …

  How do you get a foot in the world’s soon-to-be-biggest aviation market in the face of official intransigence from its government? American Airlines Group Inc. thinks it’s found a way. The world’s biggest airline is in talks to take a stake of about $200 million in China Southern Airlines Co. via a private placement, people familiar with the matter …