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T-Mobile CEO defends Sprint merger as opposition mounts

Bloomberg As fears grow that T-Mobile US Inc.’s Sprint Corp. merger will be quashed by regulators, Chief Executive Officer John Legere is leading a personal crusade to rescue the deal. The CEO, known for his straggly hair, magenta T-shirts and Twitter antics, has made frequent trips to Washington since the proposed combination was announced in April of 2018. And he’s ...

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Indonesia president set to win second term, calls for unity

Bloomberg Indonesian President Joko Widodo was poised to win another term running the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, even as opponent Prabowo Subianto signalled he would challenge the outcome. Six top private polling agencies had Widodo, known as Jokowi, ahead of the former general by at least seven percentage points with about 90 percent of the vote counted. While election authorities ...

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Trump vetoes bill to end US support in Saudi-led Yemen war

Bloomberg President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan measure passed by Congress earlier this month demanding that he withdraw US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, the White House said. “This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American citizens and brave service members, both today and in the future,” Trump said ...

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