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Just what we need, more Amazon HQ2 drama

As if Amazon.com Inc.’s search for a second headquarters didn’t have enough reality-show-esque plot twists brought yet more. The e-commerce behemoth is reevaluating its decision to set up an office in New York that was to bring 25,000 jobs to Long Island City, according to a report in The Washington Post. Amazon is reportedly considering the turnabout amid backlash from ...

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Undoing the damage of Trump’s nuclear blunder

The Trump administration’s decision to pull out of the 1987 treaty with Russia on intermediate-range nuclear forces is a mistake. For all its faults, the pact was one of the West’s great Cold War triumphs, and it continued to serve US interests. Fortunately, if the administration is willing to think again, there’s a way to correct the error. The White ...

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US-China trade deal may be unpleasant for investors

When data showed China’s industrial production and retail sales slowed significantly in the final months of 2018, US President Donald Trump took credit, telling Fox News that “China’s economy, if it’s in trouble, it’s only in trouble because of me.” The implication is that global trade is a zero-sum game, and losses in China resulting from US tariffs translate to ...

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