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Rubio offers responsible rebuttal to Trumpcare

None of the remaining Republican presidential candidates has a detailed health-care plan. The one who has done the most to outline an agenda, Senator Marco Rubio, is still a bit lighter on those details even than Barack Obama was when he ran in 2008. But Rubio is at least on the right track, while the other candidates are wandering aimlessly, ...

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Evidence China lacks a committed economic direction?

Last November, in a bid to internationalize its currency, China’s yuan was successfully admitted to the International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket of reserve currencies, joining the Euro, the U.S. dollar, Japanese yen and British sterling in the cohort of elite currencies. The yuan’s ascension is an economic milestone for China and a political victory for the world’s ...

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London City Airport sale could push leading carriers to leave

LONDON / Bloomberg London City Airport’s sale to a Canadian-led group of investors at a steep premium received a cool reception from both its biggest user and the top UK airline, which said they won’t accept the higher fees that might be imposed to justify the price. Willie Walsh, chief executive officer of International Airlines Group (IAG) SA, said that ...

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