Moments after becoming president on August 9, 1974, Gerald Ford said, “Our long national nightmare is over.” Having served a quarter-century in Congress, he understood that presidents are to “take care” that laws produced by the first branch of government are “faithfully executed.” The nation in 1974 was eager for a collegial respite from the gladiatorial strife that had consumed ...

Europe has the motivation, but not the means, to break up Big Tech. For the US, the inverse is true. That’s bad news for anyone hoping for a full regulatory reckoning with Silicon Valley’s and Seattle’s giants over their monopolistic tendencies. Washington lawmakers see their job as protecting the consumer first and foremost, while Brussels wants to make sure other ...

The coronavirus pandemic has stress-tested the world. Beyond challenging human fortitude, national health services and international rivalries, it has forced a series of moral choices. Many have provoked impassioned disagreement — over whether governments can force businesses and schools to close, over sacrifices for the sake of the elderly and, most bitterly and surprisingly, over whether being asked to wear ...

When Louis DeJoy became postmaster general in May, he was the first person in more than 20 years to run the US Postal Service who had never worked there. His predecessor, Megan Brennan, had spent her entire career with the service, originally as a mail carrier. On the other hand, DeJoy, an accountant, founded and sold a company, New Breed ...

Bloomberg Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airways filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the US after telling a London court it was set to run out of cash next month if a pending rescue deal isn’t approved. The airline filed its petition in the Southern District of New York. Chapter 15 allows foreign companies with US assets to protect themselves ...

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc is offering additional programs to encourage more pilots to leave the carrier, stepping up efforts to avoid forced furloughs later this year as the coronavirus pandemic guts travel demand. The options include a plan to alternate months of flying and unpaid time, leaves of absence of as long as three years and a voluntary early-exit ...

Bloomberg Hedge fund manager David Einhorn said he bought a stake in Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc in the second quarter, betting that the cargo carrier will benefit from a shortage of airfreight capacity caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Passenger planes handled about half the world’s airborne cargo before the pandemic, with most of it on long international flights, the ...

Bloomberg Britain’s troubled PizzaExpress chain announced a rescue plan that’s likely to close scores of restaurants, put hundreds of pizza chefs and waiters out of work and hand control of the business to creditors. As part of the proposals, the company will implement a legal process known as a company voluntary arrangement that may permanently close about 15% of UK ...

Bloomberg Travel restrictions brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic continue to slow the re-certification process for Boeing Co’s 737 Max in Europe, even after US aviation regulators moved a step closer to allowing the grounded jet to fly again. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said it’s still working with Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration to find a ...

Bloomberg The debt market is showing concern about Seven & i Holdings Co’s $21 billion deal to buy Marathon Petroleum Corp’s gas-station business, even as equity investors grew more positive on the purchase. The credit rating of the world’s largest convenience store operator was cut by Moody’s Investors Service from A1 to A2, the sixth-highest level, citing “an expected spike ...