October, 2018

• 21 October

  Trump uses immigration talk to energise midterm voters

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump has thrust the issue of illegal immigration back to the fore of his political rallies, gambling that his combative rhetoric can galvanize his Republican base ahead of next month’s pivotal midterm elections. But so far there’s scant evidence the divisive issue that helped carry him to victory in 2016 will do the same for his party ...

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• 21 October

  Trump plans to pull out of N-weapons pact with Russia

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he plans to pull out of a major arms control treaty with Russia, claiming the Kremlin breached the accord on intermediate-range nuclear weapons. “We’re not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement,” Trump said on Saturday after a campaign rally in Elko, Nevada. “We’re going to terminate the agreement.” The US has been warning ...

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• 21 October

  Poland votes at ground zero of Europe’s populism battle

  

  Bloomberg Poland is voting in local elections that will test the conservative ruling party’s grip on public opinion as it rends the country away from its European Union allies. The nation of 38 million is ground zero in the battle between populist leaders rebelling against the bloc’s liberal, multicultural norms and mainstream forces who say they’ve done more than any ...

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• 21 October

  Thousands protest Brexit in London

  

  Bloomberg People from across the UK gathered on a sunny afternoon in London to take part in what may be the biggest public protest over Brexit since the referendum in 2016. The march, which organizers estimated drew 700,000 people to west London’s Park Lane, was called by People’s Vote, a group that’s campaigning for the public to have a say ...

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• 21 October

  Italy’s populist parties face off in regional vote

  Bloomberg Italy’s two populist parties, rivals and allies in the governing coalition, face off in regional elections in the small northern region of Trentino-Alto Adige as they seek an edge in their national power struggle. As voters in the semi-autonomous, largely German-speaking provinces of Trento and Bolzano, head to the polls Sunday, the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the anti-immigration, ...

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• 21 October

  What does Donald Trump’s ascendance mean about US?

  

  It is a sign of the times — the kind involving the seven-horned beast, and the rain of fire, and the end of days — that recent news has been dominated by Kanye, Stormy and the misogynist boor who is president of these United States. It would be a circus if it were not a crime scene, complete with credible ...

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• 21 October

  Bigger houses may need more energy

  

  Earlier this month, IKEA Group published its annual Life at Home report, which surveys more than 22,000 people in 22 countries. It’s an intriguing look at what the home-furnishings giant describes as the “four dimensions that are shared by everyone, no matter where or how we live — space, place, relationships and things.” Two of those elements, space and things, ...

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• 21 October

  Small bank could signal trouble for biggest ones

  If Bank OZK is any indication, investors will be a lot less patient with banks than they were a decade ago the next time trouble hits. Worse, OZK’s recent results may indicate that there is indeed trouble ahead. OZK, a midsize bank based in Little Rock, Arkansas, that has become one of the nation’s most aggressive commercial real estate lenders, ...

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• 21 October

  With the costs of Brexit clear, let UK vote again

  On Saturday, more than 100,000 people marched through central London to demand a second vote on Brexit. They’re about the only ones talking sense on the matter. No one knows where negotiations over the UK’s exit from the European Union will end up. (Things are not looking great.) But it’s now obvious that no one heading to the polls in ...

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• 21 October

  India is looking for money in all the wrong places

  

  India’s government is caught in a bind. It needs money to appease voters ahead of a tighter-than-expected reelection campaign. But it’s also set praiseworthy deficit targets for itself that it’s already breached once. So it could use new ways to finance more spending. Such pressure often leads to bad decisions. This week, a senior official suggested that one solution might ...

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