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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When J. Sainsbury Plc announced its 7.3 billion-pound ($9.5 billion) acquisition of rival Asda in April, it looked like the British grocer had beaten the mighty Walmart Inc. But if the takeover falls apart, it is the US retailer that will emerge from the wreckage the least damaged. The Competition and Markets Authority is expected to rule on the transaction ...

Even in the ever-changing technology industry, there are some constants. One of those is matchmakers suggesting Apple Inc. buy Netflix Inc. or (insert hot internet/media company of the moment). I have tended to dismiss these ideas, including the Netflix (and other) acquisition suggestions this week from a JPMorgan Chase & Co. stock analyst. Apple typically builds everything on its own, ...

Bloomberg US equity futures climbed with stocks in Europe at the start of a week that could be pivotal for the global trade outlook. The dollar strengthened for an eighth day. Contracts on the S&P 500 reversed earlier declines and the Stoxx Europe 600 Index gained as investors looked ahead to high-level trade talks this week between Chinese Vice Premier ...

Bloomberg The bullish mood building in China’s equity market is entering a new phase, with investors flocking to riskier stocks as trading reopened on Monday. The ChiNext Index closed 3.5 percent higher in Shenzhen for a second straight session, its best two-day performance since October. A gauge of Shanghai-traded large caps added 1.1 percent following the Lunar New Year break. ...

Bloomberg German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz signalled support for a “national champion” in the banking industry, amid speculation that the government is seeking to drive forward a potential merger of Deutsche Bank AG and Commerzbank AG. While he stopped short of explicitly spelling out a plan for Germany’s biggest lenders, Scholz’s comments at a Bloomberg event in London are the ...

Bloomberg With weeks to go before Brexit, it’s not just UK politicians who are bitterly divided over the country’s withdrawal from the European Union — large banks are also at loggerheads. British lenders and their Wall Street rivals are pushing widely different views on Brexit, a clash that was highlighted at a meeting last week with UK government officials, people ...

Bloomberg Societe Generale SA sees more opportunities in Saudi Arabia as the kingdom seeks to diversify its economy away from oil, the bank’s chief executive officer for the Middle East said. “One of the major things is the launch of the renewable energy program which is a big thing for all the countries in the region and we will definitely ...