Sorry, Folks, But Wall Street Won't Predict the Next President
These days, political journalists (including us) are all taking a pickaxe to the same election coverage problem. With polling so obviously in need of an update, where do you turn for a credible assessment of public opinion? People are unearthing new theories all the time, so you end up with a newsfeed awash with articles touting brand new, unconventional sourced data. Trouble is, not every bird in an the election prediction coal mine is a canary. Which brings us to this week’s hot would-be poll..>> view originalObama and Xi Formally Commit US and China to Paris Climate Accord
Mr. Obama’s chaotic welcome on the tarmac captured the mood. There were arguments at the airport between White House aides and Chinese security officials who tried to keep back reporters. Shouting matches also broke out between Mr. Obama’s staff and guards over how many people were allowed into the statehouse where he and Mr. Xi later met.Even China’s climate commitments were less a concession to American pressure than a restatement of its own goals. They included a promise for China’s carbon e..>> view originalHanjin Shipping Bankruptcy Unlikely to Ease Glut of Vessels
Sept. 2, 2016 2:41 p.m. ET The increasingly likely demise of one of the world’s biggest container-shipping companies may offer some short-term relief to a sector battered by a global downturn in trade. It also could hasten further industry consolidation. What the collapse of South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping Co. 117930 -24.16 % won’t likely do is solve the shipping industry’s biggest problem: 30% more space on ships than cargo to fill it amid a world-wide trading slump. As t..>> view originalCompanies Back Microsoft's Effort to Alert Users When Authorities Seek Their Data
More than a dozen tech companies, including Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc., have unified behind Microsoft Corp.’s legal bid to alert customers when federal agents have requested their digital data. Those companies, as well as media firms and big companies that use cloud-computing services, have filed briefs in support of a suit Microsoft brought against the Justice Department in April over secret customer...>> view originalChina has ratified Paris climate agreement, state media says
China has ratified Paris climate agreement, state media says Posted September 03, 2016 14:14:46 China has ratified the Paris agreement on climate change, according to state media, a key move by the world's biggest polluter that brings the deal a major step closer to coming into force.The National People's Congress legislature voted to adopt "the proposal to review and ratify the Paris Agreement", the official Xinhua news agency said.The Paris pact calls for capping gl..>> view originalLowest Labor Day gas prices in 12 years good for wallet, bad for roads
Millions of Southern Californians are expected to take to the road this Labor Day weekend, spurred by record-low gas prices for the summer holiday. According the Automobile Club of Southern California, Labor Day gas prices haven't been this low since 2004, when the TV show "Friends" had just aired its final episode, Britney Spears was marrying for the second time and a little website called Facebook launched — open only to college students. While prices are slightly higher in Los Angeles than l..>> view original
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