LONDON (Reuters) – The Saudi Aramco IPO was supposed to be a cornerstone of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitious plan to open the gates to foreign investment in the kingdom. But there’s no sign of a stampede. The state oil giant confirmed on Thursday that its initial public offering would be the biggest in […]

I was a socialist in college. I read magazines like The Nation and old issues of The New Masses. I dreamed of being the next Clifford Odets, a lefty playwright who was always trying to raise proletarian class consciousness. If you go on YouTube and search “David Brooks Milton Friedman,” you can see a 22-year-old […]

The report released on Wednesday by the House Intelligence Committee begins with a powerful indictment: “The impeachment inquiry,” the first sentence says, “uncovered a monthslong effort by President Trump to use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election.” Mentions of the “2020 election” and the president’s […]

“I can’t do it anymore,” he said, before doing chores and walking out on our marriage. Wait a minute, I thought, who takes out the garbage minutes after declaring their marriage over? After eight and a half years together, a little under four of them as a married couple, my husband decided that he no […]

Turning Point: In October, Rwanda announced the release of the Mara Phone, the first smartphone made entirely in Africa. The first time I set foot in Africa was in 2017. I was visiting Kenya and Rwanda in my roles as special adviser to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and as an advocate […]

For House Democrats, there is a powerful temptation to narrow the grounds for impeachment. By adhering to a simple narrative about President Trump’s criminal actions in relation to Ukraine, they hope it will be easier to mobilize public support than if they levied a more complex set of charges. In the impeachment of Richard Nixon, […]

Good morning. We’re covering President Trump’s challenges in Europe and the U.S., a general strike that threatens to paralyze France and a climate report on the hottest decade. Squabbling and uncertainty cloud NATO’s focus President Trump left NATO’s anniversary celebrations in London early and on the defensive after lashing out over a video that caught […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Hudson’s Bay Co (HBC.TO) director who led the Saks Fifth Avenue owner’s negotiations to sell itself to a group of controlling shareholders said on Wednesday that the C$1.9 billion ($1.4 billion) deal was the only one available. David Leith, chairman of Hudson’s Bay’s special board committee that negotiated the sale […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “An Oxygen Bar Offers a Respite From Toxic Air in India” (news article, Nov. 16): Fifteen minutes of clear air is no solution at all to the awful problem of air pollution in India or anywhere else. The toxic particles and chemicals that are inhaled from the […]

(Reuters) – Private equity firm PAI Partners and Lego owner Kirkbi said on Wednesday they would buy German insulation foam maker Armacell from Blackstone Group Inc (BX.N) for an undisclosed sum. Reuters reported in October that a deal could be valued at 1.3 billion to 1.5 billion euro ($1.43 billion to 1.65 billion) deal, citing […]