The Democratic debate on health care has to date centered around who should be covered and who should pay the bill. That debate, which has been going on for decades, has no clear answers and cannot be easily resolved because of two fundamental realities: Health care is expensive, and Americans are sick. Americans benefit from […]

Europeans often describe the United States as a great place to buy stuff but a terrible place to work. They understand the appeal of our plentiful and affordable consumer goods, but otherwise they just don’t get it: the lack of real vacation, the sending of emails after business hours, the general insensitively to work-life balance. […]

(Reuters) – European conglomerate JAB Holdings is planning to raise as much as $8 billion from investors to further its consumer sector acquisitions, including expansion in pet care and veterinary clinics, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The company controlled by Germany’s Reimann family has begun contacting investors, including sovereign wealth funds, university endowments and […]

(Reuters) – European conglomerate JAB Holdings plans to raise as much as $8 billion from investors to further its consumer sector acquisitions, including expansion of presence in pet care and veterinary clinics, the Financial Times on.ft.com/30u97gt reported on Monday. The company controlled by Germany’s Reimann family has begun contacting investors including sovereign wealth funds, university […]

If you were Boris Johnson trying to get a sense of whether or not Ireland will blink on the Brexit backstop, you might think the views of one of Leo Varadkar’s close friends is not a bad starting point. After all, Lucinda Creighton has known Mr Varadkar for two decades and is a former Europe […]

From a distance, they were enviable – a TV star and a famous composer. The day after they were married in 1987, the front page of this newspaper showed a picture of the beaming bride being kissed on the side of her head by Gay Byrne. You vaguely presumed they were wealthy, they were so […]

(Reuters) – RRJ Capital is in talks with Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co [HNAIRC.UL] to lead a $4 billion investment in U.S. electronics distributor Ingram Micro Inc, Bloomberg reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. The group led by Hong Kong-based RRJ will invest through an HNA bond that can be converted into […]

I’ve often wondered how it would feel to work in an industry blamed for its outsize impact on global warming — say, oil drilling or cattle ranching. But it recently struck me that the question is not hypothetical. I’m a travel writer. Yes, I’ve long known that jet fuel emits a ghastly amount of greenhouse […]

Jay Inslee’s single-issue campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination was a quixotic effort from the get-go, noble but doomed, one of the longest shots in this electoral season. And on Wednesday, with his hopes of appearing in the next round of debates fast disappearing because of his poor standing in the polls, he accepted reality […]

Last week, just ahead of back-to-school season, New York State health officials issued emergency regulations limiting medical exemptions from vaccination requirements for kids attending schools or day care centers. What do celebrities think about this development? Hopefully, the public won’t find out — because it doesn’t matter. But unfortunately, when it comes to opinions about […]