PARIS (Reuters) – Investment company Searchlight Capital Partners has agreed to buy a 26 percent stake in French aeronautics company Latecoere for around $106.8 million, as activist funds continue to flex their muscles. Activist investors have been snapping up stakes in companies they feel are underperforming in a volatile economic environment, pushing for changes in […]

On Friday, Lucy Flores, a former Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Nevada, accused Joe Biden of touching her inappropriately as they waited to take the stage at a 2014 election rally. He put his hands on her shoulders, she said, then nuzzled her hair and kissed the back of her head. She didn’t accuse […]

How much more of the SNC-Lavalin scandal can the Liberals take? The matter has derailed their agenda for almost eight weeks. It keeps chugging along, superseding the budget and now the federal carbon tax (in effect as of Monday, in case you forgot) as a news story. It has provoked the resignation of two cabinet […]

Almost exactly 10 years ago, President Barack Obama went before the nation to unveil an urgent overhaul of the nation’s automobile industry. The financial crisis and plummeting economy had swept America’s already fragile carmakers into an existential crisis. Unaided, a complete collapse of the sector, including its many suppliers and dealers, was inevitable. At Mr. […]

PARIS (Reuters) – European exchange group Euronext on Monday extended its offer for Oslo Bors, while keeping the terms unchanged, as the battle with Nasdaq for control of Norway’s stock market operator intensifies. Euronext’s offer, which was due to expire on Monday, is now open until May 6 at 6 pm, Central European time. The […]

From Noam Chomsky to Ilhan Omar, there is a growing movement on the American left known as “Hands Off Venezuela,” protesting America’s backing of the opposition leader Juan Guaido. Some of them even chant, “Maduro, friend, the people are with you.” In this video Op-Ed, a Venezuelan-American comic argues that these people are living on […]

Last Sunday, Attorney General William Barr sent us a letter summarizing what he says are the “principal conclusions” of the special counsel, Robert Mueller. The next day, together with five other committee chairmen, I wrote back to the attorney general, demanding that he provide us with the full Mueller report — not a summary, but […]

On the boreens of west Cork, silver bullets fly fast and low. And if you happen to take a wrong turn along those leafy lanes, be quick about ducking the path of these deadly missiles. Thankfully though, this is not another Béal na mBláth ambush, only the brawny men of that scenic Rebel County dominion […]

Politicians here last week published a cross-party consensus report for action on climate change. That report itself followed a Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on climate change. There is any number of reports, nationally and internationally, on what is the most pressing issue of the century. The evidence is incontrovertible. Climate science has achieved an […]

What do you think about when you think about Mother’s Day? For a lot of people, it’s “God, I must remember to get mam a card… give her a call… bring her out for lunch”, or – judging from the presents on sale in supermarkets – buy her a Kenny Rogers CD and something pink […]