Tony Abbott, who led the Antipodean nation from 2013-15, is said to have been hired as joint president of the Board of Trade and help shape the UK’s new commerce relationship with the world.

If Mr Andrews’ unprecedented move goes ahead, the government, health authorities and police would continue to have extraordinary powers to issue and enforce restrictions.

An aggressive push by Iowa’s pro-Trump governor to reopen schools amid a worsening coronavirus outbreak has descended into chaos, with some districts and teachers rebelling and experts calling the scientific benchmarks used by the state arbitrary and unsafe. At issue is Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ mandate in July that districts offer at least 50% classroom […]

(Bloomberg Opinion) — In the war against the coronavirus, only one weapon has the potential to ease the conflict quickly: a vaccine. With about 164,000 Americans dead from Covid-19, the economy battered and communities forced into recurring lockdowns, the federal government has made a $10 billion wager that public funds and expertise wedded to private research […]

The UN Security Council is set next week to roundly reject a US resolution to extend an Iranian arms embargo, diplomats say, setting up a lengthy showdown with repercussions for the Iran nuclear deal. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that the United States would put forward its long-awaited resolution despite ardent opposition […]

Despite rising as much as 41% since bottoming out along with the rest of the market in mid-March, Micron (MU) shares are still in the red in 2020 – down by 9%. The performance is particularly galling when compared to the company’s peers in the semiconductor industry. The SOX (The PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index) – […]

The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates has rejected a request from the Trump campaign to either add an additional general election debate or move up the calendar for the contests. In a letter to Trump private attorney Rudy Giuliani, his liaison to the commission, the commission writes that it is committed to its existing schedule […]

Democrats rejected a short-term extension of a $600 weekly unemployment benefit proposed by the White House on Thursday.

Tesla Inc. (TSLA) is reportedly pushing for a new all-time record in deliveries in the third quarter despite the coronanvirus pandemic impact on the economy and a renewed wave of infectious cases.The electric carmaker has informed its staff that the goal for this quarter is a new all-time record in deliveries, according to Electrek. Tesla’s […]

Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie weighs in.