Wall Street Journal

Six Things To Know About The German Election

WSJ 10h 1 tweets

While Angela Merkel's position as Chancellor looks safe, the election could throw up surprises, with implications for stocks, bonds, the euro and the European economy.

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Wall Street Journal Six key things you should know before Germany's national election tomorrow 12h ago

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GOP Funds Donald Trump’s Defense in Russia Probe With Help From a Handful of Wealthy People

Rebecca Ballhaus — WSJ 25h 4 tweets

Donald Trump’s attorneys in the probe of Russian election interference are being funded in part through a Republican Party account with a handful of wealthy donors—including a billionaire investor, a property developer seeking U.S. government visas a

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Wall Street Journal RNC funds Trump’s defense in Russia probe with aid from a small group of wealthy people 31h ago

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Iran Shows Off New Ballistic Missile in Defiance of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Criticism

Margherita Stancati — WSJ 33h 1 tweets

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will continue to build up its ballistic missile program and other capabilities, as it showed off its military hardware in defiance of U.S. criticism.

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Wall Street Journal Iran unveils a ballistic missile that can carry multiple warheads for up to 1,120 miles 39h ago

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Facebook Says It Will Hand Over Russia-Backed Ads to Congress

Byron Tau, Deepa Seetharaman, Robert McMillan — WSJ 43h 1 tweets

Facebook, under fire for its response to Russian activity on its site before the U.S. presidential election, agreed to hand over detailed information on thousands of Russian-backed ads to congressional investigators.

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Wall Street Journal 'I don’t want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy,' says Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg 45h ago

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U.S. Monitored Manafort After He Left Trump Campaign

Shane Harris — WSJ 2d 1 tweets

U.S. authorities placed Paul Manafort under surveillance after he was ousted as Donald Trump’s campaign manager last summer, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter.

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Wall Street Journal U.S. authorities placed Manafort under surveillance after he was ousted as Trump’s campaign manager 2d ago

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Wall Street’s Newest Puzzle: What Passive Buying and Selling Means for Individual Stocks

Corrie Driebusch — WSJ 2d 2 tweets

The rise of passive investing is changing the makeup of markets. Even active investors are now resigning themselves to the influence of indexing and are contriving ways to take advantage of its impact.

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Wall Street Journal Stock pickers once decried passive investing. Now, they’re trying to profit from it 3d ago

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Gambia, Zambia…Nambia? Trump’s Slip Creates New Country

Louise Radnofsky — WSJ 3d 2 tweets

A pronunciation slip by President Donald Trump appeared to create a new member of the United Nations, as the U.S. leader lunched with several African heads of state on the sidelines of the annual General Assembly gathering.

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Wall Street Journal An overlooked vowel by Trump resulted in him praising the progress of 'Nambia,' a country that doesn’t exist 3d ago

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Bitcoin ‘Fugitives’ Gather in Hong Kong to Skirt China’s Curbs

Steven Russolillo — WSJ 3d 1 tweets

China’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies isn’t stopping the industry’s enthusiasts from preaching their tune. Instead, it is emboldening them to find ways to circumvent the curbs.

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Wall Street Journal We will survive: Bitcoin traders say they will press on despite China ban 3d ago

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States Need $645 Billion to Pay Full Health-Care Costs

WSJ 3d 1 tweets

New accounting guidelines that urge local governments to record their total health care costs show they need more money to pay for it.

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Wall Street Journal U.S. states as a group have promised hundreds of billions more in retiree health benefits than they have saved up 3d ago

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SEC Discloses Edgar Corporate Filing System Was Hacked in 2016

Dave Michaels — WSJ 3d 2 tweets

The SEC disclosed that hackers penetrated its electronic system for storing public-company filings and may have traded illegally on the information.

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Wall Street Journal SEC discloses hackers accessed its corporate filing system in 2016 and may have traded illegally on the information 3d ago

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Robert Mueller Looks at What White House Knew About Probe of Mike Flynn

Aruna Viswanatha, Del Quentin Wilber, Rebecca Ballhaus — WSJ 3d 1 tweets

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is seeking to determine what White House officials knew about a federal investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn early this year.

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Wall Street Journal Robert Mueller's team is examining whether Trump or others sought to obstruct Flynn probe 3d ago

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France’s Macron Defends ‘Multilateralism,’ Differs With Trump on Key Issues

Farnaz Fassihi — WSJ 4d 1 tweets

French President Emmanuel Macron delivered an emphatic defense of multilateral diplomacy at the U.N. on Tuesday, disagreeing with earlier comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that nations should put their own interests first.

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Wall Street Journal French president disagrees with U.S. on North Korea, the Iran nuclear deal and climate change 4d ago

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CEO Catches Stranger After Hours, Prompting Espionage Charges

Peter Loftus — WSJ 4d 5 tweets

A man's after-hours visit to a medical-technology startup near Boston marks the latest economic-espionage case alleging attempted theft of trade secrets from U.S. companies.

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Wall Street Journal A startup CEO spotted a stranger working in his company’s office after hours. He wasn’t supposed to be there. https://t.co/xX98DzviKs https://t.co/cUFP3gThkR 4d ago

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Wall Street Journal At a medical-technology startup, the CEO says he came upon an unfamiliar visitor one evening recently 5d ago

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Theresa May Finds Threats to Her Brexit Vision Within Her Own Cabinet

Jenny Gross — WSJ 4d 1 tweets

A newspaper piece by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson underscores Prime Minister Theresa May’s struggle to quell dissent in her cabinet over her plans for Britain’s departure from the EU.

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Wall Street Journal U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May finds threats to her Brexit vision closer to home 5d ago

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What’s the Best Way to Take an Afternoon Nap?

WSJ 4d 2 tweets

A sleep expert explains theories behind why humans have evolved to make time for a short midday snooze.

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Wall Street Journal Humans are biologically programmed to take a nap in the midafternoon, many scientists think 5d ago

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As Fed Sets to Unwind, How Far Should It Go?

Nick Timiraos — WSJ 5d 1 tweets

The Federal Reserve is set to announce it will start passively shrinking its massive portfolio of bondholdings. But the central bank has left one piece of its plan undecided: the target size of the portfolio.

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Wall Street Journal The Federal Reserve is set to start shrinking its holdings, but where it will stop remains uncertain 5d ago

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The Bitcoin Bandwagon: Central Banks Consider Their Own Cryptocurrencies

Steven Russolillo — WSJ 5d 2 tweets

Central banks should consider introducing their own cryptocurrencies to counter the risks from the explosive growth in bitcoin and other virtual currencies, the Bank for International Settlements said in a new report.

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Wall Street Journal Fedcoin? Why central banks should consider taking a bite out of the bitcoin pie 5d ago

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Trump to Push Nationalist Policy at U.N.

Eli Stokols, Farnaz Fassihi — WSJ 5d 1 tweets

President Donald Trump’s first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday will lay out a foreign policy rooted in his view of nationalism and sovereignty and anchored by “America First” principles, according to a senior White House off

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Wall Street Journal In his first speech at U.N., Trump will appeal to others’ self-interest on North Korea, Iran and terror 5d ago

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China’s Interference on Bitcoin Tests Currency’s Foundation

Chao Deng — WSJ 5d 12 tweets

Chinese authorities are moving toward a broad clampdown on bitcoin trading, testing the resilience of the virtual currency as well as the idea its decentralized nature protects it from government interference.

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Wall Street Journal China plans to widen its ban on bitcoin trading beyond shutdowns of commercial exchanges 6d ago

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Wall Street Journal Many in China’s bitcoin circles thought authorities would spare peer-to-peer, or OTC, platforms 5d ago

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Northrop Grumman Nears Deal to Buy Orbital ATK

Dana Mattioli — WSJ 6d 1 tweets

Northrop Grumman is nearing a purchase of Orbital ATK, a deal that could be worth upward of $7.5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Wall Street Journal Northrop Grumman is nearing a deal to buy Orbital ATK in a transaction that could be worth upward of $7.5 billion 6d ago