2018

A recent Sky News poll shows a majority of Britons now in favour of a second Brexit referendum.

When I heard about what happened to the private equity company Abraaj Group, based in Dubai, I immediately thought back to Dubai World nine years ago.

Today's daily post ismore on the political economy side. Top items include inequality and political control and Trump's negotiations with Canada.

Jean-Claude Juncker told German media outlet ARD that the EU was not working on an agricultural deal with the US involving soybeans and beef. This contradicts messaging from the White House.

The magnitude of the revision is eye-catching. And my inner sceptic wonders how the initial data reads could have got it so wrong.

The big problem with Amazon is valuation. It's hard to justify paying 90x this quarter's earnings for a company that is as mature as Amazon is, irrespective of the top-line growth.

This report was the first under a major revision to reporting of US economic data. The personal savings rate stood out.

Daily newsletter post with thughts on the latest GDP numbers, a US-EU trade deal and the earnings numbers coming from social media companies

China just torpedoed a major global deal between two non-Chinese chipmakers. It is a signal of China's market power. Some thoughts below

If a US trade war escalation leads to a wave of bankruptcies in China, the Chinese escalate in kind.