Surveys show string of bad news for the UK economy: Consumer slowdown, pessimistic firms

The chances of Britain’s economy picking up steam diminished further on Monday as surveys showed major companies have curtailed their investment plans and that consumers spent less on their credit cards. The reports added to a string of lackluster economic data...

Trump on his ‘impenetrable’ cybersecurity unit with Putin: I didn’t mean it

After a weekend of criticism of President Donald Trump’s tweeted plan to create a cybersecurity unit in cooperation with Russia, the president posted on Twitter late Sunday U.S. time that he actually didn’t think it would happen. Donald J. Trump: The fact...

Long After Protests, Students Shun the University of Missouri

By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS July 9, 2017 COLUMBIA, Mo. — In the fall of 2015, a grassy quadrangle at the center of the University of Missouri became known nationwide as the command center of an escalating protest. Students complaining of official inaction...