Commentary:There's a better way to run Supreme Court confirmation hearings than by turning them into made-for-TV spectacles, writes veteran congressional reporter Matt Laslo. "The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are brimming with all the bombast and bluster we’ve come to expect from today’s politics... But it shouldn’t be this way, and Americans of all stripes should demand that government be made boring again."
Commentary:Fascinated by aviation and frustrated by the lack of female pilots, Reuters reporter Victoria Bryan is leaving the newsroom to start a new career as a commercial airline pilot. Bryan writes about what factors have led to the hefty gender imbalance in the airline industry, and what companies like easyJet and Lufthansa are doing to address them.
Canada heads into talks in Washington to renew NAFTA determined not to back down on key issues despite threats from Trump to retaliate against the Canadian economy unless Ottawa gives ground quickly.
Wealth manager Perpetual said it has divested Commonwealth Bank of Australia from its $933.6 million ethical fund due to revelations of corporate misconduct, the first big institutional investor to do so.
For decades, Unilever and Procter & Gamble, the industry leader that created the best-selling brand, Tide, have pitched new and improved laundry detergents and fabric softeners, primarily to women using washing machines. But millennials are less loyal to traditional brands and have new demands, including that products save time and be environmentally sustainable.
