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SETTING THE TABLE. – Bloomberg

Assessing the Markets’ Shift to a ‘Presidential Put’

by Mohamed A. El-Erian | Mar 12, 2017 | Opinion

Stock-market investors, especially the very bullish ones who have been proven right and have been richly rewarded in recent years, are in the midst of a gradual transition in their operating regime. Their environment is moving away from comfortable reliance on central...

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President Trump speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives at the White House. (Olivier Douliery/Bloomberg)

Trump is Selling Snake Oil to the Rust Belt

by David Ignatius | Mar 8, 2017 | Opinion

President Trump boasts that his “America First” trade and economic policies are bringing well-paid manufacturing jobs back to America. That’s probably his biggest “deliverable” to Trump voters. But is this claim true? Trump won the presidency partly because he voiced...

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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
Photographer: Tim Boyle/Getty Images

When Companies Should (and Shouldn’t) Enter the Political Fray

by Kara Alaimo | Feb 21, 2017 | Opinion

For months, a campaign called Grab Your Wallet has been urging consumers to boycott dozens of companies — including Macy’s, L.L. Bean, Bloomingdale’s, Zappos and Amazon — for their links to Trump and his businesses. Their offenses, such as selling...

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If only he knew what it meant.
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The Case for Cluelessness

by Clive Crook | Feb 15, 2017 | Opinion

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has maintained the freeze on the presidential order. Its reasoning is concise and accessible, and deserves wide reading. The ruling didn’t break any constitutional ground and it didn’t clarify anything that was...

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Members of the Saudi security forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the annual Haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Al-Awamiyah Riots..Five Years Later: The State Prevails

by Salman Al-dossary | Feb 9, 2017 | Opinion

Five years have passed since Saudi Arabia’s eastern costal village, al-Awamiyah, witnessed turmoil, disorder and rabble-rousing speech that resulted to riots inciting sectarian strife. Shootings, bottle bombs, murder and terrorist acts targeted citizens, institutional...