Emilia Clarke: Actress and mum Jenny both get MBEs
Jenny said: “The great honour that we’ve both been awarded, I don’t see it at all for us, because we’re just starting off on this journey to try and raise awareness, but [it is for] the tens of thousands of people that have written to us and the millions of people around the world that […]
Five Investors on How to Navigate the Bond Market in 2024
Dec. 29, 2023 11:00 pm ET A resilient U.S. economy and cooling inflation fueled an intense year-end bond rally. Now, some suspect investors are too sanguine about the months ahead. The rally marked the latest in a series of swings that sent the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury, which falls when bond prices rise, […]
Hermès Shines in a Scruffy Luxury Market
Hermès is a brand that shows its real mettle in a downturn. The secret to its steady growth might be the restraint it shows in good times. The French handbag maker’s shares gained 33% in 2023, making it the luxury sector’s best-performing stock. Parisian rival LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, which owns Christian Dior and […]
Nikki Haley’s Civil War Battlefield
Nikki Haley made a mess. Part of the job of running for president is being able to think on your feet and answer weird questions that come out of the blue. Enemies are always looking to trip you up. Voters want to see how you handle yourself under fire. It’s a necessary skill to answer […]
Maine Casts Its Ballot for Trump
This week’s huge in-kind contribution to Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is from Maine secretary of state Shenna Bellows, who announced Thursday that she will unilaterally delete Mr. Trump’s name from the presidential primary ballot. Maine is now the second state, after Colorado, to declare him a Jan. 6 insurrectionist under Section 3 of the 14th […]
Pardon Lt. Ridge Alkonis – WSJ
Japan helped mend a diplomatic sore before Christmas when Tokyo transferred an imprisoned U.S. Navy lieutenant back into American hands. But this international incident isn’t over, and the outcome matters to U.S. troops wondering if they’re vulnerable to rough justice while stationed abroad. Lt. Ridge Alkonis was assigned to a Navy destroyer in Japan in […]
Shocker: Sanity Prevails in New York
In the rare good news department, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ended the year by vetoing two bills that would have driven more businesses and high earners out of the state. Are declining tax revenue and population spurring a political awakening? It would be nice to think so. Ms. Hochul vetoed a bill that would […]
What to Watch: The 18 Best Movies and TV Shows From December
By WSJ Arts in Review Staff Here’s a roundup of the month’s most noteworthy movies and TV shows, as covered by The Wall Street Journal’s critics. Poor Things Sumptuous, dazzling and glorious seem barely adequate as descriptors of “Poor Things,” a two-hour-and-20-minute cinematic fable of self-discovery. Writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos, the dryly weird Greek filmmaker who has […]
Opinion | Nikki Haley Erases Civil War History
Nikki Haley drew criticism this week for what she didn’t say. As she campaigned in New Hampshire for the Republican presidential nomination, a person asked her to name the cause of the Civil War. Ms. Haley, a former South Carolina governor, joked it was not an “easy question.” She then mentioned “how government was going […]
Electric Mandates Have California Truckers Charging Overtime
Dec. 29, 2023 12:52 pm ET Compton, Calif. Electric trucks are supposed to save the world, but they’re wasting Mike Stanley’s time. Mr. Stanley, a longtime trucker whose rectangular beard flows down to his chest, now leads operations in the main Los Angeles office of IMC, a Tennessee-based drayage trucking company that carries cargo to […]