For a night owl like Waste Management CEO Jim Fish, waking up for 1 a.m. safety briefings could make for a brutally long day. But Fish did it because his late father-in-law, a union pipefitter, told him if he showed up to those meetings—not just once, but regularly—he would learn a lot and build a … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. HSBC has filed bankruptcy petitions against two senior members of the Barclay dynasty, as the bank seeks to recoup large debts owed by part of the family’s ailing business empire. The bank launched High Court … Read more
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Wesley Yin is a Professor of economics at UCLA in the Luskin School of Public Affairs and Anderson School of Management. His research focuses on public finance, health care, and consumer finance, and has been covered by the New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, and other news outlets. Yin served in … Read more
President Donald Trump has spent much of his two-week vacation in Florida golfing. But when he gets back to the White House, there’s a military golf course that he’s never played that he’s eyeing for a major construction project. Long a favored getaway for presidents seeking a few hours’ solace from the stress of running the free world, … Read more
Bulgarians began withdrawing euros for the first time on Thursday after the former communist nation joined the euro currency union as its 21st member. Cash machines in the capital, Sofia, dispensed brand new euro banknotes, replacing the lev, which will still be in use for cash payments in January. However, people will receive only euros in … Read more