Amazon launched its Prime Now services in Singapore, making the country the e-commerce giant’s first foray into the Southeast Asian market. The Prime Now app was made available for download on Wednesday night in Singapore, both on Google’s Play store and Apple’s App store. Prime Now is part of Amazon’s …

During his 60-year career, Sottsass Jr. designed office systems (including the shell of the Olivetti mainframe computer, from 1957 to 1959) and systems for simplified living, as well, that were intended to discourage consumption. His Superbox, for example, designed in 1966, was an outhouse-proportioned wardrobe with a surface of plastic …

Strategas Research’s head policy analyst, Daniel Clifton, says he calls the budget debate the “spinach” portion of the Republican agenda, the part that Congress has to work through before it can get to tax reform. The budget for fiscal 2018 contains reconciliation instructions for tax reform which would allow the …

Those who have the wherewithal to write about these questions usually have the wherewithal to think clearly about them. Taylor, who died in July of last year at the age of 61, is a firm believer in taking custody of her own death. She announces in her first sentence that …

Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Howard Marks, co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Group Howard Marks, one of the most respected value investors out there, starkly warned his clients to avoid high-flying digital currencies. “In my view, digital currencies are nothing but an unfounded fad (or perhaps even a pyramid …

As the rally ends, Leah Rabin sees the head of security and says, “Thank God, nothing has happened.” “For the moment,” he replies. Then the shots are heard again. There is drama in the horror of the murder and in the unadorned language, made bare by grief, that Leah Rabin …

Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump (R) sits next to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping (Not Pictured) at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday appeared to tamp down reports that he could …

A potential ban on scrap metal imports in China could be a boon for imported refined copper in that country, the world’s biggest consumer of the metal. The price of copper shot up more than 2 percent in trading Wednesday, rising for the fourth straight day to the highest level …

On this week’s podcast, the actor Alex Karpovsky reads the essay “Uh, Honey, That’s Not Your Line,” in which Matteson Perry learns that the Manic Pixie Dream Girl is nothing more than a trope. Photo Credit Brian Rea Mr. Perry is a screenwriter and performer living in Los Angeles. Find …

David A. Grogan | CNBC Meg Whitman, Chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard at the 2016 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. PC and printer maker HP, Inc., on Wednesday said that Meg Whitman has stepped down as chairwoman of the company’s board of directors. Whitman remains CEO of the enteprise-focused …