Auto stocks are caught in the crossfire of the trade war again General Motors and Ford were slammed Friday, falling 3%, after China resumed a 25% tariff on U.S. autos beginning December. Any trade deal became even more distant after President Donald Trump tweeted that U.S. manufacturers should “immediately” look …

A Chinese denim factory STR | AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — As trade tensions rise, American firms are facing an increasingly complex environment in China, while Chinese companies are looking for ways to adapt — all that may present new opportunities for Chinese businesses, analysts say. On Friday, China …

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. stock futures fell sharply on Sunday night following the latest escalation in the U.S.-China trade war by President Donald Trump. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures traded 354 points lower, indicating a drop of 301 …

Purdue University Michael Hickey/Getty Images Venture capitalists, colleges and politicians are working to make income sharing agreements the norm on campuses. Consumer advocates are sounding the alarm. Under these types of agreements, students forfeit a slice of their future income in exchange for money to pay for college. The contracts …

Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play Music | How to Listen “The truth is not a democratic value,” Anthony Kronman says on this week’s podcast. “We don’t decide what the truth is in mathematics or philosophy or history by asking for a show of hands.” Kronman was dean of Yale Law …

She was born in Chicago, but as with T.S. Eliot — another American, with whom she worked in the 1960s at the London publishing house Faber & Faber — a British facade became the entire edifice. Her reputation was warmed up in almost sitcom fashion when Nina Stibbe, who had …

LOVE FALLS ON US A Story of American Ideas and African L.G.B.T. Lives By Robbie Corey-Boulet On International Human Rights Day, in December 2011, Hillary Clinton gave a monumental speech at the United Nations in Geneva, declaring that “gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.” Largely …

CHICAGO (Reuters) – R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a raft of federal charges accusing him of running a scheme to force women and girls to provide sex for himself and others, and a judge ordered that he remain in jail without bail. FILE PHOTO: R. …

ROME (Reuters) – Italian author Andrea Camilleri, who penned the acclaimed Inspector Montalbano detective novels, died on Wednesday at the age of 93, state-owned broadcaster Rai said. Andrea Camilleri, one of Italy’s most famous writers who penned the acclaimed Inspector Montalbano detective novels is pictured in this undated handout photo …

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – The final day of practice before the British Open Championship at Royal Portrush was hit by steady rain on Wednesday, and forecasts are for showers on the first two days of competition. Golf – The 148th Open Championship – Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, Northern …