The problem lies not with the statute but with Thornburg v. Gingles’s (1986) framework for vote dilution.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/whats-the-future-of-racial-gerrymandering-vra-court-maps-47f3a5f8
A moment of honesty interrupts a House leader’s recitation of the shutdown narrative.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/leverage-time-for-democrats-ecb88da8
Remember when Democrats called their insurance plan “affordable care”?https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jon-stewart-bernie-sanders-and-obamacare-f8dad0e6
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pepperand-salt-fdcbaabe
Lukas Gaehwiler, vice chairman of UBS’s board since 2022, will retire following next year’s annual general meeting after a 45-year career in the sector.https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/ubs-names-new-chief-operating-officer-in-executive-team-reshuffle-43c6a52b?mod=rss_markets_main
The football star is enthusiastically backing a hedge fund that’s looking to shake America’s largest theme-park operator out of its funk. ‘I could not pass this opportunity up, man.’https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/travis-kelce-six-flags-jana-1817b730?mod=rss_markets_main
Two top investors proposed to take the company private by acquiring the rest of the company’s outstanding shares for $18 apiece.https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/grindr-gets-buyout-offer-from-two-board-members-f0dd0d15?mod=rss_markets_main
Nuclear energy is having a comeback as big tech’s AI push stokes demand.https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/brookfield-in-advanced-talks-for-massive-nuclear-project-in-south-carolina-dd50e91a?mod=rss_markets_main
September U.S. inflation data is expected to have increased over the month.https://www.wsj.com/economy/global-markets-rise-u-s-inflation-data-eyed-gold-oil-down-168e6394?mod=rss_markets_main
Corporate earnings are easing anxieties about the U.S. economy, providing support to markets buffeted by trade tensions with China and worries about bad business loans.https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/strong-earnings-us-economy-86f5fd79?mod=rss_markets_main
Zhao applied for clemency after backing a Trump-linked stablecoin.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-pardons-changpeng-zhao-binance-9981ead2?mod=rss_markets_main
The chief executive of Pilbara Minerals praised a new critical minerals deal between the U.S. and Australia as a fillip to building out global supply chains for commodities essential to modern technologies.https://www.wsj.com/business/lithium-giant-cheers-u-s-australia-minerals-pact-warns-on-price-supports-6359580c?mod=rss_markets_main
The move could help the big bank owners of the payment product head off cryptocurrency competition.https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/zelle-stablecoin-cryptocurrency-7ef515e7?mod=rss_markets_main
Shares jumped to their highest level since 2008 after the bank raised its guidance for the second time this year and strong customer activity helped results beat market views.https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/natwest-lifts-guidance-again-after-strong-customer-activity-boosts-quarter-5add946a?mod=rss_markets_main
A parallel market for the oil of sanctioned countries will adjust to the latest U.S. restrictions.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/sanctioned-russian-oil-will-find-new-ways-to-flow-652d0601?mod=rss_markets_main
Bulls hope incessant bubble talk is a contrarian signal to buy AI stocks. It isn’t.https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/why-bubbles-can-keep-inflating-in-plain-sight-a4af6aef?mod=rss_markets_main
The bank has paid over $60 million so far for the convicted entrepreneur’s army of lawyers.https://www.wsj.com/finance/jpmorgan-accuses-charlie-javice-of-more-fraud-this-time-over-her-legal-bills-97245558?mod=rss_markets_main
Here are some of the major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news.https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/netflix-amazon-six-flags-warner-mattel-and-more-stocks-that-defined-the-week-11effd7b?mod=rss_markets_main
Inflation data Friday helped stocks end the week on a high note; Ford shares jump 12%.https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/s-p-500-climbs-to-new-record-on-strong-earnings-0be1c68f?mod=rss_markets_main
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