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British business confidence going down the tubes

                        Political chaos is rarely good for business, and the febrile atmosphere prevailing in Parliament as the UK prepares to (maybe) exit the EU on October 31 is no exception. With massive uncertainty hanging over the country about Brexit, including...

Feds are overreaching on water rules (again)

                      The Federal government appears to be cracking down on agricultural water use as well as alleged pollution from ordinary agricultural activities, making it harder for farmers to cultivate or irrigate their land — and it also seems the feds...

Kremlins In the System: Russia is betting big on AI

                      A few years after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that whoever leads in artificial intelligence will “dominate the world,” Russia appears to be making a bid to do just that, with the creation of a formidable research...

U.S.-Japan trade deal is a good start, at best

                        The U.S. and Japan signed a new trade deal on September 25, which certainly counts as good news in today’s fraught trade and diplomatic environment, more often characterized by tariffs and spurious reasoning. However the first phase of...