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A sorely needed message of free trade arrives from a MAGA favorite.

Commerce Secretary Lutnick suggests Trump could compromise on Canada, Mexico duties S&P 500 wipes out Trump election bump After the back-to-back losses, the S&P 500 has now lost all of its postelection gains as Trump has ignited a full-blown trade war. The index fell to a low of 5,732.59 in Tuesday’s broad market sell-off, well below the 5,782.76 close…

Verizon has brought back its unlimited data plan. That’s great if you’re a Verizon customer. But it is terrible news for its investors. Verizon (VZ) stock fell nearly 1.5% in early trading Monday. It’s now down about 10% so far this year, making it the Dow’s worst performer of 2017. Verizon’s move is a clear…

BRIAN KENNY: Listeners to Cold Call know that every episode is based on a business case written by a Harvard Business School faculty member. There are about 15,000 cases actively available through Harvard Business Publishing and another 45,000 or so retired cases in the collection. But here’s a fun fact. Of those 60,000 or so…

On Sunday evening, as well-heeled guests trickled out of a screening of “Becoming Katharine Graham,” a documentary on the fabled former Washington Post publisher, they couldn’t help but remark on how much has changed at the paper, and in Washington. Under Ms. Graham, from 1963 to 1991, the publication transformed itself from a regional newspaper…

Minutes after President Trump’s latest tariffs took effect, the Chinese government said on Tuesday that it was imposing its own broad tariffs on food imported from the United States and would essentially halt sales to 15 American companies. China’s Ministry of Finance put tariffs of 15 percent on imports of American chicken, wheat, corn and…

Pepper…and Salt

U.S. President Donald Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week, a White House official said, deepening the fissure that has opened between the one-time allies. Trump upended U.S. policy on Ukraine and Russia upon taking office in January, opening talks with Moscow. The reversal culminated in an explosive confrontation with Zelenskyy at the White House…