The New York Times is reporting about the fallout that followed the recent cancellation of the trade treaty with Sweden, along with the resultant voiding of its most-favored-nation clause with that nation. This, the uncredited reporter noted, “has seemingly been used…as an opportunity to open a tariff war on the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands.”
Dramatic tariff increases announced the day before “on livestock, meat, and lard, which will take effect Wednesday, virtually …
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George on Wednesday: Introducing the ‘New Coke,’ Dozens of Tourists Massacred by Militants in India, Telsa Q1 Net Income Plunges 71%, Health Secretary Kennedy Declares ‘Sugar is Poison’
Good morning! Today is Wednesday, the 23rd of April, 2025. In this issue, George looks at the massacre of 26 tourists; something most people in the beverage industry would rather forget, namely “New Coke”; how Tesla’s net income plunged 71% in the space of less than a year; and at exactly how many eSIMs are in use out there.
@IN BRIEF ON WEDNESDAY
An anniversary one would not wish to be reminded …
The Tell-Tale Mercedes
[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Feuilleton section of the new newsmagazine, George. Starting in the nineteenth century, the feuilleton was one of the most popular and perhaps controversial forms of writing in newspapers. The word “Feuilleton” is the diminutive of the French “feuillet,” which means a leaf of a page, implying a page of a newspaper. The feuilletons’ place in the space en rez-de-chaussée, unter dem Strich, …
George on Tuesday: Preparations for Pope Francis’ Funeral, Stocks Tank as Trump Attacks Fed Chair, New U.S. Tariffs, Harvard Sues Trump Administration, Four Killed in Cable Car Crash at Italy’s Monte Faito
Good morning! Today is Tuesday, the 22nd of April, 2025. In this issue, George looks at preparations for the late Pope Francis’ funeral, President Donald Trump’s attacks on Fed Chairman Powell, the cable car crash in Italy’s Monte Faito where four people died, Uber’s deceptive billing practices, Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump Administration, and how a congresswoman demonstrated how not to speak to the constituents whom she serves.
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Earth Day 2025 is a Call to Action Around Renewable Energy. Help Protect the Planet by Using Clean Solar Energy, Driving an EV, and Protecting the Planet
The 55th anniversary of the first Earth Day is being celebrated around the globe today, April 22, with the theme “Our Planet, Our Power.”
Earthday.org, which came into being following the first Earth Day in 1970, said that this year’s theme is a call to action “for everyone to unite around renewable energy so we can triple clean electricity by 2030,” whether by driving an electric vehicle, using clean solar energy …
George on Monday: The Death of Pope Francis; Supreme Court Blocks Deportation, Trump Obeys Order; Thousands Protest Trump Policies; ‘Gatsby’ Turns 100
Good morning! Today is Monday, the 21st of April, 2025. In this issue, George looks at the death of Pope Francis, the Supreme Court’s stay on deportations, how tens of thousands took to the streets to protest President Donald Trump’s policies,
@IN BRIEF ON MONDAY
The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan detainees in Texas, and this time the administration obeyed the order and the …
Marco Rubio Pulls the Welcome Mat Out from Under Tourists Like a Cheap Magician
The role of the secretary of state in the American cabinet is fairly straightforward. He is the president’s chief foreign affairs advisor and carries out the president’s foreign policies through the State Department and the Foreign Service of the United States as well as the United States Agency for International Development, known as USAID. Fortunately, the current secretary, Marco Rubio, is not responsible for tourism.
Indeed, that function has been assigned …
News That Matters – Friday Edition: Trump Vents Displeasure at Fed Chairman, ‘Massive Blackout’ Hits Puerto Rico, ECB Cuts Interest Rates, Last Person Ever to Be Charged With Holocaust Crimes Dies
Good morning! Today is Friday, the 18th of April, 2025. In this issue, George looks at President Trump’s latest comments concerning Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, the “massive blackout” that just hit Puerto Rico, the death of a secretary to a concentration camp commandant, lower interest rates from the European Central Bank, and the quick denial of the Trump Administration’s appeal by the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Abrego Garcia …
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It Was a Bad Week to Be Ed Bastian. His Airline Has Been Melting Down. There’s No End in Sight, and Customers Are Abandoning Ship.
“I should probably have stayed in bed that morning.”
That’s probably what Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is thinking, reflecting on his appearance on a news segment on the television program “CBS Mornings” before the Fourth of July.
The hostess, Gayle King, began by asking: “Is Delta ready, how do you know you’re prepared?” referencing the summer travel season, adding “this is the part where you say, ‘no Gayle, we not …
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Real ID Requirement at Airports is Really Here… Almost… Enforcement Starts May 7.
Recent news headlines have contended that the Transportation Security Administration would begin to require travelers to present Real ID-compliant driver’s licenses at the nation’s security checkpoint in just a few weeks. Because the implementation of Real ID has been delayed almost as often as a college student might delay writing a term paper, many people are skeptical of this claim. Federal agencies have been making it since at least 2007, …
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It Was a Bad Week to Be Ed Bastian. His Airline Has Been Melting Down. There’s No End in Sight, and Customers Are Abandoning Ship.
“I should probably have stayed in bed that morning.”
That’s probably what Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is thinking, reflecting on his appearance on a news segment on the television program “CBS Mornings” before the Fourth of July.
The hostess, Gayle King, began by asking: “Is Delta ready, how do you know you’re prepared?” referencing the summer travel season, adding “this is the part where you say, ‘no Gayle, we not …
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Real ID Requirement at Airports is Really Here… Almost… Enforcement Starts May 7.
Recent news headlines have contended that the Transportation Security Administration would begin to require travelers to present Real ID-compliant driver’s licenses at the nation’s security checkpoint in just a few weeks. Because the implementation of Real ID has been delayed almost as often as a college student might delay writing a term paper, many people are skeptical of this claim. Federal agencies have been making it since at least 2007, …
