The UK government’s plan to withdraw from the EU has suffered a second defeat in parliament, despite renewed assurances from European negotiators over the contentious Irish backstop clause.

The UK government’s plan to withdraw from the EU has suffered a second defeat in parliament, despite renewed assurances from European negotiators over the contentious Irish backstop clause.

* The UK Parliament voted down the government’s plan for the interminably tedious EU-UK divorce. This was expected. Media are competing with one another for adjectives to sensationalize the situation. The British public simply does not care very much. * The UK Parliament will almost certainly reject a no-deal exit today. That leaves extending the […]

The Trump Administration’s initial defense budget proposal for FY 2020 was better than expected at a nearly 5% increase over the prior year.

I was recently speaking with a client in California and he mentioned really liking a chart I published in 2015 that showed how often Berkshire Hathaway had outperformed over rolling quarterly, one-, five-, and 10-year time periods since 1995.

* The UK Parliament voted down the government’s plan for the interminably tedious EU-UK divorce. This was expected. Media are competing with one another for adjectives to sensationalize the situation. The British public simply does not care very much. * The UK Parliament will almost certainly reject a no-deal exit today. That leaves extending the […]

* The UK Parliament voted down the government’s plan for the interminably tedious EU-UK divorce. This was expected. Media are competing with one another for adjectives to sensationalize the situation. The British public simply does not care very much. * The UK Parliament will almost certainly reject a no-deal exit today. That leaves extending the […]

The Trump Administration’s initial defense budget proposal for FY 2020 was better than expected at a nearly 5% increase over the prior year.

* Another convulsion in the interminably tedious UK-EU divorce. The UK Parliament votes on a new and improved government deal to separate from the EU. The view of the attorney-general as to whether this is actually new and improved is important. Without the attorney-general’s support, the government has almost no chance of success. With the […]

UK PM Theresa May’s last-minute negotiations in Strasbourg, France on Monday yielded renewed EU assurances over the contentious Irish backstop clause, offering her fresh ammunition ahead of a “meaningful vote” on her Brexit withdrawal agreement in Parliament later today.