The episode is revealed in “Betting the House,” a book on the election co-authored by Bloomberg's Tim Ross and Politico's Tom McTague, which describes how May's inner circle did not trust Hammond and set about writing their own economic policies without telling him what they were doing.
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Of the number of problems that accounting on Excel brings, perhaps the biggest is the constant need for backups. If you face a technical issue and have not made a recent backup, you could lose everything. Not only is reconstructing this data a huge amount of work, it could be legally problematic as you
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Saudi suspects being held as part of the kingdom's crackdown on alleged corruption are starting to make payments to settle cases in exchange for freedom, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Some businessmen and officials being detained at the Ritz-Carlton are signing agreements with
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Bloomberg's Anna Edgerton reports on Sen. Murkowski's pivot on the Obamacare individual mandate repeal effort. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski's decision to agree to smash Obamacare's individual mandate may remove one obstacle to passing the Senate Republican tax bill next week. “I believe that
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If you're associated with the administration of President Donald Trump, there's not much to be thankful for this week. With the exception of Defense Secretary James Mattis, no insider has elevated his or her standing in 10 months and no superstar has emerged as in previous administrations. Already
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