Donald J. Trump
Danish shoppers boycott U.S. products as Greenland — and trade — tensions escalate
Passers-by walk along Nyhavn, the harbour with its colourful little houses popular with tourists. Picture Alliance | Getty Images COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Incensed by President Donald Trump’s posturing over Greenland and sweeping trade tariffs, Danish shoppers are turning their backs on American products in a show of national protest. The small European nation and longtime […]
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Tesla shares retreat following sharpest rally since 2013
Tesla CEO Elon Musk wears a ‘Trump Was Right About Everything!’ hat while attending a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 24, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters Tesla shares slumped on Thursday, reversing course a day after the electric vehicle maker had its biggest gain on the market since 2013. […]
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Trump’s triple-digit tariff essentially cuts off most trade with China, says economist
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump’s tariff increase on imports from China would basically end most trade between that country and the U.S., according to economist Erica York. “It depends on how narrowly the tariff […]
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Trump walked back his tariff rollout. But is the damage already done?
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) before the Closing Bell and the start of President Donald Trump’s news conference on tariffs on April 2, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump offered his trading partners — and financial markets — some reprieve on Wednesday as […]
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Trump’s pivot on tariffs shows that Wall Street still has a seat at his table
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled Annual Oversight of Wall Street Firms, in the Hart Building on Dec. 6, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images With each passing day since President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement last week, a […]
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Trump acknowledged he could cause a recession, but just didn’t want a depression, according to WSJ
President Donald Trump wanted to avoid sending the economy into a depression through his contentious plan for tariffs, according to The Wall Street Journal. Trump privately said he was aware that his broad and steep plan for levies unveiled last week could tip the economy into a recession, but he didn’t want a depression, according […]
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Fintech’s Affirm, Paypal sink as stocks pull back from massive tariff pause rally
Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Fintech’s relief rally is already losing steam. Shares of Affirm, Toast, Bill.com, PayPal and other consumer-focused fintech firms turned lower Thursday. The retreat followed a powerful bounce Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on dramatically higher import tariffs. While the administration simultaneously escalated duties on […]
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Here’s the inflation breakdown for March 2025 — in one chart
Key Points The annual consumer price index fell to 2.4% in March, down from 2.8% in February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda and the prospect of a global trade war threaten to reverse progress in coming months. Source
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Amazon delays first Kuiper internet satellite launch due to bad weather
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation stands ready for launch on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 5, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. Paul Hennessey | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Amazon delayed the launch of […]
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PC shipments increased in first quarter as companies braced for tariffs
Dell, HP and Lenovo laptops on display at the Consumer Electronics Show 2025 in Las Vegas, on Jan. 8, 2025. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Personal computer shipments rose in the first quarter of the year as companies sped up deliveries to gear up for incoming tariffs. Research firm Canalys estimates that shipment […]
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