Donald J. Trump
Used vehicle prices ease from tariff fear-buying highs but remain elevated
A Ford mustang is seen at a used car dealership in Montebello, California on May 5, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — Used vehicle prices last month eased from their recent high in April as consumers who may have needed a vehicle but feared price hikes due to tariffs flocked […]
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Trump ‘not interested’ in call with Musk, White House official says
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images President Donald Trump is “not interested” in a call with Tesla CEO Elon Musk to resolve their feud, a senior White House official […]
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Tesla jumps 5% in premarket trading as stock reels from Trump-Musk drama
A Tesla car dealership stands on June 5, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Tesla shares climbed in U.S. premarket trading Friday after tensions between CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump fueled a $152 billion rout for the stock a day earlier. Shares of Tesla were […]
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From bromance to bitter feud — a timeline of Trump and Musk’s relationship
U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters July 2024 Musk publicly endorses Trump following an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Musk posts on social media platform X: “I […]
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Long-awaited Trump-Xi call isn’t enough to resolve looming critical mineral shortage this summer
Key Points A high-stakes U.S.-China call has yet to resolve a rare earth metals shortage. Businesses say the shortage could halt production of cars and other industrial parts this summer. Only some Chinese suppliers of U.S. companies have received six-month export licenses. Source
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‘London is back:’ Mayor — and Trump critic — Sadiq Khan looks to lure businesses from the U.S.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan hopes to convince U.S. tech firms to invest more in London. Leon Neal | Getty Images “London is back,” the capital’s Mayor Sadiq Khan told CNBC on Wednesday, laying out his ambition to attract investors, visitors and students who are looking for an alternative to the U.S amid an uncertain […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to open mixed as investors digest Trump-Xi call
The view of Nanjing Road East Pedestrian Mall, the main shopping street in Shanghai. Bruce Yuanyue Bi | The Image Bank | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to trade mixed Friday as investors assessed the phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump and Xi spoke on Thursday and […]
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Musk’s feud with Trump and exit from DOGE are really bad for Dogecoin
Idrees Abbas | Lightrocket | Getty Images It’s been a bad week for DOGE. And a really bad week for dogecoin. The meme coin, which gained popularity in part because Elon Musk once dubbed it “the people’s crypto,” fell about 10% on Thursday and is down 22% over the past week. That drop corresponds with […]
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Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are seen ahead of a launch at Launch Complex 39A at the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Elon Musk on Thursday said that his company SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft “immediately” because of […]
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Lululemon shares tumble 20% as it cuts full-year guidance, citing ‘dynamic macroenvironment’
People walk past a Lululemon department store in New York City on June 5, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Lululemon beat Wall Street expectations for fiscal first-quarter earnings Thursday, but cut its full-year earnings guidance, citing a “dynamic macroenvironment.” As the company navigates tariffs and fears about a slowing U.S. economy, CEO Calvin […]
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