Hours after imposing steep tariffs on Canada, President Trump raised an issue that even the American lenders whose cause he’s championing find perplexing: the access, or lack thereof, of U.S. banks to the Canadian market. On Tuesday, Mr. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, “Canada doesn’t allow American Banks to do business in […]
US president Donald Trump’s tariffs could mean less money in UK consumers’ pockets, Bank of England experts have warned. Tariffs could hit growth and pose “substantial” risks to the UK and world economies, the Bank’s governor Andrew Bailey has said. His colleagues added trade frictions could hurt companies in the UK and elsewhere. Bailey urged […]
In an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump denounced Biden-era policies, mocked Democrats and lauded his administration’s early hailstorm of executive actions. He was, he said, “just getting started.” How did his speech go over? The New York Times talked with six voters — many of whom voted for […]
President Trump speaks during an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images After a firehose of a first six weeks back in the White House, President Trump delivered a boastful and partisan address to a joint session of […]
Adidas said Wednesday that it had sold its last pair of Yeezys, a wildly popular and profitable sneaker brand it developed with the rapper and designer Ye, as it tried to move past the publicity nightmare that followed after Ye’s antisemitic comments. The sportswear giant severed ties with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, in […]
Getty Images Scientists believe they have discovered how the cheap painkiller aspirin can stop cancers spreading. In animal experiments they showed the drug enhanced the ability of the immune system to fight back. The team at the University of Cambridge said it was an exciting and surprise discovery that could eventually lead to cancer patients […]
“A little disturbance” For months, the debate gripping board rooms, Wall Street and world capitals was whether to take President Trump at his word on tariffs. For a while, the markets rallied as if he were just bluffing. He wasn’t. In an address before Congress last night, Trump said that tariffs would protect American jobs […]
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University health economist who came to prominence crusading against lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, faced questioning from the Senate health committee on Wednesday morning as President Trump’s nominee to direct the National Institutes of Health. The agency, the world’s largest funder of biomedical research, with a $48 billion budget and […]
Jennifer Meierhans Business reporter, BBC News Co-op The Co-op has admitted breaching rules to prevent rival supermarkets from opening nearby more than 100 times. The UK’s competition watchdog found Co-op had breached an order which limits supermarkets’ ability to prevent nearby land being used by rival retailers across England, Scotland and Wales. Blocking other grocers […]
Tesla’s sales in Germany plunged in February, part of a wider slump across Europe that has undercut the company’s share price and highlighted anger at the political activities of Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive. Sales of Tesla cars in Germany, Europe’s largest market for electric vehicles, dove 76 percent in February compared with a […]