There are not many certainties in the world of money, but this traditionally has been one of them: When life turns scary, people take refuge in American government bonds.Investors buy…
China has suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets, threatening to choke off supplies of components central to automakers, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor companies and military contractors…
Last weekend, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on television and said people who wanted to retire right now were not paying attention to the stock market.On the NBC program “Meet…
Sarah Palin’s yearslong defamation case against The New York Times, potentially testing the extent of First Amendment protections for journalists, will soon go to trial in federal court in Manhattan.Again.Three…
Sam FrancisPolitical reporterBusiness secretary refuses to answer if steel plant can keep runningThe business secretary has refused to confirm if the government can get the sufficient raw material supplies in…
President Trump’s rapidly escalating trade war with China has resulted in eye-watering tariffs on products exchanged between the countries and scrambled prospects for many global businesses that depend on the…
Well, well, well.In a US customs messaging note quietly slipped out in the early hours of Saturday, a series of numbers were listed as exempt from the 125% tariff on…
By Rob Copeland, Melanie Bencosme, Alexandra Ostasiewicz and James Surdam•April 13, 2025President Trump’s post on social media caused the stock market to respond in an unusual way. Rob Copeland, a…
'I can't keep up': Trump's changing tariffs leave shoppers feeling paralysedNatalie ShermanBBC NewsReporting fromNew York, New YorkBBCDays after Richard Medina went looking for a smartphone to beat new tariffs, the…
Investing in choppy markets, especially with an unpredictable president at the helm, can be distressing. It can be even more so if you are relying on these investments to pay…
Madeline HalpertBBC News, New YorkUS President Donald Trump's administration has exempted smartphones, computers and some other electronic devices from "reciprocal" tariffs, including the 125% levies imposed on Chinese imports.In a…
After more than a week of ratcheting up tariffs on products imported from China, the Trump administration issued a rule late Friday that spared smartphones, computers, semiconductors and other electronics…