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Trump Defends Tariff Strategy Amid Global Trade War and Market Chaos
As new U.S. tariffs upended financial markets and sent foreign governments scrambling to respond, President Trump…
Oil Prices Tumble as China-U.S. Tariffs Weaken Economic Confidence
U.S. oil prices continued to sink Wednesday morning, falling to about $56 a barrel as China…
Hobby Lobby Is Opening Its First Manhattan Store. Not Everyone Is Happy.
In the Lower Manhattan neighborhood of TriBeCa, known for its liberal politics and sky-high rents, a…
Companies See China as a Safe Harbor Amid Trump’s Tariffs
Even as President Trump heaped additional tariffs on China, his barrage of trade levies on countries…
Bob McManus, Blunt Editorial Voice of New York Post, Dies at 81
Bob McManus, the trenchant editorial page editor of The New York Post and a columnist for…
Bond Sell Off Raises Questions About U.S. Safe Haven Status
A sharp sell-off in U.S. government bond markets has sparked fears about the growing fallout from…
Delta Warns Trump’s Trade War Could Lead to a Recession
Delta Air Lines on Wednesday became one of the largest American companies to warn that President…
China Hits Back Again at Trump, Bringing New Tariffs on U.S. Goods to 84%
Beijing on Wednesday aimed the latest blow in the escalating trade war between the United States…
The Strange Case of an Hermès Heir, an Emir and a Deal Gone Wrong
Nicolas Puech is an heir to the Hermès fortune whose riches are shrouded in mystery. He…
What Is a Bear Market? Are We in One?
President Trump’s global tariffs have sent stock markets worldwide into a tailspin, and the S&P 500…
Harry’s Razor Brand Seeks to Grow a Consumer Goods Empire
Six years ago, the upstart razor company Harry’s looked set for the next growth stage: being…
India’s Millions of New Investors Are Reeling From Tariff Turmoil
Millions of small investors have piled into India’s stock market in recent years, eager to build…
China Condemns American ‘Protectionism’ – The New York Times
The Chinese government on Wednesday issued a lengthy denunciation of American trade policies, accusing the United…
U.S. Bond Sell-Off is Another Worrisome Echo of the Liz Truss Fiasco
The parallels between President Trump and Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, are growing starker. Ms.…
Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plan to Rescue Coal
Hard hats are back. So is “beautiful, clean” coal. President Trump signed four executive orders on…
E.U. Officials Set to Vote Today on First Retaliatory Tariffs
The European Union plans to vote on Wednesday afternoon on its first retaliation measures in response…
India’s Drug Makers Shudder as Trump Again Threatens Tariffs
An important segment of India’s business community woke up Wednesday to a fright: President Trump had…
Trump’s Tariffs Will Pummel Asia. But One Country Sees Opportunity.
For just about everyone in Asia, President Trump’s latest round of severe tariffs is a disaster.…