Trump’s threat to annex Canada ‘a real thing,’ Trudeau tells business leaders
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a business gathering on Friday that US President Donald Trump’s threat to annex ...
Trump reinstates tariff exemption for certain cheap shipments – for now
The Trump administration on Friday delayed the suspension of the so-called de minimis provision, which allows packages worth ...
Corporate America is one of the few institutions that could stand up to Musk. It won’t
This is how much Corporate America loves lower taxes: There’s a guy holding a knife to the neck of the federal institutions that ensure businesses can thrive, and not one CEO or lobbying group is ...
Elon Musk is crowning himself technoking of the federal government
To be clear: It’s not that I was wrong about the conflicts of interest Musk would be subject to — there is virtually nothing in government that doesn’t affect Musk’s businesses, which span electric ...
This is America: DC chaos and trade warmongering
Just two weeks into his second administration, the chaos Trump campaigned on is taking root, leaving just about everyone — from CEOs to trade officials to school teachers — on unsure footing.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to bypass the Fed to lower interest rates
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new plan in the fight to bring down historically high interest rates, and it’s got ...
OpenAI now wants to make DeepSeek look like the villain
The DeepSeek drama may have been briefly eclipsed by, you know, everything in Washington (which, if you can believe it, got even crazier Wednesday). But rest assured that over in Silicon Valley, there ...
How Trump’s tariffs could rattle economies along the US-Mexico border
Uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs and trade policy is putting businesses on America’s southern border on edge. With stiff duties possibly coming as soon as March 1, it’s ...
Google’s AI-generated Super Bowl cheese ad has some holes
Google’s Super Bowl ad features a Wisconsin cheesemaker who uses Google’s Gemini AI tool to write cheese descriptions.
The Potomac crash highlights the flaws of Trump’s ‘government as a business’ playbook
It’s one of the more obviously flawed ideas embraced by both President Donald Trump and his right-hand man Elon Musk: That government should be run like a business.
China touts record spending over Lunar New Year holiday
Travel and spending during China’s Lunar New Year holiday hit new records this year, giving the government an encouraging ...
Tariffs will hurt most stores — but not TJ Maxx
US retailers have been stockpiling clothing, furniture and other goods to get ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariffs kicking in and raising their costs. That’s created a perfect scenario for TJ ...