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- 15 April 2025
The perils of Trump's chips strategy: the US will struggle to take on Asia - BBC
America is trying to create a chip industry through isolation and protectionism, when what allowed it to emerge in Asia is the opposite: collaboration - 15 April 2025
Jim Cramer presses Trump administration on stalled deregulation - CNBC
CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday questioned some of the Trump administration's regulatory choices and offered some of his own ideas. - 15 April 2025
Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products - The White House (.gov)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as - 15 April 2025
Nvidia to take $5.5bn hit as US clamps down on exports of AI chips to China - Financial Times
Trump administration’s curbs send chipmaker’s shares sliding in after-hours trading - 15 April 2025
Wall Street predicts a 10% stock rebound by the end of 2025. Why investors shouldn’t buy the hype just yet. - MarketWatch
Wall Street’s S&P 500 price targets are more a temperature check than a useful predictive tool for the stock market, says one strategist - 15 April 2025
Target baby food is recalled over lead contamination - AP News
A company that makes baby food for Target is recalling more than 25,000 packages of a product because it may contain elevated levels of lead. Miami-based Fruselva recalled Good & Gather baby puree sold in 4-ounce tubs at Target. The U.S. Food and Drug Adminis… - No Image Available15 April 2025
Boeing China News: Stock Falls on Report the Country Suspended Jet Deliveries - Barron's
- 15 April 2025
SEC Pushes Back on DOGE Request for Access to Some Agency Data - Bloomberg
A member of Elon Musk’s government efficiency team asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to grant read and write access to some agency data, according to people familiar with the matter. - 15 April 2025
Investors dodge U.S. dollar and Treasurys, scared by Trump’s trade war - The Washington Post
The dollar has lost almost 10 percent of its value since Inauguration Day with more than half of that decline coming this month. - 15 April 2025
Stock Market News Today: Markets slip on tariff caution (SP500:S&P Complete Indices) - Seeking Alpha
Wall Street on Tuesday ended slightly lower in a choppy trading session as traders remained cautious. Read more here. - 15 April 2025
United to cut flights as domestic demand disappoints but international and premium travel drives profits - CNBC
United said a deterioration in bookings could lead it to lower its 2025 outlook to $7 to $9 a share from $11.50 to $13.50. - 15 April 2025
Dow Jones Today: Stocks Close Lower After Quiet Trading Day; Boeing Falls Amid US-China Tensions - Investopedia
The major stock indexes fell slightly in muted trading on Tuesday as a level of calm settled over markets despite still-simmering trade tensions with China. - 15 April 2025
LVMH Loses Crown as World’s Most Valuable Luxury Company to Hermes - WSJ
A weaker-than-expected sales report from the Louis Vuitton owner sent its stock tumbling - No Image Available15 April 2025
S&P 500 Death Cross: Why It Isn’t as Bad as It Sounds - Barron's
- 15 April 2025
Tesla's struggling stock just saw a dreaded 'death cross' that could signal further losses - Business Insider
It's Tesla's first death cross since May 2022, the early days of a brutal bear market sell-off. - 15 April 2025
Here’s what’s about to become more expensive with the next round of tariffs - CNN
President Donald Trump is forging ahead with his aggressive tariff campaign, moving on from “reciprocal” tariffs to the sector-specific tariffs he promised. - 15 April 2025
Japan’s anti-monopoly watchdog accuses Google of violations in smartphones - AP News
Japanese regulators have accused U.S. tech giant Google of violating anti-monopoly laws, echoing similar moves in the U.S. and Europe. Google Japan said it found Tuesday's action “regrettable.” It said it has invested in Japan significantly to promote innovat… - 15 April 2025
Starbucks is updating its dress code for baristas - CNN
Starbucks is updating its uniform policy, emphasizing the appearance of its recognizable “green aprons” as part of CEO Brian Niccol’s broader plans to revive the slumping brand. - 15 April 2025
Dow Giant Flexes With A Guidance Hike Despite Tariff Worries - Investor's Business Daily
Johnson & Johnson stock fell alongside the broader market, despite beating first-quarter calls and hiking its sales outlook. - No Image Available15 April 2025
Nvidia Stock Rises. Trump Hails Chip Maker’s Commitment to ‘Golden Age.’ - Barron's
- 15 April 2025
Dow Jones Rises After Key Economic Data; Bank Of America Jumps On Earnings - Investor's Business Daily
Nvidia and Tesla dropped, while Bank of America jumped on earnings. - 15 April 2025
Lucid Gravity First Drive: An electric SUV that doesn’t make compromises - TechCrunch
Lucid has spent years working on its second EV — a plush van-like SUV designed to be the category killer that could take market share from the likes of - 15 April 2025
China Halts Rare Earth Exports Globally - Slashdot
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares the news that China has halted all rare earth exports globally -- including to the U.S., Japan, and Germany. Fortune reports: After Trump unveiled his "Liberation Day" tariffs on April 2, China retaliated on April 4 wi… - 15 April 2025
Trump tariffs could prove nearly as harmful to U.S. auto market as Lehman collapse and COVID outbreak, warn S&P forecasters - Fortune
In "one of the largest single-month changes" it has ever made to its forecast, S&P Global Mobility wiped off 700,000 cars from its U.S. sales estimate. - 15 April 2025
5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens - Investopedia
U.S. stock futures are little changed as investors review tariff developments and watch corporate earnings, Boeing shares fall after China reportedly orders its carriers to stop taking jet deliveries, and Netflix stock rises as firm reportedly reveals rosy fi… - 15 April 2025
‘Worse Than 2008’—Bitcoin Price Braced As Billionaire Ray Dalio Warns Of ‘Monetary Order Breakdown’ - Forbes
Billionaire Ray Dalio has warned the U.S. is hurling toward a financial crisis and recession that could be worse than 2008... - 15 April 2025
Bond market is the Achilles’ heel of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill, say investors - MarketWatch
- 15 April 2025
A New Mexico Man Faces Federal Charges for Allegedly Setting Fire to a Tesla Showroom - WIRED
Jamison Wagner was also charged with an alleged arson attack on the New Mexico Republican Party’s office. - 15 April 2025
Tariff carve-outs underscore weak US position in China trade war: 'This is going to get really ugly' - Politico
With its electronics exceptions, the United States has demonstrated that it is more willing to bend than the Chinese. - 15 April 2025
A tech investor says AI is already coming for jobs — and 2 professions should be very nervous - Business Insider
Victor Lazarte, a general partner at Benchmark, said AI is "fully replacing people." - 15 April 2025
Carmaker shares jump after Donald Trump signals ‘help’ for industry - Financial Times
President acknowledges companies ‘need a little bit of time’ before they can manufacture in US - 15 April 2025
By The Numbers: Meet The Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Class Of 2025 - Forbes
Trade wars, real wars, and an AI revolution. For Europe’s young gamechangers, there is no better time to build the world’s next great companies. - No Image Available15 April 2025
Bank Trading Desks Are Minting Money From Trump’s Tariff Chaos - WSJ
- 14 April 2025
Small businesses plead for relief from crushing costs of Trump's tariff war -- here's how they're trying to weather storm - New York Post
Nearly one in five small-to-midsize firms are pessimistic about their chances of survival over the next five years, according to a new report from PYMNTS Intelligence report. - 14 April 2025
Fed Governor Waller sees tariff inflation as 'transitory' in 'tush push' comparison - CNBC
The central banker embraced a term that got the central bank in trouble during the last bout of inflation. - 14 April 2025
Unemployment fears hit worst levels since Covid as tariffs fuel inflation outlook, Fed survey shows - CNBC
Consumer worries grew over inflation, unemployment and the stock market as the global trade war heated up in March. - 14 April 2025
Social Security change: Agency reverses course on Trump policy set to start this week - AL.com
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