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West Coast Ports Brace for China Tariffs to Dent Import Volume Within Days
Census Bureau data released on Tuesday showed a surge in U.S. imports starting last fall, from $268 billion at the end of October to $343…
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New Data Provide a Pre-Tariff Snapshot of a Stable but Slowing Labor Market
The labor market remained sound in March, with job openings declining but layoffs remaining near record lows, while rates of new hiring…
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Retailers Fear Toy Shortages at Christmas as Tariffs Freeze Supply Chain
President Trump’s China tariffs are threatening Christmas. Toy makers, children’s shops and specialty retailers are pausing orders for the…
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Trump’s 100-Day Economic Report Card
Trump’s tumultuous start When President Trump took office in January for his second term, business leaders anticipated an administration…
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Student Debt Collections Restart on May 5. Here’s What to Know.
After a five-year reprieve, the Trump administration will restart forced collections on federal student loans in default, which could…
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Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm
The pitch from “ZMoney” arrived on the encrypted messaging app Signal just days before Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration.…
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Trump Administration Looks to Take Steps to Ease Pain From Car Tariffs
The Trump administration said it plans to announce measures as early as Tuesday to ease the impact of tariffs on imported cars and car…
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Why Trump’s Economic Disruption Will Be Hard to Reverse
President Trump has made clear his intent to smash the reigning global economic order. And in 100 days, he has made remarkable progress in…
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‘60 Minutes’ Rebukes Paramount On-Air Over Executive Producer’s Exit
In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company in the…
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Trump’s Tariffs Prompt Wave of Lawsuits
Somewhere along a roughly 7,500-mile journey that begins in Shenzhen, China, there are 19 shipments bound for Rick Woldenberg, the chief…
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Trump’s Tariffs Squeeze an Already Struggling British Car Industry
The 25 percent tariffs imposed by President Trump on imported cars have added to the pressures on vehicle manufacturers around the world,…
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Europe’s Pharma Industry Braces for Pain as Trump Tariff Threat Looms
Insulin, heart treatments and antibiotics have flowed freely across many borders for decades, exempt from tariffs in a bid to make…
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Dollar Doubts Dominate Gathering of Global Economic Leaders
On the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent…
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How Tariffs Could Make Americans’ Hobbies More Expensive
Hobby forums, normally places for trading tips about knitting patterns and sharing photos of new projects, are now hosting in-depth…
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Harvard’s War With Trump Forces Question of How Endowments Should Be Spent
There are proposals from Republicans in Congress to increase the tax on large endowments, potentially to 14 percent, much higher than the…
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China Rejects Trump Claim of Tariff Talks With Xi
President Trump, whose trade war with China has rattled financial markets and threatened to disrupt huge swaths of trade, suggested on…
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F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
Federal health officials have reversed the decision to fire a few dozen scientists at the Food and Drug Administration’s food-safety labs,…
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Uncertainty Over Trump’s Tariffs Paralyzes U.S. Businesses
Three months ago, things were looking pretty good for Tim Fulton and Ramper Innovations, a manufacturer of airplane equipment based in…
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China Is Weighing Tariff Exemptions on Some U.S. Imports
The Chinese government is considering whether to exclude some essential products from its retaliatory 125 percent tariffs on American…
Business
Will Cars, Phones and Other Goods Be Too Big to Tariff?
A dovish shift Stocks are on a three-day winning streak as investors cheer cooling trade-war tensions. Another boost has come from the Fed…
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What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too
President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings, maybe even a “DOGE dividend” check in their mailboxes, when the Department…
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Pepsico Cuts Growth Forecast Amid Tariffs and Slowed Consumer Spending
Consumers, worried about the economy, are pulling back on their spending, and that anxiety is translating into lower sales and profits for…
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U.S. Urges Japan and South Korea to Commit to Alaska L.N.G. Project
Officials in the United States are urging Japan and South Korea to make a formal commitment within the next few weeks to a $44 billion…
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Trump Cuts Threaten Meals and Services for People With Disabilities and the Aging
Every Monday, Maurine Gentis, a retired teacher, waits for a delivery from Meals on Wheels South Texas. “The meals help stretch my…