Tag: Business
US and China to talk in Stockholm on trade with eye on Trump-Xi summit later this year
WASHINGTON – When top U.S. and Chinese officials meet in Stockholm, they are almost certain to agree to at least leaving tariffs at the...
US-EU trade deal wards off further escalation but will raise costs for companies, consumers
FRANKFURT – President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have announced a sweeping trade deal that imposes 15% tariffs on...
Trump’s meeting with a key European official comes as his tariff deadline nears
EDINBURGH – Donald Trump is meeting Sunday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, taking a break from golfing in Scotland to discuss...
Comic-Con goes interstellar with ‘Project Hail Mary,’ ‘Star Trek’ updates
SAN DIEGO – Comic-Con is headed to space for its third day.Saturday’s biggest presentations at the pop culture extravaganza will be for “Project Hail...
Paramount gets green light for $8 billion merger. But what is the psychic cost for company?
With this week’s FCC approval, the merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media is expected to be completed in the coming weeks at a...
From Benjamin Franklin to Pony Express to anthrax: How the US Postal Service shaped a nation
The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of night — turns...
‘Draconian, unethical’ and ‘soul-killing’: Citi takes leaf out of Goldman’s loyalty oath playbook
Citigroup is hopping on the loyalty oath trend, asking its newest class of junior investment bankers to disclose whether they have accepted future job...
Fed chair tells Trump he has his facts wrong on central bank’s renovation costs
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump rattled off a number to shame Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell about the renovation costs of the Fed's headquarters...
Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court to allow $783 million research-funding cuts
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to cut hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research...
Ranchers in southern Mexico are struggling against a flesh-eating parasite infecting livestock
CINTALAPA – With Mexican cattle again barred this month from entry to the United States over fears of spreading a flesh-eating parasite, ranchers and...
