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Jerome Powell lifts both his hands as he testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Finance

Trump has a path to killing the Fed’s independence — if he wants to try it

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February 27, 2025
United States President Donald J. Trump speaks at the Friends of Ireland luncheon hosted by United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin, at the United States Capitol March 15, 2018 in Washington, DC.
Finance

Weight-loss drug Zepbound helped drive Ireland to $76 billion in goods exports to the U.S. last year—a bittersweet reminder of the challenges ahead

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February 19, 2025
Economist warns Trump plan for reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners could backfire: ‘A fundamental misunderstanding of how the global economy works’ 
Politics

Economist warns Trump plan for reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners could backfire: ‘A fundamental misunderstanding of how the global economy works’ 

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
February 14, 2025
Bank of England in the City of London on 29th January 2025 in London, United Kingdom.
Finance

Traders are moving so much gold from the Bank of England to the U.S. to avoid Trump tariffs that the waiting time has reportedly octupled

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January 31, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holding an Nvidia GPU chip used for AI applications.
Tech

DeepSeek caused a $600 billion freakout. But China’s AI upstart may not be the danger to Nvidia and U.S. export controls many assume

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January 27, 2025
King Philippe of Belgium inaugurates the Brussels Motor Show in the Palais du Heysel, on January 10, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium.
Finance

EU considers enlisting Belgian king and 81-year-old decree to block Hungary’s potential veto of Russian sanctions

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January 17, 2025
China signals bolder stimulus for next year as Trump returns
Finance

China signals bolder stimulus for next year as Trump returns

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December 9, 2024
The youth are ‘lifeless’: Economist’s speech goes viral in China
Finance

The youth are ‘lifeless’: Economist’s speech goes viral in China

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December 3, 2024
A proposal for more logging to curb wildfires could boost timber harvests by more than 200%
Environment

A proposal for more logging to curb wildfires could boost timber harvests by more than 200%

By Matthew Brown and The Associated Press
November 17, 2024
Merit Janow, chair of Mastercard Inc.
Conferences

Mastercard chair: ‘tremendous volatility’ in U.S. relations with China has some considering ‘purposeful decoupling’

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November 11, 2024
Fed Chair Powell says he would not leave even if Trump asked him to
Politics

Fed Chair Powell says he would not leave even if Trump asked him to

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November 7, 2024
Billionaire Mark Cuban bashes Trump’s proposed tariffs as a ‘tax on everybody’ at Harris rally
Politics

Billionaire Mark Cuban bashes Trump’s proposed tariffs as a ‘tax on everybody’ at Harris rally

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October 18, 2024
Boeing workers hold out a sign that says "Strike" in big red letters, as well as other smaller signs.
Finance

Boeing strike costs U.S. $1 billion of GDP in just two weeks as negotiations resume

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September 27, 2024
Mark Cuban says Trump’s proposed 200% tariff on John Deere would be a ‘good way to destroy a legendary American company’
Politics

Mark Cuban says Trump’s proposed 200% tariff on John Deere would be a ‘good way to destroy a legendary American company’

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September 24, 2024
‘Black Swan’ hedge funder warns a recession is coming this year—and the biggest market bubble in history will soon pop
Finance

‘Black Swan’ hedge funder warns a recession is coming this year—and the biggest market bubble in history will soon pop

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August 16, 2024

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