It’s not clear who will benefit if President Trump follows through on his threat to impose 200 percent tariffs on all wines and alcoholic beverages from the European Union, but it certainly would not be American consumers. The tariff warning was posted by Mr. Trump on social media Thursday in retaliation to 50 percent tariffs…
Restored Cheonggyecheon at night, Seoul. Renan Gicquel | Moment Open | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Friday after all three benchmarks in the U.S. tumbled over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff plans. In another sign of a trade war escalation, Trump threatened to enact 200% tariffs on all alcoholic products coming from the European…
How’s this for déjà vu? Another debt crisis is brewing in Europe. Greece needs European creditors to release cash from a bailout agreed in 2015 so it can make debt repayments, but officials are at loggerheads. Investors are starting to worry, demanding higher returns on Greek debt. Adding to the confusion is a warning from…
We’ve all been there: We’re talking to someone and then realize they’re not actually listening to us. Sometimes it’s obvious, like when someone is scrolling through their phone while you’re speaking. Other times, it’s more subtle, such as a phone call where the only response is an absent-minded “uh-huh.”
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Tesla is getting crushed in China, its most important market outside the United States and one that it had dominated for years. When Liu Jie, 32, decided to buy an electric car in October, Tesla was one of her top choices. But after test-driving a few Chinese cars, she went with a sports sedan from…
Meta won a legal victory on Wednesday against a former employee who published an explosive, tell-all memoir, as an arbitrator temporarily prohibited the author from promoting or further distributing copies. Sarah Wynn-Williams last week released “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism,” a book that describes a series of incendiary allegations…
3 billion people have no access to waste management Despite some progress in reducing global waste, pollution remains a major problem for society. Jacob Duer, president and CEO of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, said 3 billion people around the world have no access to waste management. Svanika Balasubramanian, co-founder and CEO of nonprofit…
More and more business leaders and Wall Street strategists are expressing their worries about what President Donald Trump’s protectionist policies and unpredictable nature might do to the markets and economy. But we all know that action speaks louder than words. What investors are actually doing is in stark contrast to what people are saying. The…
