US business

US business inventories post biggest gain in nearly four years in March

2026-05-14T15:02:00.000Z
Above: New York City. Fifteen per cent of American small-business owners – the highest numbers in six months – say that now would be a good time to expand their business.

US small-business optimism eases on economic expectations

2026-02-10T15:50:53.000Z
America's economic dynamism will likely not be undone by tightening up on foreign talent inflow.

The US$100,000 fee should not damage America’s economy: an ex-H-1B visa holder reflects

2025-10-01T23:00:00.000Z
China imported roughly 105 million metric tons of soybeans last year, just under a quarter coming from the US and the remainder from Brazil.

Trump hopes China will quickly quadruple its US soybean orders

2025-08-11T06:46:35.000Z
Last month Carlsberg, a Danish brewer that bottles Coca-Cola in its home country, noted that consumers there were boycotting the fizzy drink, opting for local alternatives such as Jolly Cola instead.

American brands have a new image problem

2025-05-21T21:00:00.000Z
US President Donald Trump (left) speaking at the Business Roundtable's quarterly meeting on Mar 11 in Washington, DC. Businesspeople are the only people with the personal heft and institutional power to act as a restraint on Trump.
THE BROAD VIEW

US CEOs need to find their missing backbones

2025-03-13T21:00:00.000Z
Last year's US Supreme Court ruling that outlaws affirmative action in colleges have undercut the footing of diversity and climate programmes.

Is corporate America going Maga?

2025-01-14T21:00:00.000Z
From factory floors to construction sites, optimism in various regional Federal Reserve Bank surveys represents another chapter in the “Trump Bump” that began with a stock market rally following the Nov 5 election, delivered a stronger dollar and supercharged Bitcoin prices.

Trump’s election powers US business sentiment to multi-year high

2024-12-03T13:03:20.000Z
The most common causes of cyberattacks were compromised emails, at 20 per cent, and data theft, at 18 per cent of cases.

Cyberattacks cost British businesses US$55 billion in past five years

2024-11-25T07:17:25.000Z
S&P Global says its flash US Composite PMI Output Index, which tracks the manufacturing and services sectors, rose to 54.3 this month from a final reading of 54.0 in September.

US business activity rises in October; price pressures easing

2024-10-24T14:12:49.000Z