US business

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

Understanding the rationale for the hike and why tightening up on foreign workers may not undo the US’ dynamism

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

Trump says buying more soybeans is also a way of substantially reducing China’s trade deficit with the USA

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

Donald Trump is hurting products from Coca-Cola to Jack Daniel’s

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

Corporate America needs to push Trump in more business-friendly directions before he does lasting damage to the economy

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?

Donald Trump’s election has accelerated a cultural shift in the nation’s boardrooms

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

The more sanguine view from the trenches stands in contrast to that of many Wall Street economists

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

Companies generating an annual revenue of over £100 million (S$169.4 million) most likely to suffer an attack

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

Firms raised prices for goods and services at the slowest pace in nearly 4½ years

While the overall economic picture has changed little since early September, respondents in most Fed districts noted that many businesses were hesitant to invest ahead of the elections, the Federal Reserve said in its “beige book” survey of economic conditions.

US businesses ‘hesitant’ before 2024 elections: Federal Reserve

UNCERTAINTY about the upcoming US elections had cooled economic activity across the country, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, noting that many businesses and consumers were pausing major decisio...

The top 1 per cent now hold a greater share of wealth than the entire middle 40 per cent; three decades ago, the reverse was true.
THE BROAD VIEW

How Americans’ trust in Big Business went from bad to worse

There was a time when the growing economy lifted everyone. These days, only the rich seem to be rising