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Opinion & Features

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

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

Trump hopes China will quickly quadruple its US soybean orders

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.
Opinion & Features

American brands have a new image problem

US President Donald Trump speaks at the Business Roundtable quarterly meeting with Business Roundtable Chair and Cisco Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins in Washington, DC, on March 11, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

US CEOs need to find their missing backbones

Last year's US Supreme Court ruling that outlaws affirmative action in colleges have undercut the footing of diversity and climate programmes.
Opinion & Features

Is corporate America going Maga?

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.
International

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

FILE PHOTO: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Capitalizing on spying tools believed to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency, hackers staged a cyber assault with a self-spreading malware that has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo
Telcos, Media & Tech

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

Customers receive samples of honey at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, US, on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to release US consumer price index (CPI) figures on July 11. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
International

US business activity rises in October; price pressures easing

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.
International

US businesses ‘hesitant’ before 2024 elections: Federal Reserve

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.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

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

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