President Trump doesn’t realize the damage his policies will do to lobstermen, farmers and other workers.
u.s. economy
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trade advances begin to vindicate Trump’s hard-line tariff policy
His strategy persuades the European Union to agree to work toward zero barriers, signaling the president favors free trade after all.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Trump, European Union leaders announce a trade path toward ‘zero tariffs’
The two sides agree to hold off on further tariffs as part of trade talks aimed at averting a crippling trade dispute involving the lucrative automobile market.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Nation & World
Maker of Necco wafers, Sweethearts candies abruptly shuts down
New England Confectionery Co. was the country’s oldest continuously operating candy company.
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Commentary: Of course Kylie Jenner didn’t build that fortune
Media coverage of the most successful ought to reflect that.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Trump criticizes Federal Reserve, breaking long-standing practice
The president suggests that the Fed is undercutting his efforts to expand the economy.
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Farmers fret and wait as U.S.-China trade war escalates
‘I fully support my president, but it’s tough to defend’ tariffs, said one soybean farmer, who is at a competitive disadvantage overseas.
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Foreign money diverts from U.S. as Trump hardens trade stance
Foreign direct investment in U.S. businesses and factories plunged in 2017 and is falling this year.
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Fashion design process upended as companies focus on speed, trends
Digital technology shortens the time it takes to put a prototype on the web from half a year to just a week, tearing up the old business model.
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Federal Reserve chair calls decline in worker share of profits ‘very troubling’
Average hourly wages for most American workers have been stalled – and by at least one measure, have fallen when accounting for inflation.