Trump’s ‘punitive’ China tariffs could end trade between the world’s two largest economies—and that would be painful, volatile, and dangerous

[ad_1] Trade between the world’s two largest economies—a link that defined the world economy for two decades—is on life support. U.S. tariffs on China now stand at 145%; China’s tariffs on the U.S. now stand at 125%. And that’s just the baseline, not including additional tariffs on specific goods like steel (in the case of…

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Delhi World Book fair: A fair like no other

[ad_1] Thomas Abraham In Delhi it’s that time of year again when publishers, distributors and retailers are scrambling around frantically getting everything from point-of-sale to stocks right. It’s the World Book fair (WBF), which comes around once every two years sprawling across the giant halls of Pragati Maidan. This is the fair’s 20th edition, and…

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Dave Portnoy goes on rant over Gen Z ‘spoiled brats’ taking over the workplace

[ad_1] Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy on crypto volatility, Trump taking aim at water pressure regulations and Gen Z overtaking the workforce. Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy didn’t mince words when discussing the “lazy, entitled losers” taking baby boomers’ place in today’s workforce. Gen Z – the generation born between 1997 and 2012 – has…

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Trump can pull stocks back from the brink, but bond and currency markets may not be so easily impressed as they rapidly de-dollarize

[ad_1] President Donald Trump has shown that he can spark an epic stock rally, and exemptions to his “reciprocal tariffs” are likely to boost shares further, but bond and currency markets may be a different story. On Wednesday, US stock indexes posted massive gains after Trump announced a 90-day pause on some of his steeper…

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