Planned Parenthood is joining efforts to flip the House. Planned Parenthood Votes, the super PAC arm of the pro-choice group, is investing more than $4 million into 24 House races ahead of the midterm elections in November. In 15 of the races, the incumbent is a Republican; in nine, the races are open. But the…
ANOTHER week, a further ratcheting up of trade tensions between America and China. On September 17th President Donald Trump announced that he had approved another wave of tariffs on Chinese imports. From September 24th, imports of products which in 2017 were worth as much as $189bn, including furniture, computers and car parts, will be hit…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with China on Monday, imposing 10 percent tariffs on about $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, but sparing smart watches from Apple (AAPL.O) and Fitbit (FIT.N) and other consumer products such as bicycle helmets and baby car seats. Trump, in a statement announcing the…
President Donald Trump ordered the US Trade Representative to impose a tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, catapulting the US-China trade war to the next level. "For months, we have urged China to change these unfair practices, and give fair and reciprocal treatment to American companies," Trump said in a statement. "We have…
Tyson Foods Inc. is getting a new CEO. Tom Hayes, who has been at the helm of the maker of Ball Park hotdogs and Jimmy Dean sausages since late 2016, is “stepping down for personal reasons,” according to a news release published Monday. The Wall Street Journal reports that Hayes’ departure is not related to…
Enlarge / Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Though economics might not favor nuclear power in the US, policy makers do. Last week, the House passed a bipartisan bill that originated in the Senate called the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act (S. 97), which will allow the private sector to partner with US National…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Chinese government may decline to participate in proposed trade talks with the United States later this month if the Trump administration moves forward with additional tariffs on imported Chinese goods, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing Chinese officials. The US had proposed the talks, but at the same time…
DEBT stalks Africa once again. Over the past six years sub-Saharan governments have issued $81bn in dollar bonds to investors hungry for yield. Piled on top of this are murkier syndicated loans and bilateral debts, many to China and tied to big construction projects. Public debt has climbed above 50% of GDP in half the…
Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Earlier this week, Donald Trump declared his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria an “incredible, unsung success.” This took aback many reporters and pundits. After all, that storm’s official death toll sits at nearly 3,000. And the the federal government’s relief effort was riddled with demonstrable failures: Despite receiving advance warning of…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPeople have left homes and taken precautions ahead of the hurricane US East Coast residents are running out of time to flee before Hurricane Florence batters the region, officials have warned.The category three storm with 125mph (205km/h) winds is forecast to make landfall early on Friday.Up to…
