Manufacturers prepare for higher costs

Manufacturers prepare for higher costs

As President Donald Trump prepares to impose his first tranche of tariffs on the world Saturday, Chinese manufacturers are bracing for impact. Though Trump is set to take his biggest initial swing at Canada and Mexico with a proposed 25% tariff, the U.S. president still has China on his radar. After a report that the…

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Trump Media surges after expansion into financial services including crypto and ETFs

Trump Media and Technology Group is expanding into financial services, including investment vehicles, the firm announced Wednesday. Shares of the Truth Social parent company, which trade under the ticker DJT, jumped more than 10% in morning trading. President Donald Trump indirectly owns 114,750,000 shares of the company, held in a revocable trust. The financial services…

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BlackRock’s Fink says that the bond market will tell us where we’re going

BlackRock’s Fink says that the bond market will tell us where we’re going

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said President Donald Trump‘s efforts to unleash capital in the private sector could have unintended consequences that would hurt the stock market. “I’m cautiously optimistic. That being said, I have scenarios where it could be pretty bad,” Fink said Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “I believe…

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