The Economist

The Economist: US and China have 90 days to prepare after serving up a tasty tariff reprieve.

Tariff takeaways as markets feast on succulent Chinese deal

THE ECONOMIST: US and China have 90 days to prepare after serving up a tasty tariff reprieve.

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THE ECONOMIST: Trump positioned himself as the American oil industry’s only hope, but now many US producers cannot turn a profit.

US oil bosses frack around and find out

THE ECONOMIST: Trump positioned himself as the American oil industry’s only hope, but now many US producers cannot turn a profit as they take hits from the trade war.

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THE ECONOMIST:  What a time to be middle aged for history’s forgotten generation.

Forget millennials, pity the forgotten Generation X

THE ECONOMIST: What a time to be middle aged for history’s forgotten generation.

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THE ECONOMIST: Switzerland once again finds itself hosting high-stakes trade talks between the world’s biggest economies.

China, America get ready for tariff upheaval in Geneva

THE ECONOMIST: Switzerland once again finds itself hosting high-stakes trade talks between the world’s biggest economies 

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THE ECONOMIST: As Donald Trump’s erratic policy announcements send investors on a wild ride, a modern breed of buyers is providing liquidity in a pattern that is changing stock markets

Buy the dip: New investors who save markets from crashing

THE ECONOMIST: As Donald Trump’s erratic policy announcements send investors on a wild ride, a modern breed of buyers is providing liquidity in a pattern that is changing stock markets

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Inside the murky world of AI chip smuggling.

Inside the shadowy business of AI-chip smuggling

Last month the boss of Nvidia, landed in Beijing with a clear message: the maker of the world’s leading AI chips planned to ‘unswervingly serve the Chinese market’.  America would rather it didn’t.

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Political meddling has turned once-valuable US media assets into liabilities 

Streaming giants may be forced to spin off news brands

THE ECONOMIST: Political meddling has turned once-valuable US media assets into liabilities 

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Warren Buffett is stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.

Warren Buffett creates a $540b question for his successor

Berkshire Hathaway’s next CEO has huge shoes to fill — and a mountain of cash to invest.

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Artificial Intelligence recaps one company’s monthly sales conference.

Even AI is embarrassed by our team meetings  

THE ECONOMIST: Artificial Intelligence recaps one company’s monthly sales conference 

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Temu and Shein are walking a tightrope in the tariff battle.

Can Shein and Temu survive Trump’s trade war?

China cheapies Shein and Temu’s survival is on the line after the online shopping giants were caught up in Trump’s trade war.

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It’s a fail.

Big Tech bros are Donald Trump’s friends without benefits

THE ECONOMIST: Three months in, and the bosses of America’s most valuable firms have little to show for all their toadying.

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Donald Trump’s drive to recreate US manufacturing’s halcyon days ignores a number of the global economy’s current realities.

The trouble with MAGA’s manufacturing dream

Donald Trump underestimates the difficulty of producing in America - and how his own policies will make it harder.

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Toymakers are worried Donald Trump may be turning into The Grinch.

How the Donald might steal Christmas for kids everywhere

American toymakers say US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are proving particularly burdensome for them — and they could put Christmas at risk.

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What happened to your boss as a baby?

Learning from the early lives of bosses 

THE ECONOMIST: Early experiences, all the way from foetus to first job, can influence the way people behave at work decades later

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It’s a house of cards.

From magnificent to maleficent: Top tech stocks exposed

THE ECONOMIST: US technology giants are losing ground in the trade war as investors offload risk wherever they can 

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