The Economist

Shock and ore: Deep dig for Trump goal to revive US mining

The hankering for foreign minerals is only part of it, the US President hopes to supercharge the country’s declining mining industry.

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Countries seeking foreign investors in mining gold rush

The price of gold has more than doubled since 2019, which is good news for both governments and miners in the poor but mineral-rich Central Asian states

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Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ is set to be anything but for the American economy.

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ is set to whack America’s economy

A rush of new tariffs will hurt growth, raise prices and worsen inequality.

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Colleagues aren’t always close-knit.

Extreme teammates have close encounters of the work kind

What space, submarines and polar research teach about extreme teamwork

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The four leading law firms being attacked by the Trump administration have one thing in common: employing or acting for figures hated by the MAGA movement.

Why big law’s capitulation to Trump may be bad for business

US President Donald Trump’s attacks on four major legal firms have rivals circling to poach potential partners. But putting self-interest above the rule of law will have major repercussions for everyone.

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The storm is brewing.

What’s the damage? Trump’s tariff Liberation Day looms

The brewing storm has US financiers and investors frozen in lead up to April 2

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SpaceX rivals are becoming more capable.

Musk’s biggest enemy isn’t vandals, boycotts or recalls

The world’s richest man has lost focus — and now has a target on his back

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Few things are as anxiety-inducing as seeing a stranger perusing the shared document you’ve created.
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange work frantically as panic selling swept Wall Street in this Oct. 19, 1987.

Why the ground is shifting beneath investors’ feet 

More remarkable than slumping share prices are the forces behind them

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Vietnamese EV maker VinFast Auto's VF3 electric vehicle on display during the Bharat Mobility Global Expo in New Delhi in January.  Bloomberg
Shoppers in Shanghai, China.

Can anything get China’s shoppers to spend their money?

China’s plan to encourage domestic spending has some novel ideas. But will they have the desired effect?

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A cleanroom assembly in ASML, where the building blocks of the company's high-tech lithography machines are made.
The latest in a series of posters critical of billionaire Elon Musk is displayed on a bus shelter in London.
On the surface, countries do seem deal-friendlier.