Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that China’s current economic model — built on “exporting its way out of economic troubles” — is unsustainable, and that the U.S. wants to help it change. How Trump’s tariffs could make your iPhone cost $3,500 In his keynote address at the Institute of International Finance in Washington, D.C.,…
Open this photo in gallery: Financial news plays in the background as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading, on April 21, in New York City.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump roiled markets by reigniting his public tirade against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, sending everything…
John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires Fall and Twilight of the Money Gods. Open this photo in gallery: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on April 17.Richard Drew/The Associated Press Following the wild gyrations…
NH Chronicle: Finding Used Clothes New Homes Celebrating Earth Day at two shops committed to repurposing fashion Updated: 1:50 PM EDT Apr 18, 2025 This Earth Day, we shine a light on people helping the environment by repurposing used clothes. Erin Fehlau visits two local shops committed to finding fashions from the past, new homes….
Back in 2008, the stock markets welcomed young investors of the millennial generation with a peak-to-trough decline of close to 50 per cent. Lessons about the downside of stocks came regularly after that. The S&P/TSX composite index lost money in 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2022. Obscured by a quick rebound was the 37-per-cent peak-to-trough fall…
Rivers are a vital source for drinking water, plant and animal life, and community, but across the U.S., many of the largest and most critical of these waterways — and the people and wildlife they serve — are at-risk due to pollution, poor flood management and more. “Rivers are places where people’s souls heal and…
Brightdrop EV600 van Source: Brightdrop DETROIT — General Motors is cutting production of its all-electric BrightDrop delivery vans at a plant in Canada and will idle the facility through much of 2025, the company confirmed Friday. The CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, will be reduced from two shifts to one — eliminating 500 jobs…
Elon Musk’s xAI, the artificial intelligence startup trying to take on OpenAI, is facing scrutiny in Memphis, Tennessee, for alleged environmental violations at its data center. In a letter sent to the Shelby County Health Department on April 9, the Southern Environmental Law Center said aerial imagery and other data showed that xAI has installed “a…
Sitting atop the Yankee Hill neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is Ascent, a 284-foot luxury apartment building made mostly of wood. The first of its kind, Ascent is also the tallest timber-concrete hybrid building in the world. Tim Gokhman, one of the developers of Ascent, says building costs are comparable to more traditional structures, but he…
Home to nearly 1.5 million seabirds of 15 species, including the world’s largest colony of Red-tailed Tropicbirds, Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is again being eyed by the U.S. military, this time by the Department of the Air Force as the future site of two commercial rocket landing pads. What You Need To Know First…