Reviving American Manufacturing: Challenges, Strategies, and Election Promises
The U.S. manufacturing sector faces major hurdles despite political promises, with global competition, high labor costs, and uncertain demand slowing progress.
Debunking the Fake ‘Trump Liberty Coins’ Scam
Bank of America denies “Trump Liberty Coins” involvement. No official Trump statement. Stay cautious; verify before investing.
Analysis: Biden’s regulatory agenda to take shape in 2022
Next year will be a turning point for U.S. financial policy as Democratic President Joe Biden’s new regulators ready a slew of rule changes that are set to create headaches for Wall Street and corporate America.
Special Report: U.S. rushed contracts to COVID-19 suppliers with troubled plants
As the Trump administration debated whether to declare COVID-19 a national emergency early last year, a little-known U.S. health office issued a public plea to Big Pharma.
U.S. removes Xiaomi from blacklist, reversing late China jab by Trump
The U.S Department of Defense will remove China’s Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) from a government blacklist, a court filing showed, marking a noteworthy reversal by the Biden administration of one of Donald Trump’s last jabs at Beijing before exiting office. The filing stated that the two parties would agree to resolve their ongoing litigation without further contest, bringing […]
Twitter shuts down accounts for attempting to evade Trump ban
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) suspended several accounts this week that were set up to share statements from a new part of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s website, saying they broke its rules against evading an account ban. Trump was banned from Twitter, where he had more than 88 million followers, and multiple other social media platforms following the […]
Facebook oversight board to rule on Trump’s return to Facebook
Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) oversight board on Wednesday will decide whether to uphold the company’s indefinite suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump, in a much-awaited verdict that may signal how the company will treat rule-breaking world leaders in the future. Facebook indefinitely blocked Trump’s access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts over concerns of further violent unrest […]
Analysis: With quick fixes, Biden’s agencies reverse Trump’s Wall Street-friendly rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s interim regulators are wasting no time unraveling Wall Street-friendly measures introduced under former Republican President Donald Trump, using quick-fix legal tactics. They have spiked or stalled more than a dozen contentious Trump-era measures that critics said eroded consumer protections, weakened enforcement, and curbed investors’ ability to push for […]
Twitter is free to ban users
Jan Bouwens discusses the decision by Twitter and other social media platforms to ban President Trump and members of his campaign, and the objections to the bans raised by politicians. In January 2021, Chancellor Merkel and French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire objected to the bans that social media platforms have imposed on certain users. The Economist reported that “even Alexei Navalny, a […]
