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Swamp Notes: Trump vs the press
This week, the White House said it would pick which reporters would get access to Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the US president has sued several press ou…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump greets Starmer at White House
US President Donald Trump has said his administration is working on a trade deal with the UK, Santander’s incoming chief accounting officer is under …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The medical bills hurting China’s economy
Nvidia’s revenues soared in the quarter to the end of January as demand for its AI-focused chips boomed, healthcare costs are dragging down the Chine…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Unilever’s CEO gets the boot
Kyiv has agreed terms with Washington on a minerals deal, and finance ministers from many of the world’s largest economies are poised to skip Group o…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Germany’s debt brake problem
The US and Europe battled in the UN and G7 over whether to blame Russia for its war against Ukraine, German election winner Friedrich Merz faces seri…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
German voters shift to the right in Sunday’s elections
The center-right Christian Democrats won the most votes in Germany’s election, and the US stock market had its worst day in two months on Friday. Bri…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Swamp Notes: Trump tries to bring watchdogs to heel
US President Donald Trump’s executive order this week seeks to “rein in” independent federal agencies by requiring them to submit draft regulations f…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Defending Europe without the US
Investors are urging the EU to make sweeping reforms to its debt securitisation market, Walmart has staged a major comeback, and Chinese ecommerce gi…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Manufacturing on the ballot in Germany
KKR has submitted a preliminary bid to take a majority stake in Thames Water, and HSBC set out its cost cuts in its annual earnings report yesterday.…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Trump wants Ukraine’s minerals
The US and Russia have agreed to ‘lay the groundwork for future co-operation’ on ending the Ukraine war, and US president Donald Trump has his eyes o…
10 months, 4 weeks ago