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The Treasury Department has also eliminated the option of buying as much as $5,000 in extra inflation bonds, beyond the $10,000 annual limit.

The prime ministerial candidate responds to Donald Trump imposing 25% tariffs on Canada.

The order is aimed at “last-minute, lame-duck” agreements signed by the Biden administration, a White House memo says.

Commercial planes have technology that helps prevent crashes — but it has limitations, which was highlighted by the accident in Washington.

Trump has threatened a 10% levy from 1 February - but his campaign included 60% tariffs against Chinese imports.

Trading Standards says adverts for heated tobacco products are banned, but some supermarkets disagree.

The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast.

Thousands of people have received energy bills that are older than 12 months, despite it being against regulator rules.

Internal government reports and public databases highlight several instances in which planes narrowly escaped collisions with each other or helicopters.

Persistent staff shortages have raised safety concerns. At many facilities, staffing is so low that at least a quarter of the work force is missing.

A wide range of tariff outcomes presents uncertainty for investors.

Trump confirms new 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Markets and the Federal Reserve are in panic mode, but they're wrong.

The agency’s decision, made shortly after Wednesday’s deadly collision, was framed by the transportation secretary as an important step toward enhancing safety.

The White House press secretary said the president would move forward with levies on America’s largest trading partners on Saturday.

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The broadcaster had declined previous requests by the Trump campaign to release the unedited transcript of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.

As Democrats reel from defeat, Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts progressive, preaches focus and accountability.

The relative calm in the markets may not survive upheaval in the A.I. sector and a deluge of disruptive Trump policies, our columnist says.

The market anxiety ahead of Donald Trump's tariffs deadline focused Friday on oil and gas after the president acknowledged there could be issues including the energy staple in his overall plans.

Solid results from Apple are buoying spirits, as investors brace for PCE inflation and weigh Trump's renewed tariff threat.

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The Trump administration is imposing tariffs on the three nations starting on Saturday, the White House said.

Trump administration artificial intelligence czar David Sacks flagged a report indicating that DeepSeek's costs for developing its AI models were much higher than the widely reported figure.

President Trump's plans to implement tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada will take effect on Feb. 1, the White House said. Here's what you need to know about the levies.

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The Department of Justice filed the first antitrust lawsuit of the new Trump administration, with regulators looking to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise from acquiring Juniper

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Donald Trump's self-imposed deadline for a first round of tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China looms as economic observers and world leaders try to plan amid the uncertainty.

Stocks pulled back on Friday as investors digested news that Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China would begin on Saturday.

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The Commerce Department has launched a probe into whether Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek obtained restricted Nvidia chips through Singapore, reports say.

The market anxiety ahead of Donald Trump's tariffs deadline focused Friday on oil and gas after the president acknowledged there could be issues including the energy staple in his overall plans.

A fresh reading from the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge showed prices remained sticky in the final month of 2024, likely reinforcing a wait-and-see approach from the central bank.

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Trump is testing how much radicalism, disorder, and lawlessness voters will tolerate. His potential successors should be taking detailed notes.

The commodities giant went on trial in Switzerland over attempts to gain access to Angola's oil market.

The drugs giant blames "protracted" talks with the government as well as differences over funding.

Wall Street analysts appeared to breathe a sigh of relief after Apple's first quarter earnings modestly beat analysts’ forecasts and the company’s explanation of falling iPhone sales in China eased their anxieties.

Online banking, the bank's app and payments in and out of accounts are all affected.

Elevated egg prices are expected to persist throughout the year as flocks continue to get hit with highly pathogenic avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu.

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The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, known as the personal consumption expenditures index, rose in December in line with economists' expectations.

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Commerzbank on Friday unexpectedly released quarterly results, touting "record" annual profit and announcing a new share buyback scheme.

The latest reading on the Fed's preferred inflation gauge comes just two days after the central bank paused its interest rate-cutting cycle.

Power companies' stocks have been flying of late, tethered to the AI promise — and its lofty power needs. But this week's shake-up with DeepSeek corrected some of this enthusiasm, taking the sector's new "tourists" for a ride.

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Elon Musk claimed this week that Tesla robotaxis will hit the roads this summer; however, skepticism from industry experts and analysts is high.

Solid results from Apple are buoying spirits, as investors brace for PCE inflation and weigh Trump's renewed tariff threat.

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Apple reported its Q1 2025 earnings after the bell Thursday, beating on expectations, but falling short on iPhone sales.

President Trump’s long-promised trade war could start as soon as Saturday, leaving companies scrambling for a workaround for their global supply chains.

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The chancellor announces projects in England's south as infrastructure in the North East crumbles.

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Some oil refineries will probably struggle to replace imported crude oil if President Trump imposes 25% tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico.

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, warned Americans in the Midwest, the Rockies and the Great Lakes regions may be most affected by tariffs on Canada.

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Tax filing season is officially underway and taxpayers should be on the lookout for W-2 and 1099 forms, among other tax-related documents to ensure they have them before filing.

In choppy global seas, going for growth is going to require some tricky navigation - and it will make big domestic political waves too

Fresh tariffs amid high inflation are making the Fed’s job uniquely difficult and feeding uncertainty about what to expect for interest rates this year.

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Manufacturers from Asia, Europe and elsewhere have poured billions into North American supply chains that could be hit by new taxes on Mexico, Canada and China.

European carmakers are urging Brussels to ease regulations to help them avoid buying carbon credits from rivals in increasingly large amounts.

In a week when AI chipmaker Nvidia suffered the biggest one-day loss of value on record and the Federal Reserve said it was in no hurry to cut rates again, a few gauges underscore markets' vulnerability to big swings. Investors and analysts said the sell-off in tech stocks this week, driven by the popularity of China's DeepSeek AI model, highlights the market ructions that can occur when heavy speculation meets unexpected bad news. Despite Monday's ructions investors remain bullish about U.S. tech and President Donald Trump's plans for tax cuts and deregulation, heightening risks of market gyrations if this widespread consensus proves wrong.

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