Author: Daniel snow

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump declared the trade war with China “done” on Wednesday, while his Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said tariffs on Chinese goods will be locked in at the current 55% rate without additional increases. Even if the resolution to the battle with the biggest U.S. foe in Trump’s trade war is real, the damage to the supply chain, the U.S. consumer and the economy will remain, say logistics and retail industry executives.The latest headlines…

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U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network survey, during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight new members to a crucial government panel of vaccine advisors after firing the entire group just days earlier. The new members will join the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, which advises the…

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From left, former Fox Corp Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch and Larry Ellison, Oracle’s co-founder, chief technology officer and executive chairman, listen as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 3, 2025.Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOracle shares rose about 8% in extended trading on Wednesday after the software maker reported results that exceeded Wall Street estimates and signaled that cloud growth is accelerating.Here’s how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus:Earnings per share: $1.70 adjusted vs. $1.64 expectedRevenue: $15.9 billion vs. $15.59 billion expectedRevenue…

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Bessent testified on the priorities of the Treasury Department. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled the Trump administration’s openness on Wednesday to extending President Donald Trump’s current 90-day tariff pause beyond July 9 for the United States’ top trading partners, as long as they show “good faith” in ongoing trade negotiations.The U.S. has 18 “important trading partners,” Bessent said at a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington.…

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A UPS seasonal worker delivers packages on Cyber Monday in New York on Nov. 27, 2023.Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWhen Matt Kubancik, a small business owner in Louisville, Kentucky, cast his ballot for Donald Trump in November, he was hoping that the Republican nominee’s return to the White House would provide a spark to the economy and lead to reduced prices for gas and groceries.Instead, the first half-year of Trump’s second term in the White House has been more like a “vacation from hell,” Kubancik said. Guardian Baseball, the baseball goods company he co-founded in 2018, mostly relies…

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