Global stock markets are soaring in the wake of the trade truce between the U.S. and China. The agreement, announced early Monday, implements a 90-day cooling-off period between the world’s two largest economic superpowers, bringing a temporary end to their tariff war that last month triggered a massive financial market sell-off. U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, which were jacked to ...
House Republicans released a sweeping plan late on Sunday to curb who gets Medicaid coverage and roll back former President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle (EV) mandate, among other measures. The Energy & Commerce Committee, which has broad jurisdiction, including over federal health programs, telecommunications and energy, was tasked with finding at least $880 billion in spending cuts to pay for ...
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Solitaire.io, the innovative online card game platform founded by Welsh creative entrepreneur Gaz Thomas, is launching a bold new physical product: Mosh Idols Punk Rock Playing Cards. Backers of the Kickstarter campaign, which is now live, will receive a punk-themed deck of playing cards enhanced by eXtended Reality (XR) features. When viewed through a phone camera, the cards come to life, ...
JERUSALEM — With President Donald Trump set to leave for the Middle East on Monday, talks between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran concluded a fourth round of negotiations in Oman on Sunday over Tehran’s illicit nuclear weapons program. A day before the start of talks, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei welcomed chants of ‘Death to America’ in ...
UK businesses are cutting back on hiring plans amid a surge in labour costs and growing economic uncertainty, with employment confidence falling to its lowest level in over a decade outside of the pandemic, new research reveals. According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the net hiring outlook — the difference between employers expecting to increase staffing ...
Employers across the UK are scaling back hiring plans as rising labour costs and economic volatility take their toll, with new data showing workforce expansion expectations at their weakest level in a decade outside the pandemic. The latest Labour Market Outlook from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) reveals that the net employment intention — the difference between ...
A new wave of interest in “Dutch-style” pension schemes is sweeping through UK employers, with more than 200 companies expressing a desire to join a pioneering multi-employer collective defined contribution (CDC) scheme that could significantly boost workers’ retirement incomes. The pensions administrator TPT announced on May 8 that it is pressing ahead with launching the UK’s first multi-employer CDC scheme, ...
The United States and China have agreed a 90-day suspension of punitive trade tariffs, in a surprise move that could ease escalating tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Under the agreement, US import tariffs on Chinese goods will be reduced from a peak of 145 per cent to 30 per cent. In exchange, China will cut its retaliatory duties ...
More British entrepreneurs are eyeing early exits from their businesses in response to tax policy shifts and economic uncertainty, according to new research commissioned by Brown Shipley, the UK wealth manager and subsidiary of Quintet Private Bank. The nationwide survey of 4,000 adults found that 38 per cent of UK entrepreneurs are planning to explore selling their business earlier than ...