The Trump administration said in a memo it wanted to “avoid the risk of impaired objectivity” by hiring former staff members to wind down operations at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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They’re Hiring at U.S.A.I.D. Just Not Anyone Who Worked There.
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The Unexpected Winners From Trump’s New Global Tariff
The New York Times – Business:The president’s flat 10 percent tariff is most beneficial to nations that previously faced the highest rates. But it’s not clear how much that will prompt a new surge in imports.
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Airline Stocks Tumble as Iran War Expands Across Middle East
The New York Times – Business:Higher fuel prices and lower demand for international flights are eating into airlines’ profits.
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Tariffs Force Down Heavy Equipment Sales and Jobs
The New York Times – Business:An industry report shows high interest rates, fewer infrastructure projects and tariffs pressures have slowed growth and decreased jobs in the sector.
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Beyond a Trade War, China, Japan and Others in Asia Face a New Energy Threat
The New York Times – Business:China and its neighbors scrambled to soften the blow of a disorderly trade war. Conflict in the Middle East now threatens to disrupt the oil imports that power their economies.
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Antitrust Trial to Challenge Live Nation’s Grip on the Music Industry
The New York Times – Business:A jury will decide whether the music colossus, which owns venues, represents artists and operates Ticketmaster, is a monopoly, as the Justice Department contends.
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QAnon Faithful See Validation in the Epstein Files
The New York Times – Business:The nearly decade-old conspiracy theory does not align neatly with the facts emerging from the documents. That does not seem to matter.
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In a Memoir Draft, Changpeng Zhao of Binance Details the Talks Leading to His Prison Time
The New York Times – Business:In a draft of his memoir, Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, laid out the secret negotiations that led to his imprisonment and a run-in with ICE.
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Trump Signals Opposition to Tariff Refunds, Hinting at Legal War to Come
The New York Times – Business:One week after the Supreme Court invalidated President Trump’s tariffs, he suggested that his administration could try to relitigate a case that was decided 6 to 3.