Tag: USA
US stock market loses $4 trillion in value as Trump ploughs ahead on tariffs
President Donald Trump’s tariffs have spooked investors, with fears of an economic downturn driving a stock market sell-off that has wiped out $4 trillion from […]
Tesla’s stock defied gravity for years. Is Elon Musk’s EV party over?
Tesla’s (TSLA) stock has dropped by nearly half in three months. Even so, investors are still debating whether Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle maker remains overpriced. The […]
US government funding yielded hundreds of patents for China-based researchers
By Michael Martina The U.S. Defence Department, NASA and other government agencies funded research that led to more than 1,000 U.S. patents for China-based inventors […]
Oil Extends Drop as Middle East Push, China Demand Worries Weigh
Oil extended the biggest drop in two weeks as the US said Israel accepted a cease-fire proposal in Gaza, potentially easing supply risks amid mounting […]
South Sudan narrowly avoids huge shock for USA basketball
The United States came from 16 points down to avoid one of the biggest shocks in basketball history in a dramatic 101-100 victory over South […]
China warns US not to step on its ‘red lines’
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has cautioned his US counterpart Antony Blinken against stepping on China’s “red lines”, as the two country’s top diplomats met […]
TikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent tells US
TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance says it has no intention of selling the business after the US passed a law to force it to sell […]
Sam Bankman-Fried Disgraced to be sentenced
By Natalie Sherman Business reporter, New York Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire crypto boss who was convicted of fraud and money laundering last year, will […]
Blinken starts rare China trip with hopes low for any breakthrough
BEIJING – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began meetings in Beijing on Sunday, the first top American diplomat to visit China in five years, […]
Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer to retire
Liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, at 83 the oldest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, will retire at the end of the court’s current term that […]