World Business
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US stocks slip following the latest discouraging signal on the economy
U.S. stock indexes slipped on Tuesday following the latest discouraging signal on the U.S. economy.
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President of wealthy Switzerland rushes to Washington to try to avert steep US tariffs
After weeks of working with U.S. officials to try to avoid hefty tariffs on Swiss goods, negotiators from Switzerland got assurances that a deal was all but done.
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Modi and Trump once called each other good friends. Now the US-India relationship is getting bumpy
The men shared bear hugs, showered praise on each other and made appearances side by side at stadium rallies — a big optics boost for two populist leaders with ideological similarities. Each called the other a good friend.
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Trump says he doesn’t trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after President Donald Trump on Friday fired the official who oversees it.
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Trump’s demand to trading partners: Pledge money or get higher tariffs
President Donald Trump’s tariff threats have turned into a play for cold, hard cash as he tries to leverage U.S. economic power to cajole other nations to make multibillion-dollar investments in order to maintain access to America’s market.
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Dow leaps 585 points as US stocks win back most of Friday’s wipeout
U.S. stocks rallied on Monday and won back most of their sharp loss from last week, when worries about how President Donald Trump’s tariffs may be punishing the economy sent a shudder through Wall Street.
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Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion
Tesla gave Elon Musk a stock grant of $29 billion on Monday as a reward for years of “transformative and unprecedented" growth despite a recent foray into right-wing politics that has hurt its sales, profits and its stock price.
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The vast majority of US adults are stressed about grocery costs, an AP-NORC poll finds
The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs remain widespread.
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US employers slash hiring as Trump advances a punishing trade agenda
U.S. hiring is slowing sharply as President Donald Trump’s erratic and radical trade policies paralyze businesses and raise doubts about the outlook for the world’s largest economy.
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Trump’s new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sink
U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries have drawn expressions of relief from some countries that negotiated a deal or managed to whittle them down from rates announced in April.
