Business Update

were secured with huge, often vaguely defined investment pledges from partners like Japan. Source link

Russian oil poses just one problem. Business groups are flummoxed by the variety and vagueness of the American president’s complaints. Source link

Children playing with the set can get caught on a hook of the toy kitchen and asphyxiate themselves, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Source link

Economists say the way the Trump administration is imposing tariffs is backfiring for some of the businesses they are meant to help. Source link

Data showing cracks in the U.S. labor market and President Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs shook investors around the world, weighing on stocks, the dollar and more. Source link

By keeping inventory in bonded warehouses or foreign trade zones, importers were able to hedge the tariff rate they ultimately paid. Source link

Economists said ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics could undermine confidence in government economic data. Source link

The resignation comes as President Trump has openly pressured the central bank to lower interest rates and called for Jerome H. Powell, the chair, to step down. Source link

As the city’s corporation counsel under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he defended stop-and-frisk policing and a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. Source link

President Trump has long wanted to rework world trade. The tariffs set to go into effect next week will carry out that plan. Source link