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VW's future could shape Germany's auto future
Volkswagen bosses face angry workers this week over restructuring plans that could eliminate up to 100,000 jobs and threaten sever…
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VW's future could shape Germany's car industry
Volkswagen bosses face angry workers this week over restructuring plans that could eliminate up to 100,000 jobs and threaten sever…
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Why Germany's Volkswagen could cut 100,000 jobs
Europe's biggest automaker, Volkswagen, faces Chinese competition, high costs and US tariffs. What could its restructuring mean fo…
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Robert Urie: There Is No Bond Market Panic. Who Benefits from Claiming That There Is One?
You have been had! The current bond market media panic is a con! But cui bono, aside from clickbait-y sites?
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Iran War: Bessent’s “The Nigger Gets It” Iran Sanctions Strategy as His Ex-Boss Druckenmiller Trashes His New Treasury Scheme; Iran Hits US Escorted Tanker as Strait of Hormuz Transits Fall Further
Today's Iran war news: Even more Trump Administration flailing about in the form of Bessent's Operation Economic Outcast.
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Will tougher US sanctions disrupt Iran's shadow economy?
The US is expanding sanctions on Iran's financial networks, targeting crypto, gold, aviation and shipping. Analysts say the measur…
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Can new US sanctions cripple Iran's shadow economy?
The US is expanding sanctions on Iran's financial networks, targeting crypto, gold, aviation and shipping. DW spoke with analysts …
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US Treasury’s Scott Bessent ‘making mistake’ interfering with bond markets, former mentor warns
Trump ally should cut budget deficit rather than try to suppress bond yields, says billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller Scott Bessent…
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Trump Threatens Even Higher Tariffs on Canadian Exports After Talks Unravel
The president renewed his threats against Canada on Monday. The countries are quickly entering a full-blown trade war.
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How Riding the Subway as a Kid Changed the Way I See the World
An ode to the public transportation commute—for the way it forces a visceral reminder of our shared humanity.
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Up to £464m ‘moved through more than 3,000 UK high street shell companies’
Research shows firms are branded as beauty and convenience but apparently operate in money-laundering and terrorist financing sect…
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Iran vows to retaliate against countries that cooperate with fresh US sanctions
Test of US rhetoric will rest on whether nations such as India, China and Russia view economic threats as credible Tehran has vowe…
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The treasury bond mess: is this the demise of the US as a safe haven?
The US is scooping up treasury bonds in an effort to raise their price and push yields down – but it’s not working The bond market…
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Which Countries Could Be Hurt Most by Trump’s Plan to Hit Iran’s Economy?
President Trump has threatened economic penalties on countries that do business with Iran as he seeks to add pressure on Tehran to…
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UK graduate job vacancies plunge to lowest in a decade
Just 8,383 jobs for people leaving university were advertised in July, says recruitment website Adzuna Business live – latest upda…
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Small and Stuck: Why European Firms Can’t Scale
European businesses make it less often into the really big leads than their US counterparts. It's not for want of trying.
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New Fed chair faces critical test at Jackson Hole as inflation fears mount
Investors will hope Kevin Warsh offers ‘comfort blanket’ at annual meeting of central banks amid bond market anxiety The new US Fe…
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UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds
Resolution Foundation suggests economy may finally be emerging from shadow of 2008 financial crisis Productivity in the UK – a vit…
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The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile
Breakdown shows Washington now prioritises its own interests over any semblance of shared economic ground ‘No more!!!’: Trump lash…
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Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis | Heather Stewart
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s attempt to calm bond markets is a sign of weakness not strength “Look, there’s nothing magic ab…
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Extreme Heat Waves Fuel Political Tensions in Europe
No progress made in limiting heat deaths over the past five years.
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‘The line’s running half-empty’: Llanwern steelworks feels the heat from cheap steel imports
New quotas to protect UK firms and jobs appear to be having opposite effect in products such as galvanised steel At Tata Steel’s f…
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Trump Widens Beef Imports in Bid to Lower Prices
Cattle ranchers have trimmed their herds in response to drought and low margins, helping push up the cost of another American stap…
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Retail sales in Great Britain fall despite heatwave increasing food and drink demand
Volume of goods sold in stores and online dropped 0.5% in July, ONS says Business live – latest updates Retail sales across Great …