President Donald Trump’s 90-day tariff pause is of cold comfort to some U.S. businesses. As Reuters reported Saturday, businesses ranging from toy stores to lip balm makers to concert halls are all feeling the effect of the levies, whether it means increased service costs or...
The U.S.-initiated tariffs have been paused for three months and the negotiation posturing has begun. Brussels is bracing for a fresh escalation in the EU-US trade standoff after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen indicated the bloc would not hesitate to retaliate if negotiations...
Some business leaders are reportedly voicing concerns about tariffs after seeing the impact the policy has had on the stock market. They are doing so publicly after initially working through trade groups or in meetings with Trump administration officials, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported...
Here are this week’s top news in AI: Google’s Head of Gemini Steps Down Google has replaced the executive in charge of Gemini, Sissie Hsiao, with Josh Woodward, the head of Google Labs who launched viral sensation NotebookLM. Despite Google’s early AI breakthroughs, like inventing...
March 20, 2025
Ongoing global trade battles have caught America’s mid-sized companies in their crossfire. Unlike multinational giants with deep pockets, and small businesses able to pivot quickly, mid-sized firms can frequently find themselves in an awkward middle ground, big enough to feel the financial strain but not nimble enough to dodge the blows. With tariffs soaring and […]
March 17, 2025
By the standards set previously in Q1, this Monday wasn’t as manic as most. In fact there’s an element of “business as usual” in this installment of the Washington Weekly...
February 11, 2025
At a subcommittee hearing on the current state and future potential of digital assets, lawmakers and witnesses from the crypto and payments spheres — including PayPal — cautioned against a...
February 09, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) new boss has put a hold on consumer protections. Workers at the financial regulator will work from home this week while their headquarters are...
April 15, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly resisted a request from the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team at the agency to access staff emails, personnel data, contracts and payment systems. SEC leadership, including Acting Chairman Mark T. Uyeda, pushed back on the request, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (April 15), citing unnamed sources. It’s not clear why the DOGE team […]
April 13, 2025
President Donald Trump’s 90-day tariff pause is of cold comfort to some U.S. businesses. As Reuters reported Saturday, businesses ranging from toy stores to lip balm makers to concert halls...
April 11, 2025
The U.S.-initiated tariffs have been paused for three months and the negotiation posturing has begun. Brussels is bracing for a fresh escalation in the EU-US trade standoff after European Commission...
April 08, 2025
Some business leaders are reportedly voicing concerns about tariffs after seeing the impact the policy has had on the stock market. They are doing so publicly after initially working through...
