President Trump didn’t seem to mind as his worldwide tariffs set off stock market sell-offs and wiped out trillions of dollars in wealth.“Be cool,” he told Americans.Then he blinked on Wednesday afternoon in the face of financial turmoil, particularly a rapid rise in government bond yields that could shake the dominant position of the dollar and the foundation of the U.S. economy. And late Friday, Mr. Trump exempted smartphones, computers, chips and other electronics from some of his tariffs on China.By pausing some tariffs for dozens of countries for 90 days and exempting electronics from some of his tariffs, he…
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Entrance to NYU Langone Hospital, New York City. Joan Slatkin | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesNew York University’s Grossman School of Medicine made history in 2018 when it became the first top-ranked medical program to offer full-tuition scholarships to all students, regardless of need or merit. The number of applicants, predictably, spiked in the year that followed. But then, the share of incoming students considered “financially disadvantaged” sank to 3% in 2019, down from 12% in 2017, reports showed. “Tuition-free schools can actually increase inequity,” said Jamie Beaton, co-founder and CEO of Crimson Education, a college consulting firm. “Tuition-free colleges experience surges in application numbers, dramatically…
Home to one of the longest airstrips in Africa and a vital port on the Gulf of Aden, Somaliland is leveraging its strategic importance in a turbulent region to achieving international recognition — and its officials are appealing directly to the Trump administration. Source link
A new report from Redfin reveals the most in-demand neighborhoods across the United States.Redfin ranked U.S. ZIP codes in the 150 most populous metro areas using year-over-year growth in listing views on Redfin.com and a Redfin Compete Score — a measure of how hard it is to win a home in a specific area. The area is then rated on a scale of 0 to 100, where 100 is the most competitive.Five of the hottest neighborhoods of 2025 are Midwest suburbs.”People are seeking out neighborhoods that have access to city amenities through transit or nearby job opportunities, but they also…
AUSTIN — On a Friday morning last spring, Mark Suman called out sick from his job as a senior engineering project manager at Apple and made his way downtown to a place called the Bitcoin Commons, a sort of clubhouse for enthusiasts of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, situated a few blocks south of the Texas State Capitol.At the time, Suman was, in his words, “an active hobbyist,” tinkering with the technology in his spare time. “I actually played around with it a bit within Apple as well,” he says. “There’s not a lot I can say, other than we were…
The threat of rising tariff rates on U.S. imports could hobble the economic trajectory of countries such as Vietnam. Foreign direct investment in Vietnam has increased in recent years as firms search for ways to manage risks stemming from production in China. Vietnam has received approximately $18.5 billion in net foreign direct investment, according to World Bank records that go back to 1970. President Donald Trump’s 46% “reciprocal” tariff rate on goods imported into the U.S. from Vietnam briefly went into effect April 9. Later that day, Trump reset tariff rates on products from countries such as Vietnam to 10%. Countries subject to…
Container vessels and shipping containers at Yangshan Deep-Water Port on Oct. 18, 2024, in Shanghai, China.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesApple’s iPhone and other technology hardware, from chips to PCs, received a China tariff reprieve from President Trump on Saturday, but for much of the U.S. economy and small business owners, the damage will soon be irreversible from the 145% tariffs being imposed on Chinese imports.Canceled freight orders and abandoned freight from China are quickly becoming the norm in the trade war between the U.S. and China, according to supply chain executives, as businesses across U.S. industries put…
Men walk past a mural depicting the Statue of Liberty with the torch-bearing arm broken, painted on the outer walls of the former US embassy in Tehran, colloquially-referred to as the “Spy Den,” on April 8, 2025. Iran said on April 8 it will send its top diplomat to Oman for breakthrough talks with the United States, after President Donald Trump announced direct discussions on its nuclear programme. Iran ally Russia welcomed the prospect of negotiations for a new nuclear accord to replace the deal with major powers that was unilaterally abandoned by Trump in 2018. (Photo by ATTA KENARE…
The NHL regular season is almost in the books, and every team from the top to the bottom of the standings had individual performances worth highlighting.Before we get set to turn the page to the playoffs for some teams and the offseason for others at the end of next week, The Athletic asked its NHL staff for the player who provided the very best on a nightly basis on each team: our 2024-25 MVPs.Here’s who our writers picked.Anaheim DucksLukáš Dostál, GAt times this season — especially early on — Dostál won games for the Ducks that they didn’t deserve. The…
The Cold War-era airstrip, its asphalt gleaming in the sunlight, stretched toward the coastline on the Horn of Africa. A few miles away, dock workers unloaded cargo at a port on the Gulf of Aden, a vital global shipping route frequently under attack by Houthi rebels from Yemen.These two maritime facilities in Berbera city belong to Somaliland, an enclave of about five million people that has functioned independently from Somalia since 1991. Some Somalilanders see the port and the airstrip as the keys to achieving a decades-old ambition: international recognition.Somaliland has its own currency and passport, as well as control…
