Sioux Falls Argus Leader |
The South Dakota-Mexico connection, and Trump's wall
Sioux Falls Argus Leader White House staff floated an idea this week for taxing Mexican imports to build a border wall. It marks dangerous territory for South Dakota, which has deep trade ties to Mexico worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the state's economy. The plan was … |
USA TODAY |
Two charged in Hamilton ticket resale Ponzi scheme
USA TODAY It looks like two New York City men who allegedly raised more than $81 million from investors promised profits from tickets to the Broadway blockbuster musical Hamilton and other high-demand shows just threw away their shot. Joseph Meli and Matthew … Two men charged in alleged Ponzi scheme for 'Hamilton' ticketsLos Angeles Times 2 men allegedly raised $81M in 'Hamilton' Ponzi schemeFox News U.S. Accuses 3 of Using 'Hamilton' as Lure in Ponzi SchemeBloomberg Wall Street Journal –RollingStone.com –Reuters –NJ.com all 52 news articles » |
Renewable capacity is rising, but making outsize claims about wind and solar could come back to bite proponents — and the climate.
New York Times |
Pressure From Trump May Delay a Factory's Exit, but It Won't Stop It
New York Times Even if President Trump's industrial-policy-by-Twitter-post fails over the long run to create jobs or prevent companies from moving offshore, there's a good chance that it will appear, at first, to be a success. But this is a dangerous illusion, the … Reason for loss of US manufacturing jobs complicatedQuad-Cities Online Trump launches manufacturing initiative with business leadersCNNMoney Trump's jobs rhetoric off beat in high-tech stateCT Post The Detroit News –Pittsburgh Post-Gazette –Philly.com –MLive.com all 28 news articles » |
On this week’s podcast: Is China taking over the green bond market? How will artificial intelligence revolutionize supply chains?
It was a big deal when ASHRAE released a standard just for data centers.
California’s wind and solar farms can generate the electricity to power its grid — but it needn’t go it alone.
Economic Times |
UBS Earnings Beat as Rising Stocks, Rates Lift U.S. Business
Bloomberg UBS Group AG said profit more than tripled in the fourth quarter as rising interest rates and stocks boosted U.S. wealth management and the securities unit, and the bank put less money aside for litigation. Profit before tax rose to 848 million francs … UBS sees annual net profit nearly halve as macroeconomics, geopolitics weighCNBC UBS Beats Q4 Profit Forecast; Sees Improved Wealth Management in 2017TheStreet.com UBS annual net profits plunge 46%Yahoo News ABC News –The Australian –Yahoo News UK –RTT News all 12 news articles » |
New York Times |
Toshiba, Desperate for Cash After Scandal, Will Sell Microchip Business
New York Times Toshiba headquarters in Tokyo. The company will spin off its microchip division, which makes the information-storing “brains” inside millions of smartphones and other devices. Credit Behrouz Mehri/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. TOKYO — Ill … Toshiba to sell part of chip business, first step in offsetting huge chargeReuters UPDATE 1-Toshiba reckoning looms with chip decision, nuclear hole unresolvedBusiness Insider Toshiba to spin off flash memory unit to offset US nuke lossU.S. News & World Report Yahoo News –Wall Street Journal –BBC News –The Japan Times all 30 news articles » |
South China Morning Post |
Asian Shares Drift in Thin Trade as Markets Watch Trump
New York Times HONG KONG — Asian stocks drifted mostly higher Friday in quiet trading as traders and investors prepared for the start of the lunar new year holiday across much of the region. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.3 percent to … Asian stocks lift off after Dow 20000MarketWatch Hong Kong stocks ease off 3-month high ahead of holiday weekendReuters Hong Kong Yuan Deposits Post Record Monthly Decline in DecemberYahoo Finance South China Morning Post –Nikkei Asian Review –Hong Kong Standard (press release) –Economic Calendar all 19 news articles » |