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Trump to tour Fed as war on central bank chief ramps up
AFP, Published on 24/07/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump is due to visit the US Federal Reserve Thursday as the president escalates his pressure on its chairman Jerome Powell over the central bank's management of the economy.
Fed keeps US rates unchanged in face of Trump criticism
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady for a fourth consecutive meeting Wednesday, forecasting higher inflation and cooler growth this year as President Donald Trump’s tariffs begin to take hold and geopolitical uncertainty swirls.
Warren Buffett: billionaire investor with simple tastes
AFP, Published on 04/05/2025
» NEW YORK - Admired for his investing prowess and a taste for the simple things in life rather than luxury, billionaire Warren Buffett has won public affection even as he amassed a fortune for the ages -- riches that the "Oracle of Omaha" has pledged to give away.
Trump vows huge new China tariffs as markets nosedive
AFP, Published on 08/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened new tariffs of 50% on China, ratcheting up a trade war even as a dramatic selloff in global markets gathered pace.
Are you on a blind date or going for an interview?
Business, Tom Sorensen, Published on 08/09/2023
» Blind dates are sometimes good, usually bad, and always weird at the beginning. So are many interviews between a candidate and a hiring company.
Successful training starts with Why
Arinya Talerngsri, Published on 06/02/2023
» Have you ever attended a meeting or event and asked yourself. “Why am I here?” You may have thought that the topic was interesting, but you have more important things to do. Your people often feel this way about the development opportunities that land on them.
Can you get your people to do things differently in 2023?
Arinya Talerngsri, Published on 23/01/2023
» How do you feel about your organisation’s prospects for 2023? Optimistic, or concerned by ongoing uncertainty? A bit of both?
Vexed by anti-vaxxers
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 02/06/2021
» Despite all those perky surveys -- ours included -- telling us the vast majority of people wish to travel internationally right now, do we really? And what caveats apply?
Bouncing back from job loss (part 1)
Business, Published on 15/09/2020
» What do Thomas Edison, Walt Disney and Steve Jobs have in common? Right, they were all creative business leaders. But at some point, they all got fired from a job because they didn't do what they were told, so they chose more creative work over dull routine.
A better alternative to Trump's WeChat ban
Asia focus, Shang-Jin Wei, Published on 24/08/2020
» Shortly after US President Donald Trump issued an executive order effectively banning the Chinese-owned social-media app TikTok, he issued a second order prohibiting "any transaction that is related to WeChat by any person … as identified by the Secretary of Commerce".