By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. needs tougher legislation to enforce trade laws and ensure criminal prosecution of Chinese government-subsidized companies that circumvent U.S. tariffs by shipping goods through third countries, U.S. companies said on Wednesday. Executives from a slate of mid-size industrial companies – including makers of steel pipes, […]
Tim Davie and other BBC executives have demanded a meeting over the airing of a Gaza documentary fronted by a Hamas minister’s son. Mr Davie will chair crisis talks with other executives to discuss why the corporation decided to broadcast the controversial documentary, which has been branded Hamas propaganda by critics. On Friday, the broadcaster […]
Photo illustration showing the Samsung Group company logo displayed on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Samsung Electronics on Friday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue, though its operating profit dropped sharply from the previous three months due to higher R&D expenses in its chips segment. Here are Samsung’s fourth-quarter results compared with […]
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world What happens when the world’s largest oil producer goes all-out to boost production just as the appetite of the world’s largest oil importer may be peaking? Demand from China — which has accounted […]
President Donald Trump lobbed his first volley at the Federal Reserve, saying Thursday that he will apply pressure to bring down interest rates. Speaking to an assembly of global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the new president in a wide-ranging policy speech did not mention the Fed by name but made […]
A logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is seen during the TSMC global RnD Center opening ceremony in Hsinchu on July 28, 2023. (Photo by Amber Wang / AFP) Amber Wang | Afp | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s fourth-quarter revenue and profit beat expectations, as demand for advanced chips used in artificial […]
An artist’s rendition of the 777-unit The Orie residential condominium project in Top Payoh in … [+] central Singapore. Courtesy of City Developments City Developments Ltd. (CDL)—controlled by billionaire Kwek Leng Beng—and its joint venture partners Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi and Japan’s Sekisui House will start selling their prime residential condominium project in central Singapore […]
Somehow Challengers, Dune: Part Two, Wicked, Furiosa, It Ends With Us, Joker: Folie à Deux, and Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice were all released in 2024. This year was jam-packed with method dressing, the phenomenon of actors coordinating their fashion to a character or film. While it’s really only been in full swing for two years now, method […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mexico is sitting on more than half a billion litres of tequila in inventory, almost as much as its annual production, as the fast-growing industry reckons with slowing demand and the prospect of tariffs on […]
A big backlog of projects should keep the company busy for the foreseeable future.
