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Stellantis announced a $13bn investment in the US, which will see production of the Jeep Compass move to the US from Canada. Published On 15 Oct 202515 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Canada has threatened legal action against carmaker Stellantis NV over what Ottawa says is the company’s unacceptable…
Tesla shares jumped 6 percent on Monday after CEO Elon Musk disclosed that he had bought $1bn worth of the company’s stock. The move reinforces Musk’s push for greater control over Tesla and comes a week after the company’s board offered him a $1 trillion pay package over the next decade. Musk’s stock purchase –…
‘REITs & InviTs coming of age as mainstream asset class in India’ NEW DELHI: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) are coming after age in India as a mainstream asset class and are playing “a pivotal role” in driving growth in these two sectors, according to the Indian REITs Association and…
Russian leader calls for reform of World Bank, International Monetary Fund ahead of talks with China’s Xi Jinping. Published On 30 Aug 202530 Aug 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin has denounced “discriminatory” Western sanctions abetted by an unfair financial system as his country’s economy teeters on the brink of recession, wounded by trade restrictions and…
The US has hit many countries with new levies, causing shock and confusion. Around the world, countries are scrambling to cope with the latest wave of tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. More than 60 countries are on the list, some with levies as high as 50 percent. The move has unleashed shock, confusion…
US President Trump alleged that the data had been manipulated to make him look bad. United States President Donald Trump has removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported. Trump, in a post…
Krysten Lawton, 53, works in health and safety at Ford Motor Company of Canada’s engine plant in Windsor, Ontario — mere blocks from the Detroit River — where she has worked for 30 years. Lawton is a fourth-generation auto worker in Windsor, an industrial hub abutting Canada’s US border near Detroit. Her great-grandfather, both grandfathers…
This episode explores the rise of fake news, uncovering its history, motives and the stories driving its global impact. The War on Truth examines the pervasive and transformative impact of misinformation in the digital age. Tracing its roots from propaganda to its rapid spread via social media algorithms, the episode explores the factors driving fake…
The International Monetary Fund has raised its global growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 slightly, citing stronger-than-expected purchases in advance of an August 1 jump in tariffs imposed by the United States and a drop in the effective US tariff rate to 17.3 percent from 24.4 percent. In its forecast on Tuesday, it warned, however,…
Union Pacific has announced its intentions to buy its smaller rival, Norfolk Southern, which would create the first coast-to-coast freight rail operator in the United States and reshape the movement of goods from grains to autos across the US. The Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad giant announced the proposed $85bn deal on Tuesday. If the merger is…
