Tech shares fall after Nvidia says new US controls on exports of AI chip will cost it $5.5 billion
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares in computer chip makers slumped early Wednesday after Nvidia said tighter U.S. government controls on exports of computer chips used for artificial intelligence will cost it an extra $5.5 billion. The company, which announced Monday that it will produce its artificial intelligence super computers in the[...]
Bank of America ordered to pay $540 million in long-running lawsuit from the FDIC
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Bank of America to pay more than $540 million to resolve long-running litigation from a U.S. regulator that alleged the company underpaid mandatory assessments for deposit insurance. The order, reached March 31 and published publicly on Monday, arrives over eight years after the Fede[...]
The Latest: Trump considers a pause on his auto tariffs
The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has suggested he might temporarily exempt the auto[...]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand in historic antitrust trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — A historic antitrust trial began Monday for Meta Platforms Inc. in a case that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses. The trial is bringing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg into federal court in W[...]
The Latest: El Salvador’s president says he won’t release Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US
President Donald Trump ‘s top advisers and Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, said Monday that they had no basis for the small Central American nation to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month. Trump administration officials emphasized Abrego Garcia, who was sent to[...]
China’s Xi says there are no winners in a tariff war as he visits Southeast Asia
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — China‘s leader Xi Jinping said no one wins in a trade war as he kicked off a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia on Monday, presenting China as a force for stability in contrast with U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest moves on tariffs, Although Trump has paused some tariffs, he has kept in [&[...]
Trump’s commerce secretary says new electronics tariff exemptions are temporary, chip tariffs coming
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tariff exemptions announced Friday on electronics like smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff approach specific to the semiconductor industry, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday. “They’re exempt from the reciproc[...]
Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds has Wall Street rattled
NEW YORK (AP) — The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds. Normally, investors rush into Treasurys at a whiff of economic chaos but now they are selling them[...]
US stocks climb in shaky trading but the US dollar and government bonds sink as trade-war fears rise
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are climbing in shaky trading Friday as President Donald Trump’s trade war with China escalates further and U.S. households get more worried about it. Gold’s price is rising, the U.S. dollar’s value is falling and other financial markets are also swinging in indications of [...]
JPMorgan logs Q1 profit of $14.6 billion as CEO warns of uncertainty over global trade, other events
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan’s net income rose 9% to $14.6 billion in the first quarter and the New York bank beat Wall Street‘s profit and revenue targets, but it’s chief executive warned of global economic uncertainties ahead due to President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war and other geopolitical tensi[...]
The Latest: Global tariff battle escalates as China retaliates with 125% tariffs on US goods
China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% — the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has rattled markets and raised fears of a global slowdown. While U.S. President Donald Trump paused import taxes this week for other countries,[...]
Wayfair to vendors: Hold off on tariff increases
BOSTON — In a letter to vendors, Niraj Shah, CEO and co-founder of digitally native home furnishings retailer Wayfair, urged patience and timing as it relates to any tariff-related price increases. The letter, sent on April 8 and obtained by Furniture Today, highlighted Shah’s thoughts on how to navigate the landscape,[...]