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China’s rare earth limits may have ‘gone too far this time’ as trade talks start while U.S. gathers support amid global backlash thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

China’s rare earth limits may have ‘gone too far this time’ as trade talks start while U.S. gathers support amid global backlash

Top U.S. and Chinese officials met in Malaysia on Saturday to lay the groundwork for a summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping,...

Russia’s ‘disposable-goods’ war economy is getting busier but poorer, and Trump’s new sanctions could trigger a recession, analysts say thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Russia’s ‘disposable-goods’ war economy is getting busier but poorer, and Trump’s new sanctions could trigger a recession, analysts say

Vladimir Putin’s wartime economy has been resilient in the face of Western sanctions triggered by his invasion of Ukraine, but it’s hitting a...

Trump hits Canada with an extra 10% duty because Ontario’s anti-tariff ad ran during the World Series and didn’t come down immediately thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Trump hits Canada with an extra 10% duty because Ontario’s anti-tariff ad ran during the World Series and didn’t come down immediately

President Donald Trumpsaid on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television...

This mysterious billionaire and top Trump backer is behind a $130 million donation to pay troops during the government shutdown, report says thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

This mysterious billionaire and top Trump backer is behind a $130 million donation to pay troops during the government shutdown, report says

The mystery donor who offered $130 million to pay troops during the government shutdown is Timothy Mellon, sources told The New York Times...

Trump adds 10% tariff on Canada due to a TV ad, even though key economic powers law doesn’t allow its use against ‘informational materials’ thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Trump adds 10% tariff on Canada due to a TV ad, even though key economic powers law doesn’t allow its use against ‘informational materials’

President Donald Trump’s extra 10% duty on Canada added fuel to the debate over his legal authority on trade, just as the Supreme...

Top analyst still thinks we’re on the cusp of a new boom for the economy, but investors aren’t with him: ‘Markets remain choppy’ thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Top analyst still thinks we’re on the cusp of a new boom for the economy, but investors aren’t with him: ‘Markets remain choppy’

Morgan Stanley chief equity analyst Mike Wilson has been saying for years the U.S. was in a “rolling recession” when economists were seeing...

Former Sears boss says CEOs won’t challenge Trump’s tariffs out of ‘cowardice’—but the holidays are fast approaching, and ‘the party is over’ thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Former Sears boss says CEOs won’t challenge Trump’s tariffs out of ‘cowardice’—but the holidays are fast approaching, and ‘the party is over’

The former CEO of Sears Canada, Mark Cohen, says corporate America is “terrified” of President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war, but CEOs of...

Walmart has spent more than $110 million buying malls this year in a move to become a property owner, not just a tenant thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Walmart has spent more than $110 million buying malls this year in a move to become a property owner, not just a tenant

While Americans are buying trash bags and Great Value soda at Walmart, Walmart is buying…malls. The big-box colossus just snagged a Norwalk, CT, retail plaza...

The best way to earn billionaire status is to follow in Warren Buffett’s footsteps: 15% of billionaires derive net worth from the finance industry thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

The best way to earn billionaire status is to follow in Warren Buffett’s footsteps: 15% of billionaires derive net worth from the finance industry

The number of people who may think a banana costs $10 has exploded in the last few decades. The US has 902 billionaires this year,...

‘Sad, if not damning’: Cathie Wood blasts the proxy firms who say Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package is just too rich thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

‘Sad, if not damning’: Cathie Wood blasts the proxy firms who say Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package is just too rich

Investor Cathie Wood, a long-time Tesla bull known for first investing in the company a decade ago at $13 per share, condemned the...