Busy US earnings week confronts market grappling with tariff woes

A heavy slate of US company results in the coming week will test a stock market shaken by a US trade policy overhaul that upended the outlook for the...

US airlines struggle to forecast their businesses in economic fog

President Donald Trump’s trade war has created the biggest uncertainty for US airlines since the COVID pandemic. With little clarity on how consumers will behave in the face of...

Unauthorised letter tells Harvard University to stop recognising some pro-Palestinian groups

Harvard said on Saturday the Trump administration was 'doubling down' on far-reaching demands on the university despite a published report that government officials had sent a letter spelling out...

Iran, US task experts to design framework for a N-deal after Rome talks conclude

Iran and the United States agreed on Saturday to task experts to start drawing up a framework for a potential nuclear deal, Iran's foreign minister said, after a second...

South Africa investors face global growth storm clouds

Investors have flocked to South Africa’s domestic bond markets, betting the country can stay the course on reforms despite political fractures, but tariff threats and the prospect of a...

Trump and Meloni talk up EU tariff deal agreement

Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni hit an optimistic note about a possible US-EU tariffs deal on Thursday as the far-right Italian prime minister mounted a charm offensive at the...

A great day!

Dozens of biotech firms face funding barriers

Trump administration cuts across federal health agencies have sent shivers through a biotech industry already struggling through a prolonged downturn, increasing concerns they will have a harder time getting...

Visa cancellations sow panic for international students, with more than 1,000 fearing deportation

At first, the bar association for immigration attorneys began receiving inquiries from a couple students a day. These were foreigners studying in the U.S., and they'd discovered in early...

Pharma firms may absorb any tariff hit

US tariffs on pharmaceuticals could eventually mean higher prices for brand-name medicines, but in the near term the costs would likely be absorbed by drugmakers rather than patients whose...