“Donald Trump: US is ready for trade war”

Mar 8, 2018 | World

‘They make it almost impossible for us to do business with them, and yet they send their cars back into the United States,’ 

At last, a glimmer of post-Brexit trade-deal hope. If Trump is going to make Renaults, Fiats, Mercs and Beamers 25% more expensive in the US, that’s surely a golden opportunity for our car industry in years to come? Ah. Good point. We don’t have a car industry…

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“China slowdown sends markets plunging”

The gloomy business headlines this week are about China and the end of the economic world it's been driving. Here's another: 'China economy grows at slowest pace in 25 years, world's second-largest economy posts figures that add to fears of a slowdown that will affect...

“UBS moves back into battle for rich Americans”

Proof, if proof were needed that pretty much everything in financial and corporate worlds goes full circle if you wait long enough. The super-rich are often of no fixed tax abode, and it was allegedly the role of Swiss banks to offer safe and anonymous haven for their...