Clearly, Palestinian lives don’t matter. In the last 24 hours, Israel massacred at least 125 Palestinians in Gaza. The real number is likely far higher, given the near-total collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system and those people buried under the rubble of bombed out buildings. Where’s the outrage? Where’s the condemnation? Why isn’t it major headlines across...
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Charter Communications, which operates the Spectrum brand of digital telecommunications services, has agreed to pay $34.5 billion to merge with Cox Communications.
SHIPPERS, PORTS BRACE FOR 90-DAY RUSH AS TRUMP CUTS CHINA TARIFF
Ports and ocean freight carriers are bracing for a wave of rushed business after Donald Trump temporarily cut China’s tariff rate from 145 percent to 30 percent for 90 days.
SPOTLIGHT: THE SHRINKING LUXURY INDUSTRY
Burberry, purveyor of $390 tank tops and $2,000 handbags, lost £3 million in the fiscal year ending 29 March, compared to a £418-million profit the year before.
U.K. NOW OWNS MORE U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES THAN CHINA
In March, China continued reducing its portfolio of U.S. treasury securities, dropping it behind the U.K. as the largest foreign owner of U.S. debt.
CHINA PLANTS ITS FLAG IN LATIN AMERICA
China is aggressively asserting its presence in Latin America, hoping to secure political friends and allies—as well as lucrative economic deals and contracts for resource development—in a region the U.S. has long viewed more as trouble than as opportunity.