When Donald Trump won the race to the White House back in November, there were high expectations that the equity markets would spike, the value of the dollar would rise and it would be high times for the Merger and Acquisition Gang.
Tag: Economy
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SPOTLIGHT: LEAN TIMES FOR THE LUXURY INDUSTRY
Capri Holdings, owner of the Jimmy Choo, Michael Kors, and Versace brands of high-priced apparel, has cut its 2025 revenue forecast by almost 25 percent, citing uncertainty over the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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TOP TREND 2023, SELF-SUFFICIENT ECONOMIES: CHINESE TECH FIRMS PREPARE TO DO WITHOUT NVIDIA’S AI CHIPS
Chinese tech giants including Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent are testing new computer chips for artificial intelligence (AI) after the U.S. has cut off supplies last month of market-leading chips by U.S. producer Nvidia. The companies have about enough Nvidia processors to last through this year, people familiar told the Financial Times. After that, they will......
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SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFFS, THE UPS AND DOWNS, FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: As we have been saying, remember the old saying goes, “You can’t make this shit up.” Another week, and another week of on-again, off-again Trump tariff demands. And now, the word on The Street is that Donald Trump is a TACO—"Trump Always Chickens Out” when it comes to tariffs and him saying what......
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
AT&T is buying Louisiana-based Lumen Technologies’ fiber optic network for $5.75 billion in cash, the companies announced last week.
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SPOTLIGHT: TARNISH ON THE LUXURY INDUSTRY
Miffed at Europe’s inability to reach a trade agreement, last week Donald Trump floated the idea of a new 50-percent tariff on all products from Europe.
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SPOTLIGHT: CRISIS IN THE BOND MARKET
The results of Japan’s 20 May ¥1-trillion bond auction was “dismal,” according to the Financial Times, with so few takers that the yield on long-dated bonds climbed to record heights.
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SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFFS, THE UPS AND DOWNS, FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE
Major asset managers are thinning their holdings of U.S. treasury bonds and notes and deploying more funds into a wider range of choices in other countries, the Financial Times reported.
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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.
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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.
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