Trump to impose 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports
The promised tariffs on steel and aluminium come as Trump has launched his second term with an aggressive trade policy. Last ...
Transcript of FT interview with Catherine Mann
Mann: Yes, cut through the noise. If you read the majority paragraph in the last MPC minutes, there is a one line in the ...
Care workers routinely mistreated despite UK government efforts to tackle abuses, report finds
Care workers who often incurred big debts to come to the UK are still routinely underpaid and mistreated despite government ...
Urban congregations put their faith in development projects
Projects have ranged from a development that grafted apartments on to the Grade II* heritage-listed Victorian St Mary of Eton church in Hackney Wick, north-east London, to a $1bn redevelopment of ...
Business school teaching case study: how should solar-panel makers respond to falling prices?
The global glut means panels have fallen in price dramatically, leading to widespread proliferation. They are sometimes considered cheap enough to be used as an alternative material for garden fencing ...
How city-splitting highways are coming to the end of the road
The elevated one-mile Park East Freeway had cut through Wisconsin’s largest city since 1971, the year that the Bucks last won the competition, until the road was pulled down in 2003 as part of a ...
UK apprentices will not need maths or English qualifications
Companies will be able to hire apprentices who do not have maths and English qualifications under new rules intended to ...
India’s stock market has an influencer problem
Meanwhile, the Trump tizzy continues with more tariffs on more products spurring all kinds of reciprocal actions and market ...
Low-rise Sydney plans on density to tackle housing squeeze
Chris Minns, the premier of New South Wales (NSW), of which Sydney is the capital, moved to tackle the problem with a plan to increase the city’s density through a “transport-oriented development” ...
Rethinking the refugee camp to offer more than refuge
When we think of refugee camps we probably imagine rows of tents, rapidly erected responses to crises. We might envision those seemingly ubiquitous UN tarpaulins in blue and white. But the problem ...
Cities harness nature in the fight against flooding
The benefits of harnessing nature go beyond resilience. For example, mangroves — tropical and subtropical coastal wetlands — shield communities from storm surges, providing flood protection services ...
Taiwan and TSMC scramble to head off Donald Trump’s tariff threat
Trump’s approach has spooked companies in Taiwan’s chip sector, too. Rick Tsai, chief executive of MediaTek, the country’s leading chip design house, told investors last week the company was running ...