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U.S. Car Prices Rise in Domino Effect Due to Tariffs; Hyundai Motor Holds Out
Global automotive brands are successively raising prices for vehicles sold in the United States due to the impact of President Donald Trump’s automotive tariff policy. As stockpiled inventory depletes, vehicle price increases are becoming...
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[INTERVIEW] Why 3D Printing is Poised to Accelerate U.S. Navy Shipbuilding
Over the past 30 years, the once-dominant U.S. Navy has steadily fallen behind the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in size and production capacity. In response, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) is helping lead...

U.S. News: Three Central Mass. firms are best public companies to work for
Three Central Massachusetts healthcare companies have been named among the best public companies to work for by the U.S. News & World Report, representing the only firms in the region to be selected for the publication’s annual list. The Hanover...

Why possible U.S. attack on Iran could break a U.S.-Israel pattern of distance
As Israel’s attacks on Iran continued into their fifth day June 17, the United States — and President Donald Trump — faced a potentially momentous decision. Should the U.S. actively participate in Israeli efforts to bomb Iran’s second-largest...

How Tariffs Will Impact U.S. Car Prices, by Brand
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization How Tariffs Will Impact U.S. Car Prices, by Brand This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
What happens to mortgage rates if the Canada-U.S. trade war ends?
Open this photo in gallery:The market currently expects the Bank of Canada to cut interest rates by another 25 basis points in 2025, down from a total trim of 75 basis points a few months ago.Isabella Falsetti/The Globe and Mail For months, the...

Canada to limit foreign steel imports to help producers hit by U.S. tariffs
Open this photo in gallery:The Canadian Steel Producers Association, which represents 17 companies, including Stelco, pictured, has repeatedly advocated for antidumping duties to ease the impact of U.S. tariffs.COLE BURSTON/AFP/Getty Images Prime...

Opinion: The U.S. Dollar Loses Its Luster as the Uzbek Som Shines
From May 20, 2025, to June 19, 2025, the U.S. dollar declined from 12,885 Uzbek som to 12,625 som, reaching its lowest level since early December 2023. This trend is anticipated to persist. Over the past 30 days, the dollar has depreciated by...
Can the United States Really Be Marching Toward This Madness Again?
Third, the media environment seems different today than in 2003. In the lead-up to Bush’s war, the media environment, with very few and marginal exceptions, was all in on the cheerleading of the war. Across the spectrum, from Fox News to MSNBC,...

U.S. brokers DRC-Rwanda deal with high risk, potential "vast rewards"
Johannesburg, South Africa — At the invitation of Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshekedi, the Trump administration was brought in to lead negotiations to end the war raging in the east of the country between DRC forces and rebels...

Iran Threatens ‘Immediate’ Response If ‘Third Party’—Possibly U.S.—Enters Israel Conflict (Live Updates)
Topline Iran’s national security council warned other countries against entering its ongoing conflict with Israel—amid reports of President Trump considering U.S. involvement—as the conflict between the two countries continued to intensify ....

UK Secures Major Tariff Reductions in U.S. Trade Deal
(MENAFN) The United Kingdom has achieved major tariff cuts through a newly finalized trade agreement with the United States, announced on Tuesday during the G7 summit in Canada. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump formally...
BREAKING NEWS: Tariffs will not help revive U.S. manufacturing: Nippon Steel CEO

Manufacturing, business services contribute to job losses in Iowa
Iowa’s nonfarm businesses employed 8,200 fewer workers in May than they did a year ago, with most of the job losses occurring in the manufacturing and professional and business services sectors, new Iowa Workforce Development data shows. In May,...

Mitsubishi to raise U.S. vehicle prices amid tariff pressure
Mitsubishi Motors announced on Tuesday that it will increase the prices of its U.S. vehicles by an average of 2.1%. The price hike is expected to go into effect on Wednesday. The Japanese automaker joins the rapidly growing list of automakers who...

US Steel Is No Longer An American Company: Does That Mean New Cars Will Cost More?
The Japanese company Nippon Steel has just announced that it has finalized a deal to buy 100% of U.S. Steel. This has historically been a fundamentally American institution since it was first founded by Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, Charles...

US-China Rare Earths Deal, And More Dod Money Will Not Loosen China's Grip On Military-Grade Rare Earth Magnets
(MENAFN- Investor Ideas) Rare earths have been in the news lately, with a deal between the United States and China regarding the 17 elements on the Period Table, followed by a plan the Trump administration is developing to prioritize and fund rare...

Taiwan Adds New Export Controls on China’s Chip Industry
The recent salvo of export control measures against China’s semiconductor industry came not from the United States, but Taiwan. On June 14, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs added a total of 601 entities to its trade blacklist – including...
Nippon Finalizes $15 Billion Takeover Of US Steel With Trump’s Approval
Thursday, June 19, 2025 12:01 PM EDT Image Source: Pixabay The Nippon-US Steel Takeover will bring much needed plant modernization to the US. Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel said Wednesday they have finalized their “historic partnership,” a...

FDA Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher program comes with questions surrounding implementation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday a “Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher” (CNPV) program, which will provide a “limited number” of vouchers to sponsors of drug products that are “aligned with U.S. national...