WASHINGTON — The clock is ticking closer to U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff deadline of Aug 1. And while several more deals — or at least frameworks for deals — have been reached since his ...

LONG before taking office as US president, Donald Trump had established himself as a shrewd negotiator. He spoke about his ...

BANKING giant HSBC said on Wednesday that pretax profit in the first six months of 2025 fell more than 26 percent to $15.8 billion, but said it was “well-positioned” to deal with the effects of US ...

MERCEDES-BENZ expects a profit margin of 4 percent to 6 percent for its car business this year, including a nearly $420-million impact from tariffs, it said on Wednesday in a first assessment of the ...