Auto giant General Motors will close a number of plants but says that most of the layoffs will be white collar jobs. The company also wants to shift resources away from conventional cars to trucks,...
A detailed study of competitiveness in the global economy ranks the US top of the 140 countries included. The report suggests that few governments have begun to plan for the impact of the fourth industrial...
The Trump Administration argues that other countries have been taking unfair advantage of the US on trade for years, and what many are calling a trade war is really only the US finally saying enough....
The Trump administration is reimposing the first tranche of sanctions on Iran, isolating Washington as much as Tehran. A second round of US sanctions in November will target Iran’s energy sector. The first round of...
So far, all data on the internet has had to be transported on an equal footing, above all at the same speed. In the US, that will change. Jörg Brunsmann asks why politicians are making...
Abuse towards women is rife in Silicon Valley’s macho culture. Meanwhile just 7 per cent of cash goes directly towards women-led startups based in the main US IT hub. So, why aren’t women a larger...
The US president has signed an executive order, which instructs several departments to propose new guidelines for tightening immigration. The government approves 85,000 of these visas every year. President Trump has moved towards his first...
The pressure is on for US cell service providers to grab a slice of a rare new spectrum going up for bids. With lots of ground to cover, T-Mobile has its wallet wide open. But...
The world’s largest industrial technology trade fair is hosting the United States as its partner country. And President Barack Obama has even made a personal appearance in Hanover. So how did organizers make that happen?...
Since mid-January, crude oil prices on the international market have increased markedly. Just three weeks ago, a barrel of the benchmark North Sea Brent oil was going for less than $29. Now the price has...
Spain woke up to the surprise of King Juan Carlos abdication recently, after his almost 40 years in power and a number of corruption scandals over the last few years. His son Felipe seems to...
Activist investor Cevian has raised its stake in struggling ThyssenKrupp, claiming the German steelmaker is undervalued. However, it’s unclear if the Anglo-Swedish firm will not eventually seek to split up ThyssenKrupp. Cevian has raised its...