The U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear sites injected fresh uncertainty into the outlook for inflation and economic activity at the start of a week chock full of new economic data and central banker commentary, Reuters reported. The downside of the attacks may be the easiest to see: the potential for a spike in energy prices, a continuation of the hesitancy that has gripped households and businesses and could crimp spending, and the possibility of a response from Iran that materializes well outside the Gulf. With the U.S.
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President Trump is breathing life into a $10 billion project to alleviate congestion at the country’s busiest border crossing for trade between the U.S. and Mexico, the Wall Street Journal reported. Trump this month issued a presidential permit to Austin, Texas-based Green Corridors to build an 165-mile elevated “guideway” for self-driving shuttles to haul freight between Laredo, Texas, and Monterrey, Mexico.

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Just three years ago, Bowling Green, Ky., was celebrating the largest industrial investment ever made in the city, a new sprawling electric-vehicle battery factory that would create 2,000 jobs. Today, the building is there. The jobs aren’t, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. The Chinese-owned company behind the factory quietly stopped working on the $2 billion plant last September, according to current and former employees. Now there is just a massive metal shell of a building with no interior equipment.

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A consortium led by U.S. investment firm RedBird Capital Partners has agreed to buy the publisher of Britain’s 170-year-old Daily Telegraph newspaper for about 500 million pounds ($674 million), the two sides said Friday, the Associated Press reported. Redbird said it has reached an agreement in principle to become controlling owner of the Telegraph Media Group, ending a lengthy takeover saga for the conservative-leaning newspaper.

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The U.S. and China agreed to a preliminary plan to ease trade tensions, which could revive the flow of sensitive goods between the world’s two largest economies, Bloomberg News reported. American and Chinese negotiators in London said both sides agreed on a framework on how to implement the consensus the two sides reached in the prior round of talks in Geneva. The U.S. and Chinese delegations will now take the proposal back to their respective leaders, according to China’s chief trade negotiator Li Chenggang. While full details of the pact weren’t immediately available, U.S.
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Brazilian airline Gol formally exited its bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. on Friday, setting the stage for fleet expansion and new flights and routes within Brazil and other countries, Chief Executive Officer Celso Ferrer said, Reuters reported. In 2024, Gol became the second Brazilian airline, after Latam in 2020, to seek chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States as the sector grappled with debt burdens, a steep decline in passenger numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and aircraft delivery delays. Azul, a Gol competitor, filed for chapter 11 last month.
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Marelli Holdings, a Japanese auto parts supplier owned by private equity firm KKR, is considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday, according to Reuters. Marelli, a key supplier to embattled Japanese automaker Nissan Motor, is looking into the chapter 11 option to ensure its business operations won't be halted even if its restructuring talks with creditors fall through.
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President Donald Trump signed a directive on Tuesday formally raising steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% from 25%, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced, Bloomberg News reported. Trump said last Friday the higher charge will take effect on June 4, but Leavitt did not elaborate on the timing. The move raises trade tensions at a time when the US is locked in negotiations with numerous trading partners over his so-called “reciprocal” duties before a July 9 deadline.
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