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Trump doubles down on tariffs as stocks sink: ‘not going to bend’

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his escalating tariff plans, even as his economic agenda continued to rattle investors …

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Trump EU tariff threat no big deal for markets: Treasury chief Bessent

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday said Wall Street should shrug off President Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose steep tariffs on foreign trading partners. Asked on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” about Trump’s threat to ratchet up tariffs on European alcohol, Bessent suggested the move should have little impact on stocks. “One or two items with one trading …

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Better communications key to getting renewable projects off the ground

(From left) CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick moderates an IoT panel with Cenk Alper, CEO of Sabanci Holding, Christina Shim, chief sustainability officer of IBM, and Mitesh Patel, interim CEO and COO of SunCable International, at CONVERGE LIVE on March 13, 2025. Renewable energy companies can shorten the long approval process needed for their projects by communicating better with stakeholders, according to …

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People who are good at handling conflict do this 1 thing

When approaching conflict, most people aim to get their way, while others try to find common ground. This is a mistake authors Robert Bordone and Joel Salinas say. In their new book “Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up or Giving In” the two argue that trying to solve conflict strips the interaction of its value and that you’ll gain …

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Y Combinator startups are fastest growing in fund history because of AI

Silicon Valley’s earliest stage companies are getting a major boost from artificial intelligence. Startup accelerator Y Combinator — known for backing Airbnb, Dropbox and Stripe — this week held its annual demo day in San Francisco, where founders pitched their startups to an auditorium of potential venture capital investors. Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan told CNBC that this group is …

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