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Meanwhile, Ontario’s outspoken premier, Doug Ford, whose province is home to Canada’s auto manufacturing industry, responded to Trump’s tariffs and threats by telling the US president to “kiss my ass”. Ford also suggested that Canada should charge the US extra for its oil and gas, as well as electricity and critical minerals, adding that he will be speaking to Carney on ways to “fight back”.His comments appeared to catch the attention of Trump, who in a Truth Social post accused Ford of “bluster” and wrote: “Someone should get these clowns to ‘fall in line’ or, the consequences for Canada will…

The S&P 500 is set up for a great year, and there are still gains to come. Seasonally, Q4 is the strongest of the year, typically rising 80% of the time, and there are other factors in play suggesting this year will follow suit. To begin, the onset of Q4 marks the end of the typically volatile summer trading season. Smart-money investors who “sold in May and went away” are coming back and ready to get back into the market. While September is usually weak, rising only about 50% of the time, October usually marks a bottom, rising about 60%…

XAU/USD Current price: $4,657The breakdown in US-Canada trade talks spurred fresh concerns.US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to announce measures to financially choke Iran. XAU/USD gains bullish traction and aims to test sellers´determination around $4,700. Spot Gold briefly traded above $4,680 a troy ounce on Monday, reaching its highest since mid-May. The XAU/USD holds on to most of its intraday gains in the American afternoon, as the US Dollar (USD) continues to trade lower against most major rivals amid turmoil in the world’s largest economy.United States (US) President Donald Trump is dealing with two open fronts. On the one hand, Trump…

Key PointsDuring this earnings season, investors have learned that big tech is not slowing down its infrastructure spending.While a large fraction of hyperscalers’ capital expenditures are still being allocated to GPU procurement, memory is emerging as a new “must-have” component of the chip stack. Micron stock has sold off over the last month, but Nvidia’s earnings report could be the catalyst that triggers a rebound.10 stocks we like better than Micron Technology ›In the earnings season that is now wrapping up, technology companies delivered a clear message regarding artificial intelligence (AI) spending. The five hyperscalers — Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I’ve spent enough years around athletes — as a manager, as someone who’s sat in the room while million-dollar deals were negotiated, and then sat in a different room while that same athlete quietly walked away from it — to know the difference between an athlete who’s promoting something and an athlete who’s building something. Most of the time, you can’t tell from the outside. The press release language is identical. “Proud to partner” with or “Excited to join the family.” Swap the logo, swap the athlete, run it back next quarter.…

Long-awaited media M&A appeared to be finally getting off the ground in recent months. But the delay of Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has industry insiders now citing a chill on mergers and acquisitions. Last month, Paramount agreed to put its tie-up with WBD on hold until as late as June 2027, roughly nine months past its planned closing, while an antitrust challenge brought by a group of state attorneys general heads to trial. In recent days, The New York Times reported Paramount and California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading the charge against…

Housing affordability is at a crisis low. You’ve read that headline a hundred times. Incomes have to rise or home prices have to crash to return to the housing affordability levels pre-COVID. It’s true if you measure a home in dollars earned. It is not true at all if you measure a home in stock shares owned. That distinction matters more than almost anything else written about housing in the past five years. Because the people writing those headlines are measuring the wrong thing for a large chunk of their audience. The Inexpensive San Francisco Housing Market Here’s a great…

A charity which offers free school uniforms says it has helped more than 100 children prepare for the new school year.Doreen’s, based at North Point Shopping Centre in Hull, repurposes unwanted uniforms and gives them to families across the city free of charge. Ashleigh Hirst, the charity’s co-founder, said: “The demand is so high so we are just wanting to help with whatever we can.”Sam Singh, founder of Uniform Direct which has stores in Lincolnshire, said items such as trainers and school shoes were often the most expensive.Hirst, 34, said the charity had been particularly busy this week, with people…

While the tariffs could mean changes for the Paloma Clothing company, other American companies are facing the same battle they have faced since Trump returned to office and began imposing his levies. Bill Easton, owner of Terre Rouge Wines in Plymouth, California, has been unable to ship his wine north to Canada for the past year and a half due to a boycott of US alcohol. He is currently paying $2,400 a month to store that wine in a warehouse in the hope that he will one day be able to ship it to the Canadian markets he sells to.…

The number of graduate jobs has fallen almost in half in the past year, according to new figures, as employers cut entry-level roles in favour of AI and battle rising costs.Jobs website Adzuna said it had just 8,383 graduate vacancies listed in July, down from 15,397 at the same point last year.Adzuna also found competition among job seekers across all levels is rising, with an average of 2.14 job seekers per vacancy in July, up from 1.93 a year earlier.Businesses have said employer national insurance and minimum wage hikes have made hiring more expensive, particularly for junior staff.The number of…