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Why Amazon is spending $20bn to take on SpaceX—and China

ASSUMING THE weather co-operates—thunderstorms have already caused the abandonment of one launch, on April 9th—at some point in the coming days Amazon will get itself into the space business. A United Launch...

How Hermès defied the luxury slump

The luxury industry has lost its sparkle. A slowdown in the Chinese economy and a cost-of-living crisis in the West have led to a slump in sales of fancy frocks and posh...

Amazon’s $20bn push into orbit targets SpaceX and China

ASSUMING THE weather co-operates—thunderstorms have already caused the abandonment of one launch, on April 9th—at some point in the coming days Amazon will get itself into the space business. A United Launch...

Tariffs will send costs soaring. Which firms will raise prices?

It could have been worse, but it’s still not good. Many company bosses will have been relieved at Donald Trump’s 90-day delay in imposing “reciprocal” tariffs on imports to America from most...

TikTok’s bizarre sale process gets even weirder

ANYONE WANT to buy a used social network? One careful Chinese owner, 170m users in America and revenue there of $12bn last year, predicted to rise this year by a fifth. The...

Apple gets caught in a trade-war nightmare

Apple was once considered so important to both America and China that some even hoped it would help avert great-power conflict. Now the iPhone-maker finds itself more exposed than any big American...

Despite the rally, Apple still faces a trade-war nightmare

Apple reclaimed its crown as the world’s most valuable company on April 9th. Financial markets roared higher in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to put a 90-day hold on his “reciprocal”...

Does it pay for bosses to embrace nationalism?

Canadian nationalism is very unlikely to get out of hand. But when even the politest people on Earth are wrapping themselves in the flag, you know that national pride is on the...

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