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Billionaire Supporter Bill Ackman Turns On Trump

Billionaire Supporter Bill Ackman Turns On Trump

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s tariff move has drawn a rare pushback from Bill Ackman, a billionaire investor among his top supporters. He has listed the perils of tariffs, the most significant of which is a blow to the US reputation as a trading partner. Ackman also claimed the formula used by the Trump administration to calculate the tariffs was wrong, and the tariffs appeared four times larger than they were. “President Donald Trump is not an economist and therefore relies on his advisors to do these calculations so he can determine policy. The global economy is being taken down because of bad math,” he wrote on X. He said business is a confidence game and that confidence depends on trust, suggesting that Trump violated that trust. “The president is losing the confidence of business leaders around the globe. The consequences for our country and the millions of our citizens who have supported the president are going to be severely negative. This is not what we voted for,” he said. Ackman acknowledged that the US …

Russia Rattled As Oil Plummets To  Over Trump Tariffs

Russia Rattled As Oil Plummets To $52 Over Trump Tariffs

New Delhi: Russia, whose economy is heavily dependent on oil, energy, and mineral exports to the world, is staring at a crisis should oil prices continue to plummet the way they are currently. Moscow has sounded the alarm as oil prices dropped to as low as $60 per barrel on Monday. Russia’s Urals Oil dipped further – nearly reaching $50 per barrel as the oil markets faced extreme turbulence. The reason – Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, which have sent global markets, including that of oil, into a free fall. To add to the misery, China, the world’s second-largest economy, also announced retaliatory measures to target Washington. The oil and gas sector is the largest contributor of cash flow in the Russian federal budget. In March alone, the revenue from the key sector fell by more than 17 per cent compared to the same month a year ago. This is before April’s unending downward spiral after Trump’s tariff order. Responding to a question on falling oil prices and its impact on the Russian economy, Kremlin spokesman …

Stock Meltdown Fuels Worst Day At Markets Since Covid

Stock Meltdown Fuels Worst Day At Markets Since Covid

The “America First” trade is unraveling in the sweeping turmoil in global markets, with stocks acutely exposed to the US economy sinking alongside the dollar. As Wall Street’s rebellion against Donald Trump’s tariff war intensifies, traders are rushing into fixed-income havens. About $2 trillion was erased from the S&P 500, with the gauge down about 5%. The Russell 2000 of smaller firms extended its plunge from a 2021 all-time high to 20% on speculation the president’s trade offensive will stunt the American economy. The greenback slid 1.5%, reigniting the debate about its haven reputation during challenging times as the euro, yen and Swiss franc surged. Oil joined a selloff in commodities. All in, the much-vaunted America-first trade – buying up assets that win when the US outperforms the rest of the world – is reversing on concern that the steepest increase in American tariffs in a century will hammer economic growth. That’s driving a fierce rally in global bonds, sending the yield on benchmark Treasuries briefly below the closely-watched 4% level. Most other yields also …

How global economies reacted to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs | Pics

How global economies reacted to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs | Pics

Published on Apr 03, 2025 11:59 PM IST Many countries responded to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement in their own way. …read more / View Photos in a new improved layout Published on Apr 03, 2025 11:59 PM IST US President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs on several countries on Wednesday in the Rose Garden at the White House as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listened. The world reacted to the unprecedented move.(AP) / View Photos in a new improved layout Published on Apr 03, 2025 11:59 PM IST French President Emmanuel Macron, center, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, left,and Presidency General Secretary Alexis Kohler attend a meeting with representatives of the sectors affected by new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Thursday. Macron called on the EU companies to stop their investments in the US.(AP) / View Photos in a new improved layout Published on Apr 03, 2025 11:59 PM IST Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about tariffs at a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, …

Donald Trump Announces 26% “Discounted Reciprocal Tariff” On India

Donald Trump Announces 26% “Discounted Reciprocal Tariff” On India

Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced significant reciprocal tariffs on India and China, but said he is being kind on them by charging roughly “half of what they charge us”. Calling these as “discounted reciprocal tariffs”, President Trump said the US will charge an import duty of 26 per cent on India and 34 per cent on China. Speaking about India, President Trump described tariffs by New Delhi as “very very tough”. He went on to say that “Their Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) just left (US recently)…he is a great friend of mine, but I said to him that ‘you’re a friend of mine, but you’ve not been treating us right’. India charges us 52 per cent, so we will charge them half of that – 26 per cent.” The President also announced a 20 per cent levy on imports from the European Union and 10 per cent from the UK – two of the main trade partners and allies of the United States. On Japan too, he levied a 24 per cent tariff. …