President Donald Trump

Global Markets

Australia's biggest pension fund mulls US infrastructure buys

SYDNEY (April 11): President Donald Trump’s plan to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure with US$1 trillion ($1.4 trillion) of private and public investment over a decade is drawing interest from 10,000 miles away.

Global Markets

US tariffs couldn't come at a worse time for India's largest paper maker

MUMBAI/HONG KONG (March 24): Creditors of India’s largest paper maker Ballarpur Industries Ltd. may face costly unintended consequences from punitive US duties on some of the company’s Asian competitors.

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ETFs march on despite anxieties

SINGAPORE (March 21): Inflows into US-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) last week continued at a record pace even as the global stock market powered to a new high, according to DBS Group Research.
acting Attorney General Sally Yates

Trump fires acting attorney general who defied immigration ban

(Jan 31): President Donald Trump fired the nation’s acting attorney general as the repercussions from the president’s executive order banning some immigrant travel to the U.S. continue to shake his administration in just its second week in office.

In print this week

Winners and losers under President Trump

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): If Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric is to be taken as a signal of what Americans want and what he plans to do, then the biggest worry is likely trade.
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