Threats of tariffs from US President Donald Trump were one of the defining features of 2025. Many of those threats, however, have yet to materialize. Here are some examples of tariff threats that have yet to materialize.
BusinessThe New York Stock Exchange index fell into negative territory on New Year's Eve. The year as a whole can be summed up as a buying spree, despite customs chaos in April.
BusinessThe sci-fi series "Pluribus" is the most watched series on Apple TV ever, writes Forbes.
EntertainmentTaiwanese authorities have raided the home of a former senior executive at semiconductor giant TSMC, accusing him of leaking trade secrets to Intel.
BusinessLeading indexes on the New York Stock Exchange began this week's trading with declines, weighed down by price drops in some large IT companies.
BusinessDespite the great concern in the world, many of the world's stock markets are at record levels. This could trigger strong movements in the financial markets if something unexpected happens, warns the Riksbank in its stability report. The system is sensitive to disturbances, says Riksbank Governor Erik Thedéen to TT.
BusinessTaiwanese electronics giant Foxconn reports a 17 percent increase in profit, beating market expectations.
BusinessAmerican Nvidia has broken yet another dream barrier. The world's leading manufacturer of advanced processors – a winner in the global wave of AI investments – is valued at over $5 trillion for the first time after another price increase.
BusinessThis week, quarterly reports are expected from some of the world's most highly valued listed companies – when five of Wall Street's seven most index-heavy tech giants, called "the magnificent seven", release their figures. They are likely to affect the stock market mood for the rest of the year.
BusinessLeading indexes on the stock exchange in the USA fell on Wednesday. Heavy weight was Netflix.
BusinessThe share in the IT giant Apple rose to a new record level on Monday, and the leading indexes on the American stock exchange closed all on plus.
BusinessData chip giant TSMC is still riding the AI wave and reports a profit increase of 39 percent.
BusinessInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) raises the forecast for global growth this year, but warns that the "AI hype" can end in a severe stock market crash. "Such a correction can erase household assets and dampen consumption", writes IMF in a new forecast.
BusinessNew York Stock Exchange's broad S&P 500 index fell 2.7 percent on Friday, the largest decline in a single trading day since April.
BusinessJessica Chastain regrets that AppleTv+ has postponed her new tv-series after the Charlie Kirk murder. ”We disagree on the decision to pause ’The savant’”, she writes in social media.
EntertainmentIt was a mixed bag on the New York stock exchange's leading indexes on Wednesday. Swedish Klarna stood for the year's largest listing – but Oracle stole the show. The software giant surged 36 percent and the founder Larry Ellison passed Elon Musk as the world's richest.
BusinessThe leading indexes pointed upwards and recorded new records when the New York stock exchange closed on Tuesday. But revised employment statistics cause headache.
BusinessUSA's punitive tariffs against India have now come into force. Many goods will thus be subject to a tariff of 50 percent, among the highest that Donald Trump has introduced, as pressure for India to buy Russian oil.
BusinessTech billionaire Elon Musk is suing Apple and Open AI, reports news agency Bloomberg.
BusinessThe Central Bank chief Jerome Powell lit the starting rocket – and Wall Street ended the week with a record and substantial gains on renewed hope of an interest rate cut.
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