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India’s $18 Billion Chip Push: How New Delhi Plans to Build a Semiconductor Powerhouse

India’s $18 Billion Chip Push: How New Delhi Plans to Build a Semiconductor Powerhouse

India has approved a cluster of semiconductor projects totaling roughly ₹1.6 lakh crore (about $18.2 billion), an unprecedented burst of public and private investment aimed at transforming the country from a chip consumer into a maker. The program — part industrial policy, part geopolitical hedge —...
Tech Backlash and Unease: Why the Industry Reacted Sharply to Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Move

Tech Backlash and Unease: Why the Industry Reacted Sharply to Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Move

President Donald Trump’s sudden proclamation imposing a dramatically higher fee on new H-1B work visas set off an immediate and pointed backlash from across the technology sector, with executives, investors and engineers calling the measure costly, chaotic and potentially damaging to U.S....
$100,000 H-1B Levy: Why the Move Was Announced and How It Threatens U.S. Tech — Ripple Effects for Indian IT

$100,000 H-1B Levy: Why the Move Was Announced and How It Threatens U.S. Tech — Ripple Effects for Indian IT

The administration announced a sweeping change to the H-1B temporary worker program that imposes an unprecedented annual fee of $100,000 on employers sponsoring foreign technical staff. Presented as an aggressive measure to curb perceived abuses of the visa system and encourage domestic hiring, the...
US Clean-Energy Jobs at Risk as Federal Policy Shifts Undermine Pipeline

US Clean-Energy Jobs at Risk as Federal Policy Shifts Undermine Pipeline

Clean-energy employment surged in recent years, becoming one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. labor market. But a new analysis warns that sudden shifts in federal policy — from tightened tax-credit rules to paused permits and stop-work orders on marquee projects — are putting that gains...
Automakers Move From Absorption to Pricing: Why Tariff Costs Are About to Hit Buyers

Automakers Move From Absorption to Pricing: Why Tariff Costs Are About to Hit Buyers

For months U.S. automakers quietly absorbed billions of dollars in extra costs after new tariffs took effect in April, shielding buyers from immediate sticker shock. That window of price restraint is now closing. Automakers face mounting margin pressure, narrowing internal options to absorb the...
US Court Upholds Protections for Fed Governor Cook, Restricting Trump Effort to Control Fed

US Court Upholds Protections for Fed Governor Cook, Restricting Trump Effort to Control Fed

Federal appeals judges rejected former President Trump’s attempt to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, delivering a strong reaffirmation of the legal safeguards that preserve the central bank’s independence. The ruling arrives just before a pivotal Fed rate-setting meeting, forestalling a...
Fed Rate-Cut Expectations Drive Record Stock Gains as Dollar Faces Deepening Slide

Fed Rate-Cut Expectations Drive Record Stock Gains as Dollar Faces Deepening Slide

Markets opened this week with U.S. stocks climbing to fresh record highs as investors largely brace for the Federal Reserve to begin easing its policy. The S\&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow all gained ground, with the S\&P and Nasdaq registering new intraday peaks. The momentum was powered by signs...
China’s “Involution” Turns Economic Problem: How a Cultural Buzzword Became a Policy Priority

China’s “Involution” Turns Economic Problem: How a Cultural Buzzword Became a Policy Priority

Chinese leaders and markets are grappling with “involution” — a term that began as internet slang for gruelling, self-defeating competition among young people but has since mutated into a description of an economy caught in a race-to-the-bottom of price cutting, overcapacity and shrinking returns....
Democrats Push for Enforceable Production Curbs in China as Lever to Protect U.S. Industry and Reshape Trade Rules

Democrats Push for Enforceable Production Curbs in China as Lever to Protect U.S. Industry and Reshape Trade Rules

U.S. Democratic lawmakers have urged the Trump administration to make curbing China’s longstanding industrial overcapacity a central aim of any trade agreement, pressing negotiators to win enforceable commitments that would change Beijing’s production incentives and shield American industry. The...
Fitch Lowers France’s Rating to A+ as Political Deadlock and Soaring Debt Undermine Confidence

Fitch Lowers France’s Rating to A+ as Political Deadlock and Soaring Debt Undermine Confidence

Fitch Ratings has cut France’s long-term sovereign credit rating to A+, the lowest grade assigned to the country by a major agency, citing political fragmentation and an unclear path to stabilising public debt. The downgrade intensifies pressure on Paris as policymakers scramble to craft a credible...
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