Economic momentum across Europe is showing signs of faltering as the full impact of U.S. tariffs begins to reverberate through trade networks and political instability in France continues to unsettle markets. While some regions of the eurozone have maintained modest growth, mounting pressures...

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 —...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....