David Fox

1 week ago | farmlandgrab.org | Sarah Holder |David Fox

Bloomberg | 16 April 2025The abuse allegations at rubber plantations supplying top tiremakersBy Sarah Holder and David FoxFor years, a rubber and palm oil company that supplies some of the world’s top tiremakers has been dogged by allegations of sexual coercion at its plantations. Socfin — short for Société Financière des Caoutchoucs — says it has taken steps to improve matters, but an exclusive Bloomberg report shows those claims remain widespread.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Sarah Holder |David Fox

Latex drips into buckets attached to rubber trees at the Salala Rubber Corp. plantation in Liberia, in November 2024. (Bloomberg) -- Sarah Holder: Last year, Bloomberg's Sheridan Prasso went to visit one of the biggest rubber plantations in Liberia. Sheridan Prasso: It is a very large plantation. The total area is double the size of Chicago. It's just rows and rows, hundreds of rows, of green. Rubber trees after rubber trees, all in rows, all very symmetrical.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Sarah Holder |David Fox

Traders work on the floor of the American Stock Exchange at the New York Stock Exchange on April 10. (Bloomberg) -- It’s been a bewildering time for retail investors trying to make sense of global markets. In the week since President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs, markets have plunged, rebounded — and now, they’re sliding again. Meanwhile, the trade war between the US and China continues. Both announced severe new tariffs this week.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | David Gura |David Fox

9 hours agoAn Australian couple said they were forced to sit next to the woman’s body after she died about 10 hours into their 14-hour flight from Melbourne to Doha. Qatar Airways said Friday that an internal review found its cabin crew had “acted quickly, appropriately and professionally” in its handling of a …

2 months ago | financialpost.com | Saleha Mohsin |David Fox

Saleha Mohsin: 17 days into the Trump presidency and just nine days after his swearing in, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sat down with me inside the historic Cash Room at the US Treasury Department. Kailey Leinz: I’ll turn it over to my colleague, Saleha Mohsin, who is live at the Treasury Department with the new secretary, Scott Bessent, Saleha. Mohsin: Thank you, Kailey. I’m here with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington.