James Thomson

1 week ago | afr.com | James Thomson

Global markets are putting a hell of a lot of faith in the TACO (Trump always chickens out) trade. Their faith might be about to be tested. Wall Street ended Friday night’s session marginally down, having essentially treaded water for a week as the world waits to see where the conflict in Iran goes next. Loading...

1 week ago | afr.com | James Thomson

With the eyes of the world rightly trained on Iran, Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy’s warning to his employees about artificial intelligence’s threat to their jobs feels like a bit of a sideshow. But in the long run, Jassy’s gloomy prediction may turn out to be a deeply consequential moment for many Australians. Jassy’s warning that Amazon will end up with a smaller workforce because of AI isn’t necessarily new.

1 week ago | afr.com | James Thomson

Maile Carnegie knew her number was up before ANZ’s new chief executive, Nuno Matos, officially replaced Shayne Elliott on May 12. Having been passed over for the top job, it didn’t take Carnegie, head of ANZ’s Australian retail business, too long to figure out that Matos was likely to bring in his own people. Loading...

1 week ago | afr.com | James Thomson

The most important thing anyone said about the Federal Reserve and the path of interest rates came hours before Fed chairman Jerome Powell even announced his latest decision. “We have a stupid person, frankly, at the Fed,” US President Donald Trump said during a press conference on Wednesday night. “He probably won’t cut today. Maybe I should go to the Fed. Am I allowed to appoint myself at the Fed?”Loading... Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.

1 week ago | spectator.sme.sk | James Thomson

Is there a single country that has done more to help Slovakia in recent generations than Germany? Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video advertisement In the 20th century, the United States helped nurture Slovaks’ earliest experience of statehood with the Czechs. Canada and the USA offered refuge, and a shot at prosperity, for waves of emigrants from the “hungry valleys” of central and eastern Slovakia, and later for those fleeing communist oppression.