Jo Ling Kent

Los Angeles

Senior Business and Tech Correspondent at CBS News

Senior Business & Tech Correspondent at @CBSNews

Articles

Popular baby products company Munchkin hard-hit by tariff hike on steel, aluminum

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Jo Ling Kent

Los Angeles — At the Los Angeles headquarters of Munchkin, one of the most innovative baby brands in the country, the White House's steel and aluminum tariffs are impacting several of the company's products. "No one thinks about a baby spoon as a steel product," Steven Dunn, Munchkin's CEO and founder, told CBS News. President Trump last week announced that tariffs on steel and aluminum would double from 25% to 50%, a move that took effect Wednesday. "Tariffs should be strategic, Dunn said.
Small business owners on damage from Trump's tariffs

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Jo Ling Kent

Beth Benike is a mom, a veteran, and a small business owner – and she's sounding the alarm. "I've been telling all of my friends and family that anything you want for Christmas, to get it right now, especially if you're buying for children.
Small business owners on damage from Trump's tariffs

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jo Ling Kent

Beth Benike is a mom, a veteran, and a small business owner – and she's sounding the alarm. "I've been telling all of my friends and family that anything you want for Christmas, to get it right now, especially if you're buying for children.
Trump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report says

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Madeleine May |Jo Ling Kent

What to know about Trump-linked crypto firm President Trump's venture into crypto products has increased his family's wealth by billions in the last six months, according to a new report, as his administration continues to loosen the federal government's regulatory approach to the digital currency industry as a whole.
Trump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report says

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Madeleine May |Jo Ling Kent

1 day agoThe House Oversight Committee went hard after Biden but ignores mounting evidence of Trump’s profiteering. One of the more striking aspects of Elon Musk’s rampage through the federal government has been that it is, at least in theory, redundant. There already exist congressional bodies and powers …
Gosport Somerset Court fire residents left in limbo two years on

1 month ago | bbc.com | Jo Ling Kent

Residents still in limbo two years after flats blazeJo KentBBCEmma and her four children have moved eight times in two years and are currently being housed in a caravanResidents who had to move out of their homes after a devastating fire at a block of flats are still in temporary accommodation two years on.
Florida stationery business owner sues Trump administration over tariffs: "We can't survive the short-term pain"

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Jo Ling Kent

Small business owner sues Trump over tariffs Pensacola, Florida — Emily Ley has spent the last 17 years building Simplified, her small stationery business based in Pensacola, Florida. The company produces its planners in China, but for American shoppers. "I would love to make them here, but the U.S. simply doesn't have the infrastructure or the supply chain to do it," Ley told CBS News. That stationery is now subject to the recent slew of sky-high tariffs.
Titchfield BBC award winner keeps people dancing for 40 years

Mar 27, 2025 | bbc.com | Jo Ling Kent

Award winner Pauline keeps people dancingJo KentBBCPauline Steel has raised more than £90,000 running her weekly tea dancesAs a dozen couples twirl on to the floor Pauline Steels tells them: "The next dance is the Tina Tango."Pauline may look an unlikely DJ, but she has been running weekly tea dances like this one at the Titchfield Community Centre in Hampshire, for 40 years.
BBC award winning Reading cafe brings community together

Mar 24, 2025 | bbc.com | Jo Ling Kent

Award winning cafe brings community togetherBBCIt was Tutu Melaku's dream that her cafe would bring the community togetherIt is a Wednesday morning and Tutu's Ethopian Table in Reading's Palmer Park is busy. The coffee machine is in constant use, a home-learning session is taking place in the quietest corner and the other tables are full of chatter from the various groups which occupy them. There are now 16 groups that call the cafe home.
BBC award winning chickpea project promotes British values

Mar 17, 2025 | bbc.com | Jo Ling Kent

Award-winning 'Chickpea' project teaches British valuesBBCMahmut Gunaydin devised the Life of a Chickpea project, which won him a BBC Make a Difference award"Imagine you are a chickpea," says the speaker. A hall full of children at John Henry Newman primary school in Oxford are eagerly listening. "Would you rather be in a soup, a salad, or a Noah's pudding?"This is not a cookery lesson, but a scheme which teaches children about the values of equality, diversity and inclusion.