Karoline Leonard
Tech Reporter at Austin American-Statesman
tech reporter @statesman | @oudaily alum | past: @business_den @djnf @tulsaworld | tips: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Karoline Leonard
Tesla has had a rough 2025, so far, and a report from The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday suggested the company's board may be looking to replace CEO Elon Musk. Tesla's profit plummeted by 71% during the first three months of 2025. This decline was attributed to several factors, including a lack of new models, intense competition from Chinese carmakers, delayed product rollouts, and Musk's controversial support of conservative causes.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Karoline Leonard
Reading the news as President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on countries and territories worldwide, Janelle Mais had an idea. Trump announced tariffs on April 2, or as he coined it, "Liberation Day," in an attempt to erase trade deficits between the U.S. and other countries. Naming 180 countries and regions, he included some regions and islands that are predominately uninhabited or have little to no exports.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Karoline Leonard
Texas has one of the largest economies in the world, but it has been, and will continue to be, significantly impacted by President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports. New data from stock researcher InvestorsObserver have ranked Texas as the third state most exposed to import tariffs on Chinese goods. Texas imported $35.73 billion worth of goods from China in 2024, accounting for approximately 9% of its total imports and 15% of its gross domestic product.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Karoline Leonard
Texas is still the top state for business, at least to some of the nation's CEOs.Chief Executive magazine has ranked Texas as the best state for business for the 21st year in a row. The ranking is determined from an annual survey of the nation's leading CEOs. Florida and Tennessee followed Texas respectively, with California ranking last. “Texas is where entrepreneurs can cast a vision and know they can achieve it," Gov. Greg Abbott said in a Monday announcement.
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2 weeks ago |
statesman.com | Karoline Leonard
An online task-driven community marketplace plans to offer grants to local Austin businesses. Tim Fung, who founded Airtasker in 2011, said Airtasker is a place for individuals and small businesses alike who just need help sometimes. "There's so many jobs that turn up on Airtasker that are actually in a small business context," Fung said.
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