Natasha Solo-Lyons

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Natasha Solo-Lyons

Donald Trump has been making a habit of invoking emergency powers to provide legal justification for unprecedented actions, ranging from launching a global trade war without the assent of Congress to using a two century-old wartime law to deprive undocumented immigrants of due process in an effort to deport them. In both cases, legal experts said there was no suitable emergency in the first place, and that the actions violated the letter of the laws being cited.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Natasha Solo-Lyons

US hiring decelerated to its slowest pace in two years as sectors including business services, education and health shed jobs. Private-sector payrolls increased by only 37,000 last month, according to ADP Research, lower than all estimates in a Bloomberg survey of economists. That marked the second month in a row when the figures from ADP were well below expectations.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Natasha Solo-Lyons

Xi Jinping’s decision to stand his ground against Donald Trump paid dividends to the Chinese leader Monday. After two days of high-stakes talks in Switzerland, trade negotiators from the world’s biggest economies announced a massive if temporary de-escalation of tariffs, with the US slashing duties on Chinese products to 30% from 145% and Beijing dropping its levy on most goods to 10%.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Natasha Solo-Lyons

Ford Motor Co. became the latest big name to warn that President Donald Trump’s trade war is about to do significant damage at home. The iconic US company said it suspended its full-year financial guidance, pinning the blame in part on auto tariffs. Ford said it expects Trump’s levies to reduce 2025 adjusted earnings before interest and taxes by about $1.5 billion on a net basis this year.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Natasha Solo-Lyons

9 hours agoTarget makes bold move and customers are furiousTarget is making a change and shoppers aren’t happy about it. At first, many shoppers thought it was just their store. Self-checkout stations were …6 hours agoAnalysis | Trump is making foreign liberals, free trade and immigrants great againThe thermostatic Trump effect is back in a big way as Americans move against Trumpism on several fronts.