After hitting a high of $440 billion in 2015, according to the US Commerce Department, foreign investment in the US has been on a sharp downward slide. Former President Donald Trump's go-it-alone trade policies hurt foreign investment -- particularly from China, which represented the sharpest drop in US investment over the past several years. Growing economic uncertainty around the globe also contributed to the decline. … [Read more...] about Foreign companies are giving up on the United States and betting big on China, report says
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Hands Still Tied? UK Companies Unable to Get Covid Cash Due to EU State Aid Rules
“[S]imply giving a loan or underwriting things, we cannot do… our hands are tied,” said the Tory politician — who would later become a fanatical anti-Brexiteer, allying with EU loyalists in the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties to form the new Change UK (CUK) in an effort to overturn the 2016 referendum. … [Read more...] about Hands Still Tied? UK Companies Unable to Get Covid Cash Due to EU State Aid Rules
CEOs stepped up during the Trump era. They’re not off the hook
Watch this space: Normally, the role of corporations in society would be discussed over the next week in the Swiss Alps as executives gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos. This year, unsurprisingly, the January edition of WEF is an all-digital affair, though the group hopes to hold an in-person event in Singapore in the summer. … [Read more...] about CEOs stepped up during the Trump era. They’re not off the hook
SF meal-delivery pioneers setting a bigger table
That means ordering far in advance, and sometimes finding new vendors to meet growing demand. This begs the question of sustainability: Munchery, for example, started out procuring only Mary’s free-range chickens, but it has had to add more chicken vendors to meet the numbers. … [Read more...] about SF meal-delivery pioneers setting a bigger table
Believe it or not, bitcoin has become a good long-term investment
To hedge against this type of volatility, many investors are scooping up bitcoin, which, because of its very nature, is impervious to inflation. There can ever only be 21 million bitcoins in existence, due to a stipulation in its source code. By the law of supply and demand, that makes bitcoin a limited — and in-demand — asset. … [Read more...] about Believe it or not, bitcoin has become a good long-term investment