With ongoing trade war, Newfoundland fashion designer takes rain check on U.S. expansion
Tariffs are pouring down on one Newfoundland-based raincoat company's plans to break into the United States market. Instead, the owner is focusing on a new market across the Atlantic Ocean.
#trade #fashion #business #market #Newfoundland #UnitedStates
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/raincoats-tariffs-newfoundland-mernini-1.7509195?cmp=rss
Australian owner of Toronto café chain fighting Ottawa to save $8K of Vegemite
Canada’s food inspection agency is ordering the Australian staple be removed from the shelves of a Toronto café chain. The owner says that could cost him thousands in product, and many of his Australian expat customers are rallying around him.
#food #politics #business #Toronto #Ottawa #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/australian-canadian-cafe-owner-ordered-remove-vegemite-1.7508893?cmp=rss
The article points out that UBI will boost local economies because low-income households will spend additional income immediately, stimulating demand, but I think there's another very significant boost: freeing potential entrepreneurs to risk start-up.
I worked in business development for many years, and it was clear that many people with great ideas and abilities - including people disabled in other ways - just couldn't take the risk of losing their current income. Not only is this a huge loss for local economic development - it is unjust and inequitable, because of course the already wealthy are not held back by the risks.
Rising Canada recession risk to trigger at least 2 more rate cuts this year, economists predict
Growing recession risks to Canada from the U.S.-led trade war will push the Bank of Canada to cut interest rates at least twice more this year, although a majority of economists said policymakers will leave them unchanged on Wednesday.
#economics #trade #Canada #US #News #Business
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-recession-risk-1.7509434?cmp=rss
Garbage bag giant fined $8.25m for falsely claiming products were recycled plastic
> Clorox, the company behind GLAD garbage bags, advertised them as made from 50% recycled plastic from the ocean
Just published a new business blog post about my approach to side projects, including why I think it's better to be late to market instead of first. Side projects have to be / have:
Something I will use
Minimal ongoing costs
Competition
You're in Charge
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/youre-in-charge/
Hmmm.... Simon Jack of the BBC offers a (relatively) comprehensive overview of Daniel Kretinsky's take over of the Royal Mail.... but misses what many suspect to be a key underlying logic; a property play on the land & facilities that the RM owns right in the centre of many towns & cities.
But other than that (perhaps quite serious omission) not a bad overview of what's happening with the purchase...
For more than a century, my field has studied how leaders achieve great things. The evidence is clear: Leadership by intimidation and insult is a bad strategy. Belittling people doesn’t boost their productivity; it diminishes it.
#leadership #ElonMusk #authoritarianism #fascism #management #strategy #WeakMen #Republicans #business
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/opinion/elon-musk-leadership-business-education.html
The Egoyah
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-egoyah/
China has put civilian government officials on a "wartime footing” and ordered a diplomatic charm offensive aimed at encouraging other countries to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/14/economy/china-trump-never-yield-tariff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #uschinarelations #us #china #tariffs #trade #tradewar #xijinping #donaldtrump
China has suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets, threatening to choke off supplies of components central to automakers, semiconductor companies and military contractors worldwide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/14/economy/china-rare-earth-minerals-halt-exports/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #us #donaldtrump #rareearths #trade #tradewar #tariffs #uschinarelations
Market Your Clinic
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/market-your-clinic/
Farms Advice Podcast
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/farms-advice-agribusiness-podcast/
‘no filter’ by sarah frier is about the origin and rise of instagram empasizes corporate culture, and how that culture directly shapes the product — and ultimately, the user’s experience on the platform.
i only regret not reading it sooner.
five years is an eternity in social media time, and while it’s aged well, it would’ve been even more insightful back when it first came out.
full review: https://idealistatheart.com/no-filter-by-sarah-frier/
#Trump - another retreat
"Trump's iPhone olive branch is a significant trade war retreat"
#USA #News #Fascism #Economy #GDP #Oligarchy #Tariffs #Business #Constitution #NATO #China #Technology #Threats #Plutocracy #Tariffs #History
https://www.europesays.com/uk/15765/ Employment: Ludington Beach Patrol | OceanaCountyPress.com #Badger #Business #Custer #Fountain #FreeSoil #information #jobs #LakeMichigan #Ludington #LudingtonDailyNews #LudingtonStatePark #MasonCounty #MasonCountyCentral #MasonCountyEastern #News #Photography #press #Scottville #SSBadger #UK #UnitedKingdom #Walhalla #WestShoreCommunityCollege #WKLA #WMOM
Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20xn626y81o
Can someone please tell him, "that is not going to be enough, jackass!"
#Trump #DonaldTrump #Tariffs #Tade #Business #Economy
Founders Before 9am
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/founders-before-9am/
President Donald Trump insisted Friday that his tariff policy was "doing really well" despite China hiking levies on U.S. goods to 125% in the spiraling trade war between the world's two biggest economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/12/economy/trump-defends-china-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #china #donaldtrump #trade #tradewar #tariffs #stocks #globaleconomy
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