There’s never a good time to lay off U.S. factory workers while adding jobs in Mexico or other foreign countries. But Moline-based Deere, the top farm equipment maker in the U.S., is discovering that doing so during a presidential election […]
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Frrrommmm Chicago! News last week of Derrick Rose’s retirement from the National Basketball Association brought many Chicagoans back to those exciting years beginning in 2008 when the Bulls improbably won the right to take hometown star Rose from the first
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “A fresh start.” That is how the leftist outsider candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, touted his against-the-odds victory in Sri Lanka’s
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A hastily convened, joint press conference with several Chinese economic officials on Tuesday unveiled a raft of stimulus measures designed
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America’s most famously boring profession is in trouble, and that’s bad news for Chicago. The city is a hotbed of professional services, including lawyers, consultants and the now-endangered species of certified public accountants. CPAs are essential for financial reporting, advanced tax
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For Sander Thoenes, Indonesia was a dream posting. After reporting from Moscow in the early 1990s, the young Dutch reporter
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Unicredit’s announcement last week that it had built up a 9 per cent stake in Commerzbank sparked a rare giddiness
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Anyone glancing at the headlines might think the electric vehicle market is doomed: Mainstream shoppers are skeptical, old-fashioned gas guzzlers are making the profits, and ex-President Donald Trump has vowed to target the Democrats’ pro-EV policies if he wins on
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In times of uncertainty, central bankers have often invoked the “Brainard conservatism principle”. Coined by economist William Brainard in 1967,
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It seems all but assured that the Chicago White Sox will end their 2024 campaign as the worst team in Major League Baseball history in terms of won-loss record. With a 33-114 record as of Friday before preparing to “battle”
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