• Commerce Dept. backs down on threat to shut down TikTok in US

    Commerce Dept. backs down on threat to shut down TikTok in US

    The Commerce Department has decided not to enforce an order that would have shut down the popular short-video app in the US amid a court battle.
  • China demands US withdraw sanctions against blacklisted firms

    China demands US withdraw sanctions against blacklisted firms

    China urged US officials Monday to undo new sanctions against nearly three dozen companies amid growing tensions between the two nations. The demand came three days after the US Department of Commerce blacklisted more than 30 Chinese firms and government enterprises with alleged links to China’s military activities and human-rights abuses. Washington “violated the basic …
  • March jobs numbers even sadder than the official report sounds

    March jobs numbers even sadder than the official report sounds

    Pan-dammit, the employment numbers for March were truly shocking! That doesn’t understate what can be said about the employment report for last month that was released by the Labor Department Friday morning. It was so shocking, in fact, that it’ll make the experts reconsider how bad the job numbers are going to get in the …