As U.S. President Donald Trump ratcheted up his tariff war on the world, gold kept climbing in lockstep to reach a succession of record highs. The precious metal reached a fresh peak of $3,245.28 an ounce on April 11 and has climbed 28% since hitting a low of $2,536.71 on November 14, shortly after Trump’s
Roots Corp. ROOT-T reported a loss of $21.7-million in its fourth quarter as it took a large non-cash impairment charge. The retailer says the loss amounted to 54 cents per share for the quarter ended Feb. 1 as it recorded a $50-million impairment charge on intangible assets. The result compared with a profit of $14.6-million
U.S. bond firm PIMCO said on Tuesday that waning business and consumer confidence under President Donald Trump’s policies is eroding the edge U.S. capital markets held over the rest of the world, strengthening the case for investors to diversify globally. Trump is set to unveil “reciprocal tariffs,” aligning U.S. duties with those of other nations
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The Department of Education provides money to local school districts. It spends billions of dollars on special education. But more than anything else? It operates like a bank. More than 40 million Americans are
More than 600 positions have been eliminated from the Federal Student Aid office, internal documents show. Now, in many places, “no one is identifying schools that are failing financially.” WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has made it a top priority to dismantle and reorganize the federal Education Department. Simultaneously, he has promised time and again
ZIMDANCEHALL artiste Winky D’s two hard hitting songs Ibotso and Copyrights off his 2023 and 2015 albums respectively, are being studied at the University of Zimbabwe’s (UZ) Law Department, NewZimbabwe has learnt. Both songs, sent shockwaves in ruling Zanu PF circles when they were released, Ibotso being blacklisted on state controlled radio and television stations.
A day after White House officials said the Education Department would administer the student loan program, President Donald Trump announced that the Small Business Administration would be taking over the $1.7 trillion portfolio. He told White House reporters that the move would happen “immediately,” though he didn’t say how that process would work. Currently, federal law
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will argue the “world is changing” – and Labour needs to move quickly to ensure the safety of the country as well as the economy The Chancellor will give her Spring Statement speech on Wednesday(Image: PA) Rachel Reeves will argue boosting defence spending in this week’s Spring Statement will not only keep
Mixed reactions to Trump’s order to dismantle Education Department Residents in Columbia, Missouri, and New York City reacted to President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at dissolving the Education Department. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a long-anticipated executive order seeking to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, which he said was “45 years in
Is this the end of the Department of Education? Recent moves by the Trump administration effectively signal his fulfillment of a campaign promise to end ED. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday afternoon aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. According to the order, the department aims to “return