Feb 25, 2019

Janet Yellen says Trump doesn’t understand macroeconomic policy

The economy is doing well, says Janet Yellen, who departed the Federal Reserve last year after four years as chair. She's less confident in the president, who declined to appoint her for a second term. We talked with Yellen about Trump's relationship with the central bank, running the San Francisco Fed during the financial crisis and her current plans, which don't include retirement. Plus: What it's like to live on one side of the border and work on the other.

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Could shedding assets spell a breakthrough for troubled GE?

by Amy Scott

Feb 25, 2019

General Electric today announced the sale of its biopharmaceutical business for more than $21 billion dollars. The buyer is Danaher Corporation, which happens to have been previously run by GE chief executive Larry Kulp, who served as chief executive at Danaher between 2001 and 2015. The move is part of an ongoing restructuring aimed at […]

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Business on the Texas-Mexico border

Border life: An apartment in Mexico, a job in the U.S.

by Andy Uhler

Feb 25, 2019

From Tijuana to Matamoros, people work in the U.S. for higher wages but live in Mexico for cheaper rent.

It’s hard to know exactly how many people live in Mexico and work in the U.S. but thousands of people cross in both directions every day in Laredo, Texas.

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Young? Hip? Not in the 1 percent? Tell that to your luxury car.

by Jack Stewart

Feb 25, 2019

During last night’s Academy Awards broadcast, Mercedes-Benz launched the newest installment of commercials to promote its A series, a car model geared to younger buyers. The commercial targets hip, skeptical shoppers who associate Mercedes with an exclusive, out-of-reach and out-of-touch lifestyle. The ad is clever, with self-aware dialogue directed at Mercedes’ interface equivalent of Apple’s […]

A model poses next to a Mercedes-Benz New A Class at the Seoul Motor Show 2019 at KINTEX on March 28, 2019 in Goyang, South Korea.

(Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

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The economy is doing well, says Janet Yellen, who departed the Federal Reserve last year after four years as chair. She’s less confident in the president, who declined to appoint her for a second term. We talked with Yellen about Trump’s relationship with the central bank, running the San Francisco Fed during the financial crisis and her current plans, which don’t include retirement. Plus: What it’s like to live on one side of the border and work on the other.