Wall Street Journal

China Is Propping Up the World Economy by Importing a Lot Less Oil

A sharp fall in China’s crude oil imports during the Iran war has been instrumental in holding down oil prices and keeping the global economy humming. Clues are emerging in the mystery of the missing ...
moneycontrol.com

India’s gold duty trap: Why smuggling is coming back after a 15% tax hike

Gold smuggling fell sharply after India cut import duty in 2024. With duties back at 15%, Reuters reports dealers now expect illegal imports to cross 100 tonnes this year. Gold smuggling may exceed ...
NDTV

Fed Up With High Prices, Americans Are Importing Homes Directly From China

Importing is attractive, and Chinese sellers know US people want it. A growing number of Americans are turning to Chinese suppliers to cut the cost of building and renovating their homes, bypassing ...
CNN

Tired of high costs, some Americans are importing homes straight from China

Gennadiy Tsygan knows how expensive it is to build a home in the United States. That’s why he imported almost everything for his dream house from China. Most of his home fixtures were imported ...
Austin American-Statesman

When are taxes due? What to know about the last day to file, refunds and IRS timing

Taxes are due Wednesday and millions of Americans are racing to file before the deadline. More than 90% of taxpayers are expected to file electronically, according to the Tax Policy Center, while the ...
InfoQ

Anthropic Accidentally Exposes Claude Code Source via npm Source Map File

Security researcher Chaofan Shou discovered on March 31 that Anthropic's Claude Code CLI tool had its full TypeScript source code sitting in plain sight on the public ...
The Motley Fool

Pharmaceutical tariffs: Which countries does the U.S. import the most from?

U.S. had a $112 billion pharmaceutical trade deficit in 2025, priming tariff responses. Trump administration imposed up to 100% tariffs on certain drug imports. Major pharma like Merck and Eli Lilly ...
Scientific American

We thought we knew the shape of the universe. We were wrong

Cosmologists have an embarrassing problem: we don’t know what shape the universe is. The cosmos has three possible geometries—positively curved like a sphere, flat like an infinite plane or negatively ...
Reuters

US import prices post biggest increase in four years amid broad rise in goods

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. import prices increased by the most in four years in February as energy costs surged in anticipation of conflict in the Middle East, adding to signs that ...
The Motley Fool

Copper Tariffs: Which Countries Does the United States Import the Most From?

Upcoming 50% tariffs on semi-finished and derivative copper products start August 1. Chile, Canada, and Mexico are top U.S. copper sources, potentially impacting tariffs' effects. Copper import ...
The White House

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes a Temporary Import Duty to Address Fundamental International Payment Problems

PROTECTING THE U.S. ECONOMY AND NATIONAL INTERESTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation imposing a temporary import duty to address fundamental international payments problems and ...