‘Buy Rosetta Stone & learn Russian’: John Kerry bashes Trump at Harvard commencement

Former Secretary of State John Kerry took some light-hearted and more serious jabs at President Donald Trump during a commencement address at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, including allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Kerry returned to Massachusetts, the state he represented in the US Senate for 28 years, to address graduates […]

The Many Ways ‘Buy American’ Can Harm the Economy

On Tuesday, at the Snap-on tool company in Kenosha, Wisconsin, President Trump stood before an American flag rendered in wrenches and signed a new executive order based on his campaign and inauguration-speech pledge to “buy American and hire American.” The signing ceremony followed a speech about the importance of American manufacturing in which Trump hit […]

Trump pledged to ‘buy American and hire American,’ but may be hiring foreign companies to build his border wall

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik In one of his first tweets as president, here’s how Donald Trump promised to spend taxpayer dollars: “We will follow two simple rules: BUY AMERICAN & HIRE AMERICAN!” he tweeted 55 minutes after taking the oath of office on Inauguration Day. In the first big test of that pledge, here’s the reality: […]

Snap shares surge as banks give flurry of ‘buy’ ratings

(Reuters) – Shares of Snap jumped nearly 5 percent on Monday after several of the Snapchat owner’s IPO underwriters handed it badly needed “buy” ratings. Snap’s listing on March 1 was the largest by a technology firm in three years but trading has been volatile, with many investors critical of decelerating user growth. Snap has warned […]

Trump’s pledge to ‘buy American’ is nothing new

Getty In his inaugural address on January 20, President Donald Trump highlighted the goal to “buy American” as one of the central tenets of his administration.   “Buy American” is not a new idea, however. It’s one with a long history involving global conflicts and several different industries. The good news for Trump: historically these […]

30% of US buyers consider electric cars; only 3% buy. Can this change?

(credit: David Megginson) A recent report from consulting firm McKinsey & Company took a hard look at the electric vehicle (EV) market and found that there are some considerable—but not insurmountable—roadblocks to its success. The problem is summed up in one notable statistic from the report: in the US, 30 percent of the vehicle buyers […]

Hervé Pierre: French-Born Designer Of Melania Trump’s Dress Gets ‘Buy American’ Backlash [Photos]

First lady Melania Trump’s dress designer has been revealed: Hervé Pierre. According to the New York Times and INYT fashion director/critic Vanessa Friedman, Melania’s dress represented not only the work of Hervé Pierre alone — but he received input from his co-creator, Mrs. Trump herself. Hervé is the former creative director of Carolina Herrera, having […]