Tears, Tension, and Truth: The Real Democratic Response to Trump’s Big Speech

Tears, Tension, and Truth: The Real Democratic Response to Trump’s Big Speech

President Donald J. Trump delivered the longest address to a joint session of Congress last night, which was riddled with partisanship, thanks to the Democrats’ puerile antics. There were more than a dozen things that should have elicited bipartisan clapping. The kid battling cancer wants to be a cop, only to be granted honorary status in…

Will You Pay the Price? Exposing the Truth Behind Trump’s $300 Billion Tax Shock

Will You Pay the Price? Exposing the Truth Behind Trump’s $300 Billion Tax Shock

Former President Donald Trump’s proposed 10 percent tariffTariffs are taxes imposed by one country on goods imported from another country. Tariffs are trade barriers that raise prices, reduce available quantities of goods and services for US businesses and consumers, and create an economic burden on foreign exporters. would raise taxes on American consumers by more…

Did Trump Really Floats Replacing Income Tax with Tariffs?

Did Trump Really Floats Replacing Income Tax with Tariffs?

Last week, former President Trump took his affinity for tariffs much further, floating the possibility of entirely replacing the federal income tax with new tariffs. He also raised other ideas like eliminating taxes on tipped income and lowering the corporate taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments…

Brace for Impact: Trump’s 104% Tariff Hike on China, Is Your Business at Risk?

Brace for Impact: Trump’s 104% Tariff Hike on China, Is Your Business at Risk?

New York/Hong Kong CNN  —  President Donald Trump is set to impose an astounding 104% in levies across all Chinese imports on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday. This comes on top of Chinese tariffs that were in place prior to Trump’s second term. China was already set to see tariffs…

Trump’s Reciprocal Tariff Calculations Are Nonsense, Will Punish Mutually Beneficial

Trump’s Reciprocal Tariff Calculations Are Nonsense, Will Punish Mutually Beneficial

Yesterday, the Trump administration announced a series of tariffs it characterized as “reciprocal,” ranging from 10 percent to 50 percent and calculated for every country on Earth. The country-specific rates were made public at the press conference announcing the tariffs, as well as on White House social media. However, despite the characterization of the tariffs…

Trump Has Some Thoughts About Cruel Remarks From Rachel Maddow

Trump Has Some Thoughts About Cruel Remarks From Rachel Maddow

As Matt covered not long after President Donald Trump’s remarks before a joint session of Congress, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Nicolle Wallace had arguably the worst reaction, as they politicized the president honoring of DJ Daniel, a 13-year-old with brain cancer who was made an honorary member of the Secret Service. Advertisement Wallace’s remarks were…

How HKEX Enhances Stock Settlement? Fee Structure for Securities Market

How HKEX Enhances Stock Settlement? Fee Structure for Securities Market

Fee structure enhancement to align with the notional value traded, taking effect in June 2025 Minimum and maximum components of the stock settlement fee will be removed, with a new ad valorem rate at 0.42 bps (0.0042%) for each trade Eligible market making trades for Exchange Traded Products (ETP) will be charged at 0.20 bps…

HKEX Adds Stock Exchange of Thailand as Recognized Stock Exchange

HKEX Adds Stock Exchange of Thailand as Recognized Stock Exchange

Recognised Stock Exchange status enables public limited companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to apply for a secondary listing in Hong Kong SET joins 19 other exchanges from around the world already accepted as RSEs   The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges…