The Guardian view on the aid target: it’s the fraction that counts | Editorial

One of the real achievements of the coalition government was setting and reaching the target of spending 0.7% of GDP on development aid. UK aid spending has played a significant role in halving the number of people living in extreme poverty and delivering the great...

Commerce Secretary Ross: Demand for steel will jump if US gets into ‘major conflict’

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told CNBC on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s plans for defense spending will require increased American steel production, while he called other steel-producing countries more “protectionist” than the U.S....

Hedge fund assets reach new high of $3.1 trillion as positive returns trump outflows

Hedge fund assets hit a record at the end of the first quarter as positive returns overcame investor redemptions.”Hedge fund capital increased to an impressive third consecutive quarterly record, extending the recent growth trajectory and following the most...

Trump blasts Canada on trade, calls its actions a ‘disgrace’

President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized Canada for its trade policies, singling out multiple industries in that country and saying among other things that “what they have done to our dairy farmer workers is a disgrace.” Trump frequently singles out...