Bloomberg Deere & Co., the world’s largest maker of agricultural equipment, is concerned that rising trade tensions between the US and other countries could affect sales of its signature green-and-yellow tractors and combines. While US tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum will have a financial impact on the company, Deere is “much more worried” about possible trade retaliation targeting ...

As US President Donald Trump prepares a wide-ranging package of tariffs and investment restrictions targeted at China, a trade war between the world’s two most important economies looks unavoidable. On the face of it, the US might seem to have the leverage it needs to win. Since it runs a huge trade deficit with China, the Chinese have a lot ...

Facebook Inc. is on a merry-go-round of crises, and it can’t get off. The question now is whether the latest episode in Facebook’s post-2016 period of reckoning will permanently mar its reputation, impair its business prospects and result in onerous regulatory handcuffs. Investors appear to have decided the answer is yes. In a day-and-a-half of stock market trading, Facebook has ...