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Rush orders, cut costs, crossed fingers: How small businesses are preparing for tariffs

Small businesses are already making moves to avoid expected cost increases — or weighing whether to take a financial hit or pass it on to customers.

Why mortgage costs are rising despite interest rate cut

Lenders have been raising the cost of fixed-rate deals creating a headache for buyers and those remortgaging.

VW boss Blume says company's cost-cutting goals are set

World - Yahoo News - November 3

BT says UK Budget will lift costs by £100mn as it lowers revenue guidance

Chief executive Allison Kirkby calls increase a ‘new inflationary pressure that we need to suffer in our business’

World - Financial Times - November 7

Rivian Reassures Investors With Cost Cuts, Green Credit Sales

Despite weak EV demand, the truck maker said it’s on track to make a gross profit in the last three months of the year.

Business - Inc. - November 8

Deutsche’s private bank fires over 100 bankers in cost-cutting drive

Frankfurt-headquartered lender has imposed demanding targets on underperforming unit

Business - Financial Times - November 11

23andMe to slash 40% of its workforce, end therapeutics program to cut costs

DNA-testing company 23andMe Holding Co. will slash its workforce by about 40% and discontinue its therapeutics program as part of a restructuring effort to cut costs, the company said Monday.

Business - MarketWatch - November 12

Chris Wallace exits CNN as post-election cost-cutting begins

Wallace moved from Fox News to CNN in late 2021 to be a host on its short-lived streaming service. He hosts "Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?"

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 12

Continental Posts Higher Profit as Cost Cuts Offset Sales Pressure

The auto supplier reported improved quarterly earnings as cost cuts and strong results at its key divisions mitigated revenue pressures and weakness at its ContiTech unit.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 11

Companies rush to US bond market as Trump rally cuts borrowing costs

Borrowers ‘strike while the iron’s hot’ to raise more than $50bn this week

Business - Financial Times - November 15

GM lays off 1,000 employees amid reorganization, cost-cutting

The layoffs, which were announced Friday morning via email to those impacted, were across the business.

Business - CNBC - November 15

GM lays off 1,000 employees amid reorganization and cost-cutting

General Motors laid off roughly 1,000 employees on Friday as the automaker attempts to cut costs and realign priorities amid changing market conditions, according to a person familiar with the ...

How Elon Musk Cuts Costs at Tesla, SpaceX and X

Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. ...

Business - The New York Times - November 16

Ford to Cut 4,000 Jobs in Europe in Cost-Saving Drive

Ford became the latest carmaker to seek deep cost savings as it grapples with timid demand for electric vehicles and rising competition.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 20

German automaker Mercedes-Benz plans substantial cost cuts

World - Yahoo News - November 21

Republicans Ponder: What if the Trump Tax Cuts Cost Nothing?

Some in the party are considering alternative ways of assessing the federal budget as they prepare to extend temporary tax cuts passed in 2017.

Business - The New York Times - November 23

BYD and Rivals in China Tell Suppliers to Cut Costs Amid Price War

China’s electric vehicle market is the world’s largest — and its most cutthroat, with dozens of brands jostling for position.

Business - The New York Times - 3 days ago

Hugging Face’s SmolVLM could cut AI costs for businesses by a huge margin

Hugging Face launches SmolVLM, a compact and efficient vision-language AI model, offering businesses a cost-effective solution for advanced AI implementation without sacrificing performance.

Tech - VentureBeat - 3 days ago

BYD and Rivals in China Tell Suppliers to Cut Costs Amid Price War

China’s electric vehicle market is the world’s largest — and its most cutthroat, with dozens of brands jostling for position.

Business - The New York Times - 3 days ago

Hugging Face’s SmolVLM could cut AI costs for businesses by a huge margin

Hugging Face launches SmolVLM, a compact and efficient vision-language AI model, offering businesses a cost-effective solution for advanced AI implementation without sacrificing performance.

Tech - VentureBeat - 3 days ago

Google employees pressure costumed execs at all-hands meeting for clarity on cost cuts

Following comments on Google's earnings call about continuing cuts, employees wanted answers at the company's latest all-hands meeting.

Business - CNBC - November 1

Moderna posts surprise profit as Covid vaccine sales impress, cost cuts take hold

Moderna said its newest Covid vaccine saw benefits after winning approval in the U.S. three weeks earlier than the last iteration of the shot did in 2023.

Business - CNBC - November 7

Trump’s plan to cut taxes on Social Security benefits may cost beneficiaries more in the long run

The president-elect’s plan may do more harm than good, experts said.

Business - MarketWatch - November 8

How much would a $10,000 home equity loan cost monthly now that rates are cut?

Home equity loan interest rates are on the decline. Here's how much a $10,000 loan costs per month right now.

Barcelona mayor defends ban on tourist flats saying ‘drastic’ action needed to cut housing costs

Jaume Collboni determined to follow through with plan that he says will return 10,000 properties to city’s residents. The decision made headlines around the world, sparking surprise and threats of ...

World - The Guardian - November 19

DOGE Taps Tech Heavyweights Travis Kalanick and Marc Andreessen to Spearhead Federal Cost-Cutting Program

The Department of Government Efficiency is recruiting entrepreneurs to begin attempting to slash government spending.

Business - Inc. - 5 days ago

Republicans gear up for the coming battle over $5 trillion tax cut's costs

Republicans are united on extending the 2017 tax cuts, but at odds on how to offset the cost.

Business - CNBC - 5 days ago

Manchester United spent £8.6m sacking staff in Jim Ratcliffe cost-cutting drive

Club made 250 members of staff redundant in summer Total debt rises to £714m after £200m transfer spend Manchester United spent £8.6m on redundancies in the first quarter of its financial year ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Path Of Exile 2 Cross-Play And Cross-Save Explained

Path of Exile 2 is the follow-up to the highly successful RPG of the same name that was released in 2013. With the original being released over a decade ago, it's no surprise that it's still ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 19