Not all are interchangeable investments

Reuben Gregg Brewer  |  The Motley Fool Reaction from around the world as steel tariffs double “Strongly regret,” and “unfair” were some of the reactions from trade partners around the world as the U.S. doubles tariffs on steel imports. Nucor (NYSE: NUE) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD) have a lot of similarities, which makes sense,…

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Can an employee be fired without explanation?

Johnny C. Taylor Jr.  |  Special to USA TODAY Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your human resources questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world’s largest HR professional society and author of “Reset: A Leader’s Guide to Work in an Age of Upheaval.” Have a…

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12 thoughts about that Doctor Who finale

Spoilers for “The Reality War.” The BBC and Disney chose not to share screeners ahead of “The Reality War” to preserve its numerous twists. There isn’t time to review it in the usual style, but I felt I’d be remiss not to cap off this run of reviews by talking about the finale. And it’s…

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Trump tariffs make US manufacturers grate, not greater

One of the key promises behind President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy was to revive U.S. manufacturing. But the policies intended to lay that foundation are currently having the opposite effect. During the past three months, as President Donald Trump and his administration have worked to finalize tariff rates across dozens of countries and product categories,…

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