The US will impose tariffs of 25 per cent on imports of foreign-made autos and Piyush Gupta will step down after 16 years as chief executive at Singapore’s DBS bank. UK inflation unexpectedly fell to 2.8 per cent in February, and Rolls-Royce has seen its share price skyrocket since 2023, in large part due to chief executive Tufan Erginbilgiç.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Donald Trump to impose 25% tariff on US auto imports
DBS and Jack Ma: how a meeting helped change the history of Singapore’s biggest bank
Turning round Rolls-Royce: ‘If you don’t score quickly, you lose people’
UK inflation slows more than expected to 2.8%
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