President Trump met with business leaders last week to present a plan for keeping jobs in the United States. He offered a carrot - a dramatic cut in taxes and regulations - as well as a stick - a substantial tax on companies that decide to send their factories offshore.

SAP SE raised its targets for 2020 as customers bought its latest suite of applications at a faster pace, and Chief Executive Officer Bill McDermott - a fan of Donald Trump's "The Art of the Deal," - said he wouldn't "lay off the accelerator" on acquisitions, engineering investment or a potential share buyback.

Donald Trump the candidate denounced China's trade policies. But one of his first acts as president handed the country its best chance yet to rival the U.S. as global economic leader.

Buyers from all over the world flock to Gitman Bros. to get a piece of timeless American style: oxford shirts, plaids and rep ties often cut slightly slimmer to appeal to the trendy and urbane.

Although rates have risen from the historic lows of early 2016, uncertainty for the global container shipping market in 2017 will be uncertain, according to Xeneta, a company that provides market intelligence platform for containerized ocean freight.

The word in Davos: Ignore the tweets. Executives gathered in the Swiss resort for the World Economic Forum last week kept repeating, like a soothing mantra, that Donald Trump is at heart a pragmatist who will avoid trade wars and regulations that make it harder to do business.

Drewry Financial Research said last week that after the collapse of Hanjin Shipping last fall, Taiwanese carrier Yang Ming has taken pole position as the most debt-burdened container line in the industry.