Author Topic: The Fortress America that’s built from costly steel (Read 1442 times)

Weird Tolkienish Figure · « **on:** September 09, 2024, 12:45:58 pm »

Drago · « **Reply #1 on:** September 10, 2024, 03:37:12 am »

"Steel Paywall" protecting the fortress story!! $75 a month for FT? Wow!!

Weird Tolkienish Figure · « **Reply #2 on:** September 10, 2024, 08:18:26 am »

"Steel Paywall" protecting the fortress story!! $75 a month for FT? Wow!!

Doh... no paywall for me yesterday. Sorry about tht.

Drago · « **Reply #3 on:** September 10, 2024, 11:47:02 pm »

You paying for the Financial Times? Or using a UK VPN or something? Maybe I can recreate your early success on my computer! ;-)

Drago · « **Reply #4 on:** September 11, 2024, 12:12:31 am »

Never mind, after searching I was able to access the story via a "LinkedIn" link (I have a LinkedIn account)...might work for other "Briefers" with a LinkedIn account:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/financial-times_the-fortress-america-thats-built-from-costly-activity-7238900040230932481-ajvQ/

Synopsis: FT's Alan Beattie decrying USA protectionism RE: The U.S. Steel/Nippon Steel proposed merger. My take...as long as the jobs remain in the USA I am not too concerned. Biden trying to shoot the deal down: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/us-steel-would-close-mills-move-headquarters-if-149-bln-nippon-deal-collapses-2024-09-04/

More info.: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/business/us-steel-nippon-steel-deal/index.html

Besides, "Nucor" is the biggest player in U.S. made steel nowadays anyway:

https://nucor.com/history