Louisa Clarence-Smith
@louisaclarence.bsky.social
US Business Editor at The Times
https://www.thetimes.com/profile/louisa-clarence-smith
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The Citadel hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is taking on the president over his attacks on the Federal Reserve as others remain silent | ✍️ Louisa Clarence-Smith
Republican donor breaks rank on Wall Street with Trump rebuke
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September 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Citadel hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is taking on the president over his attacks on the Federal Reserve as others remain silent | ✍️ Louisa Clarence-Smith
New York’s billionaire whisperer on why she thinks Zohran Mamdani will be the next city mayor, and how she saw it coming….
“He captures the imagination…like Obama did.”
Business leaders who don’t feel financially insecure “didn’t get it”.
www.thetimes.com/article/8ab4...
“He captures the imagination…like Obama did.”
Business leaders who don’t feel financially insecure “didn’t get it”.
www.thetimes.com/article/8ab4...
Meet the billionaire whisperer fighting New York’s corner
Kathryn Wylde, a renowned power broker in the metropolis, explains what makes the city unique and why we still need the super rich
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August 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
New York’s billionaire whisperer on why she thinks Zohran Mamdani will be the next city mayor, and how she saw it coming….
“He captures the imagination…like Obama did.”
Business leaders who don’t feel financially insecure “didn’t get it”.
www.thetimes.com/article/8ab4...
“He captures the imagination…like Obama did.”
Business leaders who don’t feel financially insecure “didn’t get it”.
www.thetimes.com/article/8ab4...
Governments can no longer be expected to prioritise decisions that are economically rational.
My column on the new era of heightened uncertainty for businesses that will endure long after Trump’s trade war:
www.thetimes.com/article/160c...
My column on the new era of heightened uncertainty for businesses that will endure long after Trump’s trade war:
www.thetimes.com/article/160c...
How do you run a business when absolutely anything might happen?
Chief executives have to navigate a new age of uncertainty when they can no longer expect governments to make economically rational decisions
www.thetimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Governments can no longer be expected to prioritise decisions that are economically rational.
My column on the new era of heightened uncertainty for businesses that will endure long after Trump’s trade war:
www.thetimes.com/article/160c...
My column on the new era of heightened uncertainty for businesses that will endure long after Trump’s trade war:
www.thetimes.com/article/160c...
Is the era of the politically correct chief executive over?
Column in The Times on how US bosses are approaching what they 'can' and 'can't' say in public in the new Trump era
www.thetimes.com/article/3176...
Column in The Times on how US bosses are approaching what they 'can' and 'can't' say in public in the new Trump era
www.thetimes.com/article/3176...
Say a rowdy goodbye to political correctness in corporate America
The rules for what CEOs say about diversity equity inclusion have changed. Now some revel in coarse language while others are afraid to have any view at all
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March 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Is the era of the politically correct chief executive over?
Column in The Times on how US bosses are approaching what they 'can' and 'can't' say in public in the new Trump era
www.thetimes.com/article/3176...
Column in The Times on how US bosses are approaching what they 'can' and 'can't' say in public in the new Trump era
www.thetimes.com/article/3176...
Will Brits have an advantage in the AI revolution because we tend to marry for love?
This and other musings on US exceptionalism, Wall Street analysts, and Donald Trump from Alex Karp, the powerful boss of Palantir, free to read in @thetimes today
www.thetimes.com/article/55e2...
This and other musings on US exceptionalism, Wall Street analysts, and Donald Trump from Alex Karp, the powerful boss of Palantir, free to read in @thetimes today
www.thetimes.com/article/55e2...
Alex Karp was a pariah. Now he has the ear of presidents and PMs
The billionaire boss of Palantir is defying Wall Street sceptics as the AI company’s stock price continues to rise. And he has warm words for Britain
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March 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Will Brits have an advantage in the AI revolution because we tend to marry for love?
This and other musings on US exceptionalism, Wall Street analysts, and Donald Trump from Alex Karp, the powerful boss of Palantir, free to read in @thetimes today
www.thetimes.com/article/55e2...
This and other musings on US exceptionalism, Wall Street analysts, and Donald Trump from Alex Karp, the powerful boss of Palantir, free to read in @thetimes today
www.thetimes.com/article/55e2...
Trump is scaring away America’s scientists. Europe should welcome them.
Column in @thetimes.com today
www.thetimes.com/article/e57a...
Column in @thetimes.com today
www.thetimes.com/article/e57a...
This is the perfect moment for Europe to attract US scientists
As America faces a brain drain due to Donald Trump’s funding cuts, Europe could become a global leader in AI, green tech and advanced materials
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February 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Trump is scaring away America’s scientists. Europe should welcome them.
Column in @thetimes.com today
www.thetimes.com/article/e57a...
Column in @thetimes.com today
www.thetimes.com/article/e57a...
Trump meme coin may dash Americans’ crypto dream.
Column in @thetimes.com today
www.thetimes.com/article/c6fe...
Column in @thetimes.com today
www.thetimes.com/article/c6fe...
Trump meme coin may dash Americans’ crypto dream
President is piling more risk into an already volatile sector by launching a digital token that is likely to catch the attention of ethics advisers
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January 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trump meme coin may dash Americans’ crypto dream.
Column in @thetimes.com today
www.thetimes.com/article/c6fe...
Column in @thetimes.com today
www.thetimes.com/article/c6fe...
A very fun lunch with New York's queen of commercial real estate, Mary Ann Tighe.
We talked Donald Trump's real estate era, the new Manhattan power lunch and animal spirits returning to Wall Street.
www.thetimes.com/article/3fa0...
We talked Donald Trump's real estate era, the new Manhattan power lunch and animal spirits returning to Wall Street.
www.thetimes.com/article/3fa0...
Queen of the New York skyline: ‘Things are going to get easier’
Mary Ann Tighe, the trailblazing American commercial real estate broker, says the election of Donald Trump has reignited business optimism
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January 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A very fun lunch with New York's queen of commercial real estate, Mary Ann Tighe.
We talked Donald Trump's real estate era, the new Manhattan power lunch and animal spirits returning to Wall Street.
www.thetimes.com/article/3fa0...
We talked Donald Trump's real estate era, the new Manhattan power lunch and animal spirits returning to Wall Street.
www.thetimes.com/article/3fa0...
Frank McCourt Interview: Meet the billionaire who wants to buy TikTok and scrap its algorithm
www.thetimes.com/article/35e8...
www.thetimes.com/article/35e8...
Frank McCourt: I want to buy TikTok — and scrap its algorithm
Businessman with estimated net worth of $2.4 billion wants the app to be safe enough for his children
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January 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Frank McCourt Interview: Meet the billionaire who wants to buy TikTok and scrap its algorithm
www.thetimes.com/article/35e8...
www.thetimes.com/article/35e8...
I interviewed Robby Starbuck at his home in Tennessee as he continues to pressure big companies to drop their DEI policies.
Meet the capitalist at war with corporate America
www.thetimes.com/article/60c6...
Meet the capitalist at war with corporate America
www.thetimes.com/article/60c6...
Robby Starbuck: the capitalist engaged in a ‘war on woke’
The activist has forced companies to abandon diversity initiatives after threatening boycotts
www.thetimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:39 PM
I interviewed Robby Starbuck at his home in Tennessee as he continues to pressure big companies to drop their DEI policies.
Meet the capitalist at war with corporate America
www.thetimes.com/article/60c6...
Meet the capitalist at war with corporate America
www.thetimes.com/article/60c6...
Associates at one Wall Street law firm are getting Christmas bonuses of more than $1 million. Junior lawyers at other big practices aren't doing badly either. Can it last?
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Jealous, me? It’s a bumper bonus season for Wall Street lawyers
The rewards reflect a battle for talent that has led to law firms outpacing their banking peers on pay
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December 18, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Associates at one Wall Street law firm are getting Christmas bonuses of more than $1 million. Junior lawyers at other big practices aren't doing badly either. Can it last?
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Europe is “disappearing” as the big macro trend is more resources being diverted towards America, the billionaire hedge fund boss Ken Griffin told the NYT's DealBook summit.
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
DealBook Summit: Prince Harry, Bill Clinton and Jeff Bezos to speak
For 2024, the event hosted by The New York Times will focus on topics including artificial intelligence and the US election
www.thetimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Europe is “disappearing” as the big macro trend is more resources being diverted towards America, the billionaire hedge fund boss Ken Griffin told the NYT's DealBook summit.
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
British TV is having a moment in America.
I wrote about the joyful experience of witnessing its success since moving stateside six months ago.
www.thetimes.com/article/d53b...
I wrote about the joyful experience of witnessing its success since moving stateside six months ago.
www.thetimes.com/article/d53b...
American homes are turning on to British TV content and talent
British TV exports to the US rose 13 per cent in the last year to a record £593 million, according to a trade body, with the value likely to be far higher.
www.thetimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:59 AM
British TV is having a moment in America.
I wrote about the joyful experience of witnessing its success since moving stateside six months ago.
www.thetimes.com/article/d53b...
I wrote about the joyful experience of witnessing its success since moving stateside six months ago.
www.thetimes.com/article/d53b...
Reposted by Louisa Clarence-Smith
Howard Lutnick, a billionaire financier who became a trusted member of Donald Trump’s inner circle, has been chosen as the president-elect’s commerce secretary
Howard Lutnick will lead Trump’s commerce department
The billionaire financier had been publicly endorsed by Elon Musk for Treasury secretary but fell from the president-elect’s grace over self-promotion
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November 19, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Howard Lutnick, a billionaire financier who became a trusted member of Donald Trump’s inner circle, has been chosen as the president-elect’s commerce secretary