Trump's Tariffs Have Come for Kickstarter Prices, Too

Trump's Tariffs Have Come for Kickstarter Prices, Too

The Tariff Manager tool will let creators add extra charges to fully funded projects.

The Kickstarter you backed may soon ask for more money to cover Trump’s tariffs

Kickstarter is launching a new "Tariff Manager" tool that will allow creators to apply a surcharge to projects after their campaign has ended, as spotted earlier by 404 Media. The tool is supposed to help creators deal with "rising costs" and import fees as a result of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs. If a creator's project is affected by tariffs, they can submit a request through Kickstarter and then apply per-item surcharges to backe…

How Trump’s tariffs have created ‘upside potential’ for CSL shares

CSL Ltd (ASX: CSL) shares have gone backwards over the past year. Shares in the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) biotech stock closed up 0.99% on Monday trading for $244.29. Despite that welcome boost, shares remain down 10.61% in 12 months, underperforming the 5.56% gains posted by the ASX 200 over this same time. Although it's worth noting that those losses will have been modestly mitigated by CSL's dividends. The stock trades on an unfranked tra…