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Bloomberg: Asia Stocks Gain After U.S. Rebound on Trade Hopes: Markets Wrap
Stocks in Asia followed U.S. equities higher as investors reassessed the danger of a trade-damaging spiral of tariff increases in the world’s top two economies. Treasuries extended declines and the yen fell. [more...]
Bloomberg: Here Are Some Key S&P 500 Levels to Watch as the Market Fluctuates
The S&P 500 Index was trading at session highs Wednesday afternoon after reversing a loss of as much as 1.6 percent, a choppy pattern that has become a familiar characteristic lately. The index has been marked by moves of at least 1.3 percent in both directions in just the past three days. [more...]
Bloomberg: U.S. Leaves Door Open to China Talks Amid Trade-War Fears
The Trump administration indicated it’s willing to negotiate with China on escalating frictions between the world’s two biggest economies, helping to ease fears among investors of a tit-for-tat trade conflict. [more...]
Bloomberg: Facebook Scans the Photos and Links You Send on Messenger
Facebook Inc. scans the links and images that people send each other on Facebook Messenger, and reads chats when they’re flagged to moderators, making sure the content abides by the company’s rules. If it doesn’t, it gets blocked or taken down. [more...]
Bloomberg: Ripple Has Tried to Buy Its Way Onto Major Exchanges for Cryptocurrency
Ripple has a problem. The startup controls the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency, XRP. Banks have signed onto its network and bought equity stakes in its business, which wants to rewire how money moves around the world. And yet when it comes to obtaining a coveted listing for XRP on two of the top U.S. cryptocurrency exchanges, Ripple hasn’t been able to close the deal. [more...]
Bloomberg: U.S. Trade Offensive Puts Spotlight on Foreign-Exchange Policies
President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade crusade is putting a fresh spotlight on an upcoming U.S. assessment of foreign-exchange policies. While Trump threatened on the campaign trail to brand China a manipulator of its exchange rate once in the White House, the U.S. Treasury’s semiannual currency reports failed to name any such violators in 2017. [more...]
Reuters: Asia shares bounce from two-month lows as trade war fears ease
Asian shares bounced from two-month lows on Thursday as world equities recovered from a selloff triggered by escalating Sino-U.S. trade tensions, with investors hoping a full-blown trade war between the world’s two biggest economies can be averted. [more...]
Reuters: U.S. expects talks with China as trade fight escalates
The United States voiced willingness on Wednesday to negotiate a resolution to an escalating trade fight with China after Beijing retaliated against proposed U.S. tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods by targeting key American imports, but the Chinese ambassador to Washington said it “takes two to tango.” [more...]
CNBC: Fear of 'disastrous situation' in farm economy as China targets huge US soybean business
Fears of an expanded trade war with China are spreading across the farm economy after Beijing announced Wednesday it might slap a 25 percent tariff on everything from American soybeans and corn to beef. [more...]
CNBC: The energy industry will likely emerge from any trade war with China unscathed
As the U.S. and China do battle over trade, there's one sector that has been largely left out of the tit-for-tat for now — and that's energy. The U.S. has plenty, and China wants more. China laid claim to 20 percent of U.S. oil exports last year and importantly, as the fastest growing importer of liquified natural gas in the world, it is a ready importer of U.S. LNG. [more...] |
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