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Bloomberg: Stocks, U.S. Futures Rise as Trade Talks in Focus: Markets Wrap
Stocks rose in Asia with U.S. futures following confirmation from China about the country’s high-level delegation heading for trade talks with the U.S. in Washington later this week. Treasuries and the yen slipped. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: China’s Breeding Giant Pigs That Are as Heavy as Polar Bears
In a farm deep in the southern region of China lives a very big pig that’s as heavy as a polar bear. The 500 kilogram, or 1,102 pound, animal is part of a herd that’s being bred to become giant swine. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: China Narrows Scope for Trade Deal With U.S. Ahead of Talks
Chinese officials are signaling they’re increasingly reluctant to agree to a broad trade deal pursued by President Donald Trump, ahead of negotiations this week that have raised hopes of a potential truce. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: Ashton Kutcher-Backed Startup Tells Employees It Can’t Make Payroll
Neighborly, a California startup that once sought to upend the way securities are sold in the $3.8 trillion municipal-bond market, told employees that it can’t pay them, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg News. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: Nomura Says Hedge Funds Appear Bullish on Asia Before Trade Talks
Global macro hedge funds appear to be building bullish positions in Asian stocks, excluding Japan, before U.S.-China trade talks begin Thursday, according to Nomura Holdings Inc. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: Risk Is Striking Faster Than Ever. Principal Has Hedges for That
The speed at which risk moves through markets is creating new challenges for investors, who need to adjust their portfolios to deal with the phenomenon, according to Principal Global Investors. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: A Repeat of 2018’s Rout Is Likely Coming, Veteran Investor Says
Investors may be in store for something of a repeat of the turmoil of late 2018, when U.S. stocks barely escaped entering a bear market, according to one veteran market player. [Read more...]
Bloomberg: Goldman Says Trump’s Tweets Have Hit Market Pricing for the Fed
President Donald Trump’s tweets on trade have had a sometimes-sizable impact on market expectations for Federal Reserve policy, while his posts criticizing the Fed have had little impact, according to a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysis. [Read more...]
Reuters: U.S.-China strains over Hong Kong and minority rights hinder chance of trade deal
Prospects for progress in U.S.-China trade talks dimmed on Monday after Washington blacklisted Chinese companies over Beijing’s treatment of predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities, and President Donald Trump said a quick trade deal was unlikely. [Read more...]
Reuters: The end of Libor: the biggest banking challenge you've never heard of
On June 30, British bank NatWest sent out an arcane-sounding press release - bus operator National Express had become the first company to take out a loan based on Sonia, a replacement for scandal-hit interest rate benchmark Libor. [Read more...]
CNBC: Samsung says its third-quarter profit likely fell 56% from a year earlier
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday its operating profit for the three months that ended in September likely dropped by more than half from a year ago. [Read more...]
CNBC: China’s surveillance tech is spreading globally, raising concerns about Beijing’s influence
China’s push to export its surveillance technology via some of its biggest companies, including to liberal democracies, has raised concerns because of the risk of data being siphoned back to Beijing and the growing influence of the Communist Party, experts told CNBC. [Read more...] |
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