Trade War - SERIES 63 {10 articles}

Trump trade war: Could U.S.-Mexico deal signal more stock gains?

Wall Street cheers U.S.-Mexico trade deal, view agreement as step in right direction in global tariff fight. ✔ The start of the televised phone call with Mexico's president Monday announcing a major trade agreement got off to an awkward start ✔ It’s worth remembering that every trade deal is different, Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at currency trading firm OANDA, told USA TODAY

China and US come to aid of industries hit by trade war

Washington to pay $4.7 billion in assistance to affected farmers ✔ Beijing, meanwhile, is supporting companies through greater lending ✔ There will be six days of public hearings for affected industries and organizations, raising businesses' hopes that Trump will reconsider ✔ Similar policies will not be able to offset the impact if the trade war intensifies

Global stocks soar on US-Mexico trade breakthrough as Canada is sidelined

Stock markets hit six-month high as trade war fears recede, with Steve Mnuchin saying: ‘Our objective is to get Canada on board quickly’ ✔ Wilbur Ross, the US commerce secretary, confirmed on Tuesday that the Trump administration is fully prepared to go ahead with or without Canada in ripping up Nafta and warned that Canada’s economy can’t survive well without a US deal ✔ In announcing the deal on Monday, Trump said: With Canada, frankly, the easiest thing we can do is to impose a tariff on their cars coming in

Mitsubishi Electric moves machine tool production out of China

US-bound devices now made in Japan to avoid additional tariffs ✔ Mitsubishi Electric will move production for markets other than the U.S. out of Japan ✔ But they are feeling indirect pressure from the trade war, with manufacturers less willing to invest in new machinery, for instance ✔ Komatsu plans to relocate output of certain parts for American-built hydraulic excavators from China to Japan and Mexico

Trump To Japanese Prime Minister For Some Reason: 'I Remember Pearl Harbor'

“I’m on to the Japanese,” Trump reportedly told Shinzo Abe at a meeting this summer. ✔ And you can’t say that about a lot of the world leaders, a U.S. official told the publication ✔ The escalating trade war and Trump’s relationship with North Korea have continued to be points of contention between the two countries ✔ There is no change in our basic recognition about the threat of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles

Wall Street hovers near record high

undefined ✔ The bilateral deal helped allay some trade war fears and helped boost stocks ✔ The dollar also came under pressure from a speech by Fed chair Jay Powell at a symposium of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday, which was largely interpreted as dovish

Trump freezing Canada out in NAFTA negotiations is 'straight from the Art of the Deal' | Markets Insider

undefined ✔ Hugo Perezcano Diaz, former head of international trade for the Ministry of Economy in the Mexican government, told Business Insider in early August he thought a NAFTA deal could be reached in coming months but games the president is known to play seemed to keep optimism at bay

Intraday Update: Stocks Stall Out Waiting for Canada

The higher the peak, the harder the climb. So stocks were expected to take a breather after making fresh records. ✔ Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was treading water ✔ No deal could lower the probability that the central bank of Canada hikes rates next week ✔ Qualcomm (QCOM) was up 3.1% to $69.44 after it announced preliminary results of its modified Dutch auction

Analysis | Trump: Diplomatic snake-oil salesman

Trump's over-the-top claims won't cease. ✔ But Trump and the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer say they’re moving ahead regardless, which doesn’t appear possible ✔ But the path laid out by Trump doesn’t appear to be a viable one, and like his previous, self-proclaimed diplomatic coups, it falls apart almost instantly upon further inspection

U.S. consumer confidence races to near 18-year high

U.S. consumer confidence surged to near an 18-year high in August, as households remained upbeat on the labor market, pointing to strong consumer spending that should help to sustain the economy for the remainder of the year. ✔ Stocks on Wall Street were trading flat a day after the United States and Mexico reached an agreement on an overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ✔ The dollar .DXY slipped to a four-week low against a basket of currencies ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles

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Apple Inc - SERIES 49 {14 articles}

Apple warns of hardware defect in some iPhone 8s 9/4/2018, 10:03:50 AM Faulty logic boards are causing some iPhones to malfunction, Apple says. ✔ 12 during a media event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California ✔ Units must be in original condition -- meaning no physical damage such as a cracked screen -- to qualify for the logic board repair ✔ Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for comment ✔ All the products we expect Apple to announce in September: The lowdown on every new device in Apple's pipeline Apple's next earbuds could be wireless, waterproof and BLOCK OUT annoying sounds 9/4/2018, 8:43:22 AM APPLE may be plotting a pair of wireless headphones that block out the noise around you. We’ve rounded up everything we know about the rumoured Apple AirPods 2, so you know what to expect whe… ✔ APPLE may be plotting a pair of wireless headphones that block out the noise around you ✔ It means you'll be able to better focus on the music you...

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Oil slips as trade war worries outweigh Iran sanctions 8/31/2018, 8:40:02 AM Oil prices slipped on Friday as concerns over the impact of a global trade war depressed sentiment, although impending U.S. sanctions on Iran and falling Venezuelan output limited losses. ✔ However oil markets are tightening with a recent surplus draining, trade figures show ✔ Brent prices will exceed $80 per barrel before the end of the year, U.S. bank Jefferies forecast on Friday ✔ Crude oil futures trading volumes: tmsnrt.rs/2P2ZZJz Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles European shares slide on trade war threats, Whitbread soars on... 8/31/2018, 8:07:14 AM European shares tumbled for a second day on Friday as reports that U.S. President Donald Trump is planning further tariffs on China heated up a trade war, while Whitbread stole the spotlight after clinching a $5.1 billion deal with Coca-Cola. ✔ Traders said the deal value exceeded the market’s expectations by 500 to 900 million ...

Apple Inc - SERIES 255 {15 articles}

Apple Could See a Turbulent 2019 for Online Sales 11/15/2018, 6:46:09 PM Walmart will surpass the iPhone maker for U.S. online sales by year-end, one report shows. ✔ Text size Amazon.com (AMZN) continues its dominance of the domestic e-commerce market, according to a new retail report out Thursday ✔ EMarketer’s conclusion mirrors those of analysts such as Guggenheim Securities’ Robert Cihra, who expects iPhone sales to slip next year, citing weak demand from iPhone components suppliers Apple rebounds after 5-day stock slide 11/15/2018, 5:10:21 PM Apple's five-day losing streak, which wiped about more than 10% of the company's market value, appears to be coming to an end. ✔ MUST WATCH New York (CNN Business)Apple's five-day losing streak, which wiped about more than 10% of the company's market value, appears to be coming to an end ✔ Research firm eMarketer said in a report Thursday that it now expects Walmart (WMT) to overtake Apple as the thir...

War Countries - SERIES 374 {10 articles}

Asia's meth boom 11/3/2018, 1:09:33 AM From the jungles of Myanmar to the streets of Hong Kong, police throughout Asia are fighting a war against methamphetamine. ✔ Zhao has reportedly negotiated a 99-year lease with the Lao government to operate what's known as the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone ✔ Follow Joshua Berlinger on Twitter CNN's Yong Xiong, Chermaine Lee and Sean Walker and contributed reporting Australian nun Patricia Fox to return from Philippines after losing deportation fight 11/3/2018, 3:24:53 AM Saga puts spotlight on wider issue of expatriate involvement in human rights’ campaigning in Asia-Pacific ✔ And Australian journalists have been imprisoned, detained, harassed or banned in countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nauru and Papua New Guinea ✔ Supporters in a convoy of colourful vehicles planned to accompany her to the international airport on Saturday where she had been told intelligence agents ...

Travel - SERIES 190 {38 articles}

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