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Natural disasters and trade war seen slowing Japan economy

9/10/2018, 4:39:19 PM
July-September slump is temporary, economists believe ✔ While capital investment grew 3.1% in April-June, the figure is projected to rise only 0.1% in July-September ✔ The impact of these disasters on shipments and supply will weigh down production and exports, said Yoshimasa Maruyama, chief economist at SMBC Nikko Securities ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


U.S., Europe optimism helps global stock index dodge trade war dread

9/10/2018, 4:39:55 PM
An index of global stock markets rose on Monday for the first time in eight trading sessions on optimism about policy from Italy to the United States, dodging anxiety about the U.S.-China trade war. ✔ FRAGILE EMERGING MARKETS The latest 14-month low for emerging-market shares came amid turbulence in Argentina, Turkey, Brazil, Russia and South Africa, where currencies have been routed recently ✔ REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Trade war likely to hurt profits for 60% of Japan's top companies

9/10/2018, 5:13:07 PM
Nearly one-quarter say their products face tariff threat, poll shows ✔ Many of the executives think the problem will continue until around the 2020 U.S. presidential election ✔ Among individual Japanese manufacturers, American duties lodged against China have hit some of the machine tools that Mitsubishi Electric exports to the U.S. from the mainland ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


UBS analysed 450 million words to find the companies most worried about Trump's trade war

9/10/2018, 5:45:00 PM
The first thing UBS found, perhaps unsurprisingly, is that words like trade, tariffs, and trade war have been used significantly more frequently in the last year that at any other point since 2010. ✔ Starting at the global level it would be logical that the frequency of usage of trade war related language would have picked up in recent reporting periods, compared to the prior 6 years of data (the duration of the data set), UBS' team of James Arnold, Joao Toniato, Nick Nelson, and Jad Younes said


Apple slides as trade war tensions overshadow the company's upcoming product launches (AAPL) | Markets Insider

9/10/2018, 7:26:34 PM
undefined ✔ Apple warned that the proposed tariffs could result in a price raise for Apple Watch and AirPods ✔ He added that Apple's iPhone X successors could be named the iPhone Xs, Xs Max, or Xr ✔ However, shares dropped as much as 2% in Monday as trade war tensions escalated ✔ Some showed concerns of layoffs for American people and harm to US economic interests


Japan economy expected to slow in July-September

9/10/2018, 4:16:40 PM
Natural disasters and trade war may interrupt historic recovery trend ✔ While capital investment grew 3.1% in April-June, the figure is projected to rise only 0.1% in July-September ✔ The impact of these disasters on shipments and supply will weigh down production and exports, said Yoshimasa Maruyama, chief economist at SMBC Nikko Securities ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


S&P 500 looks to end four-day losing streak

9/10/2018, 4:15:12 PM
undefined ✔ The afternoon session on Friday saw stocks take a late dip after Donald Trump said he was ready to impose new duties on a further $267bn of Chinese imports ✔ The market had already been on the weak side in the morning after a strong jobs report made a rate rise from the Federal Reserve this month look a shoo-in


US-made iPhones would cost $150 more, supplier says as tariffs loom

9/10/2018, 6:53:15 PM
Trump's dig at Apple shows need for assemblers to rethink China supply chain ✔ Women hold their iPhones as they walk on a street in New York ✔ Inventec said it has proposed to clients increasing some assembly lines at the company's manufacturing facilities in Taiwan or in Mexico as a short-term strategy ✔ Quanta's smaller rival Compal Electronics said the company's Taiwan facility is the most prepared should there be urgent requests from customers to shift production outside mainland China


Oil pulls back on concerns U.S. inventories are building

9/10/2018, 5:03:13 PM
Oil prices were mixed on Monday, pulling back from an early rally after data suggested U.S. crude inventories might build, weighing on the market. ✔ We see Brent trading above $80 under (that) scenario, he told Reuters Global Oil Forum ✔ Outside the United States, Iranian crude oil exports are declining ahead of a November deadline for the implementation of new U.S. sanctions ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Italian stocks lead Europe up as budget fears recede

9/10/2018, 4:23:46 PM
European shares climbed on Monday thanks to a relief rally in Italian stocks and banks after comments from Italy's finance minister eased concerns about his government's spending plans. ✔ UniCredit gained 4.9 percent after its chairman said the bank, Italy’s largest by assets, would assess strategic options as it planned for 2019 ✔ He was responding to a question about a possible merger with Societe Generale (SOGN.PA).[nL5N1VU0JO] Italian defense company Leonardo jumped 8 percent on the news - after Friday’s close - that it would exercise a right of first refusal to buy the 98.5 percent of Vitrociset it didn’t already own ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Tax Cut Helping Turn US Small Caps Into Unlikely Source Of Safety

9/10/2018, 4:25:44 PM
The Republican-led corporate tax cut is helping turn the shares of smaller publicly traded companies in the United States into an unexpected source of stability as the broader stock market wobbles. ✔ Small companies are also improving their margins by an average of 0.5 percent as they spend less on buybacks and more on reinvesting, said Venu Krishna, a strategist at Barclays ✔ Reuters Reporting by David Randall, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York


Apple’s 5G iPhone conundrum

9/10/2018, 5:27:53 PM
Wednesday is Apple’s big product release day, where analysts expect the company to release the next edition of the iPhone. While the usual upgrades to the screen, CPU, and storage are expected as always, one major lingering question is how the company is going to handle 5G, the next-generation tele… ✔ Wednesday is Apple’s big product release day, where analysts expect the company to release the next edition of the iPhone ✔ The speed and timing of the 5G rollout is awkward for Apple, which has traditionally timed its iPhone events for September ✔ Ultimately, much will depend on China Mobile and other telcos in China as well as around the world on how fast they can deploy 5G infrastructure (sadly, it looks increasingly like the U.S. faces a bumpy road in that direction)


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