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Correction in semiconductor sector is inevitable — with or without a trade war, says tech expert

9/11/2018, 4:15:26 AM
The ongoing tariff battle between the two economic powerhouses has had an impact on demand, but signs of an impending slowdown in the chip sector have also emerged, according to CLSA analyst Sebastian Hou. ✔ Michaela Rehle | Reuters The semiconductor sector is due for a correction soon with or without the brewing trade war between the U.S. and China, a tech analyst from CLSA said ✔ Starting from the fourth quarter this year to fourth quarter next year, ..


Asia shares hobbled by trade strain, pound up on Brexit talk

9/11/2018, 6:26:06 AM
Asian shares were struggling to avoid a ninth straight session of losses on Tuesday as the specter of a further escalation in the Sino-U.S. trade war haunted investors, while the pound perched at a five-week top on hints a Brexit deal might be nearer. ✔ BETTING ON BREXIT In currency markets, sterling stood out after the European Union’s top negotiator said an agreement for Britain to leave the economic bloc might be reached in the coming weeks ✔ It was aided by an easing in concerns over Italian debt which left the gap between yields on Italian and more creditworthy German bonds at the narrowest in a month ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Hong Kong stocks struggle under shadow of trade spat

9/11/2018, 5:18:30 AM
Casino operators and Apple supplier AAC Technologies among notable decliners ✔ Recent declines show the market lacks confidence as the U.S.-China trade war and the yuan's depreciation cloud sentiment, said Eric Yuen, chief research analyst at Mason Securities ✔ The Hang Seng Index is likely to continue its soft declines as long as these two factors show no improvement ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


Trade wars: China fears an emerging united front

9/11/2018, 4:35:30 AM
undefined ✔ As another fruitless round of China-US talks to avert a trade war wrapped up in Washington on August 23, foreign officials were arriving in the US capital for a potentially far more consequential meeting the next day ✔ Yet the Chinese have also begun to conclude that there is much more to Mr Trump’s trade threats than empty bluster


Boeing ups 20-year forecast for plane purchases by China

9/11/2018, 4:47:01 AM
Large airplanes have been left out of China's retaliatory tariff lists. ✔ Chinese airlines will buy 7,690 new planes worth $1.2 trillion over the next two decades to keep pace with booming consumer and business demand for air travel ✔ Large airplanes have been left out of China's retaliatory tariff lists, sparing the company from the trade war between the United States and China


Boeing ups forecast Chinese new plane purchases over 20 years by...

9/11/2018, 4:29:57 AM
Chinese airlines will buy 7,690 new planes worth $1.2 trillion over the next two decades to keep pace with booming consumer and business demand for air travel, Boeing Co said on Tuesday, raising a previous forecast. ✔ A Boeing logo is pictured during the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) at Geneva Airport, Switzerland May 28, 2018 ✔ REUTERS/Denis Balibouse The U.S. planemaker’s latest estimate for the period to 2037 is 6.2 percent higher than its previous prediction of 7,240 planes until 2036 made last year ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Boeing ups forecast for China's new plane purchases over 20 years

9/11/2018, 5:18:16 AM
Boeing also predicted that China will account for 18 percent of the world's commercial airplane fleet by 2037, up from 15 percent currently.  ✔ Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty Images Passengers waiting to board a Delta airlines plane at La Guardia International Airport in New York ✔ The U.S. planemaker's latest estimate for the period to 2037 is 6.2 percent higher than its previous prediction of 7,240 planes until 2036 made last year


'I'm fearful' Australian bank stocks could fall, analyst says

9/11/2018, 5:23:28 AM
Australian banks are probably not a good buy for investors, with federal elections coming up and the country's currency set to weaken further, according to a banks analyst from investment group CLSA. ✔ Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg via Getty Images People are reflected in a glass while looking at electronic boards displaying stock information at the Australian Securities Exchange ✔ The opposition Labor Party is expected by some to win, so that means it could get rid of some existing major policies like the 50 percent capital gains tax discount on existing home loans and investment properties, Johnson said


Russia kicks off massive war games ahead of Putin-Xi meeting

9/11/2018, 6:02:31 AM
Russia kicked off its largest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union on Tuesday, ahead of a bilateral meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the far eastern city of Vladivostok. ✔ Personal relations The exercises coincide with the Russian-sponsored Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on the Russian Pacific coast ✔ Chinese ambassador to Russia Li Hui said relations between the two neighboring countries were at their best (level) in history, in an interview with Chinese state media Xinhua


Russia holds largest war games since Soviet era

9/11/2018, 5:41:57 AM
Russia will begin its largest war games since the Cold War on Tuesday, drilling hundreds of thousands of troops alongside forces from its growing ally China. ✔ Russia will begin its largest war games since the Cold War on Tuesday, drilling hundreds of thousands of troops alongside forces from its growing ally China ✔ It's clear that such efforts can be directed at only one country, and that's United States, because they're so massive, said Vasily Kashin, an expert in Russia-China relations at the Higher School of Economics


North Korea needs a new approach

9/11/2018, 5:18:29 AM
Trump must stop grandstanding and take a more considered line at proposed second summit ✔ The problem of Trump and his own government apparatus pursuing different approaches is not unique to Asia policy ✔ Twitter: @Rmanning4 Get unique insights on Asia, the most dynamic market in the world ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


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