Skip to main content

Trade War - SERIES 153 {14 articles}

Inside China's strategy in the soybean trade war 

9/20/2018, 8:09:52 AM
There is growing confidence within China's soybean industry and government that the world's largest pork-producing nation can wean itself off U.S. soy exports. ✔ USDA spokesman Tim Murtaugh downplayed the threat of China displacing U.S. soybean supplies ✔ The Trump administration, he said, is analyzing import demand and ultimately aims to win back access to the China market under better terms ✔ When you start becoming an unreliable supplier, people are going to start looking elsewhere


European shares add to gains as trade war fears fade

9/20/2018, 8:16:06 AM
European shares extended their rally on Thursday as U.S.-China trade war fears w... ✔ LONDON (Reuters) - European shares extended their rally on Thursday as U.S.-China trade war fears were set aside and investors focused on bullish macroeconomic and corporate news ✔ The company’s poor performance adds to indications Britons are withholding spending on big-ticket home improvement products in an uncertain environment ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Dollar slides to seven-week low as trade war fears ebb

9/20/2018, 11:33:06 AM
The dollar fell to a seven-week low against a basket of major currencies on Thur... ✔ NORWEGIAN CROWN SLUMPS Closer to home, European markets were watching events at an EU summit where UK Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to her counterparts on Wednesday to drop demands for a Brexit deal that she said could rip Britain apart ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Trump Is Winning His Trade War With China. Here's Why That Might Not Last

9/20/2018, 9:17:16 AM
In confronting China, Trump is using the same strong-arm tactics he employed as a real-estate mogul. ✔ China’s economy was expected to slow as it relies less on debt and shifts to a growth model driven more by consumption, a shift touted Wednesday in a speech by Premier Li Keqiang ✔ The quicker both sides realize that the current situation is untenable, and that they need to come to an agreement that allows each side to see the value, the better off we’ll all be


Stock futures point to cautious gains following Wednesday's rally

9/20/2018, 8:10:45 AM
Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma is backing down on his promise to create 1 million jobs in the U.S. over the next five years due to the U.S.-China tariff battle. ✔ Japan's Nikkei stock index finished the day basically flat ✔ Thursday’s economic calendar includes the weekly report on jobless claims and the monthly report on existing home sales and a check on manufacturing in the Mid-Atlantic region ✔ FOX Business’ Leia Klingel and Jade Scipioni contributed to this article


China plans import tariff cuts as soon as October: Bloomberg

9/20/2018, 10:21:44 AM
✔ FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are seen stacked at the Dachan Bay Terminals in Shenzhen Thomson Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to reduce the average tariff rate on imports from most of its trading partners as soon as October, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday ✔ The move was in line with Beijing's pledge to its trading partners - including the United States - that it would take measures to further increase imports ✔ (Reporting by Ryan Woo; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)


World stocks rise as trade relief bounce continues

9/20/2018, 8:51:13 AM
A bounce in world stocks in relief that the fresh U.S. and Chinese tariffs on re... ✔ The rally in global stocks has been accompanied a drop in demand for safe-haven assets, boosting U.S. bonds yields and sending the dollar to seven-week lows ✔ The yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes, which on Wednesday touched its highest level since May 18, eased back to 3.0682 percent on Thursday ✔ [MET/L] Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Tencent-backed Meituan climbs 5 percent on debut, brightens outlook...

9/20/2018, 10:52:28 AM
Meituan Dianping <3690.HK> rose 5 percent on debut in Hong Kong on Thursday, val... ✔ Meituan’s wide variety of services has attracted users, but pushed it into the red ✔ It sends a relatively positive signal to the upcoming IPOs, but retail investors are unlikely to be particularly keen on this type (dual structure) of IPO for the time being, Linus Yip, chief strategist at First Shanghai Securities, said of Meituan’s performance ✔ ($1 = 7.8439 Hong Kong dollars) ($1 = 6.8502 Chinese yuan renminbi) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Dimon says U.S.-China tariff clash is a ‘trade skirmish’ not a war

9/20/2018, 11:08:09 AM
Dimon made his remarks as investors have been mostly dismissing an escalation in trade tensions between the U.S. and China, with a fresh round of tariffs between the economic superpowers set to take effect Sept. 24. ✔ The Dow Jones Industrial Average See Also How Manafort’s Cooperation Could Help Advance Mueller’s Probe × DJIA, +0.61%  is up 6.8% so far in 2018, and the blue-chip benchmark stands about 211 points from its January all-time closing high at 26,616.71 ✔ The S&P 500 index SPX, +0.13%  is up 8.8% in the year to date, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.08% has rallied 15% in 2018, as of Wednesday’s close ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment


10 things you need to know before the opening bell

9/20/2018, 10:56:44 AM
This is what traders are talking about. ✔ Gabe Williams works on a exhibit at the Cannabition cannabis museum in Las Vegas ✔ Hackers stole 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) in bitcoin and two other cryptocurrencies from the Japanese digital exchange Zaif on September 14, the company said Thursday ✔ Darden Restaurants reports ahead of the opening bell and Micron Technology releases its quarterly results after markets close


Malaysia, Singapore shares extend gains as trade fear fizzles

9/20/2018, 11:07:30 AM
Investors continue pick up more Asian equities as recent selldown is overdone ✔ Markets are in recovery mode as investors are getting increasingly used to the U.S.-China tit-for-tat trade dispute as well as the prospect of further escalation, said CIMB Group Market Strategist Jake Damien Chow ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


Beijing complains as US 'orders Chinese media to register as foreign agents'

9/20/2018, 9:16:03 AM
China contacts US over reports that two state-run outlets have been told to register as foreign lobbyists ✔ Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Wednesday that Beijing had contacted and communicated with the US regarding the alleged order, first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday ✔ Other foreign journalists have also been effectively barred ✔ The US Department of Justice has been contacted for comment


Hong Kong shares end higher for third day after choppy trade

9/20/2018, 10:26:16 AM
Tencent-backed Meituan rises on debut; HSBC up after raising time-deposit rates ✔ In the mainland, the Shanghai Composite edged 0.1% lower, while the yuan traded onshore declined 0.1% against the U.S. dollar to 6.8553 ✔ ZTE slipped 0.1% after the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker said it entered an agreement with Shenzhen Investment Holdings for certain land and property assets owned by the company ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


Fed Board, Ma Reversal, Coinbase Claim: CEO Daily for September 20, 2018

9/20/2018, 9:11:30 AM
Must-read business news, delivered every morning. ✔ Fortune Coinbase Claim The New York Attorney General released a report on cryptocurrency markets, with one interesting claim being that one fifth of the trading volume on Coinbase is attributable to Coinbase itself ✔ Find previous editions here, and sign up for other Fortune newsletters here


>>> Open This Series
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Apple Inc - SERIES 167 {12 articles}

Apple iPhone XR: Everything You Need to Know | Digital Trends 10/15/2018, 7:11:13 PM Apple has finally taken the wraps off of its new set of iPhones, including the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and the new iPhone XR. The iPhone XR is being offered as the "affordable" iPhone -- and you may be wondering how it's different than the more expensive models. Here's everything you need to know. ✔ While a slight diversion from Apple’s usual naming scheme, the new iPhone XR clearly has a lot to offer, and if you’re an iPhone user it may well be the best choice for your needs ✔ The new device features Apple’s new A12 Bionic processor, which is the first 7nm processor, and should make for an ultra-powerful experience ✔ Update October 15, 2018: Pre-approval for iPhone Upgrade Program now available for iPhone XR Apple News: iPhone Maker Buys Music Analytics Firm Asaii For War Against Spotify 10/15/2018, 4:20:14 PM The tech giant bought a music data analytics firm to increas...
Post a Comment
Read more

War Countries - SERIES 290 {35 articles}

Missing in Syria: Austin Tice's parents lonely struggle to find their son 10/18/2018, 10:25:49 AM Since their freelance journalist son vanished in Syria six years ago Marc and Debra Tice’s world has been turned upside down but have not wavered in their fight to bring him home ✔ It showed a young man standing on the crest of a mountain, smiling and unshaven, with a pair of sporty sunglasses crowning his messy brown hair ✔ One month after his arrival in Syria, for the Washington Post, he asked a rebel named Shahm about bruises on the face of a suspected government spy ✔ I told her I was once the name on one of those pins When Americans took on Europeans in a geography test... 10/18/2018, 10:40:36 AM In the test, 1,000 people from America and Europe were asked to locate 16 countries on a blank interactive world map by clicking on its location. The Europeans won. Hands down. ✔ More than 76 per cent of Europeans identified the Sunshine State correctly, and nearly 80 per cent...
Post a Comment
Read more

War Countries - SERIES 225 {30 articles}

Sexual violence, a savage feature of conflict over centuries 10/5/2018, 2:39:13 PM JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Through the ages, sexual violence has been a savage feature of armed conflict, often systematically inflicted by combatants on girls and women in what the worl ✔ JOHANNESBURG (AP) Through the ages, sexual violence has been a savage feature of armed conflict, often systematically inflicted by combatants on girls and women in what the world today defines as a war crime ✔ Even the United Nations has struggled with allegations of sexual violence and exploitation against the peacekeepers sent to calm conflicts around the globe The Nobel Peace Prize For 2018 Has Been Awarded To Denis Mukwege And Nadia Murad 10/5/2018, 12:40:37 PM The pair were awarded the prize for “their efforts to end the use of sexual violence in war and armed conflict.” ✔ She was held captive for around one month, during which time she said she was used as a sex slave ✔ Past winners have incl...
Post a Comment
Read more

Trade War - SERIES 295 {21 articles}

Hog industry worldwide getting slaughtered in trade war 10/26/2018, 11:32:48 AM Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S. family-owned pork producer, has watc... ✔ REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer His company, The Machhoffs, has halted U.S. projects worth up to $30 million and may move some operations overseas ✔ Everything I use is becoming more expensive, said Yu Shiqian, who raises 1,800 hogs in northeastern Liaoning province ✔ Slideshow (9 Images) Big producers are also being hit hard ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles Taiwan issue a bigger concern than US-China trade war 10/26/2018, 9:51:02 AM Asia expert Ezra Vogel urges China to learn from Japan's prewar history ✔ Vogel has authored a biography on Deng Xiaoping and deeply understands the process and the spirit behind past agreements ✔ If the U.S. continues doing something peculiar [like its current actions], China may respond in a peculiar way as well, he warned ✔ The author hopes to start a debate ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Fashion - SERIES 195 {23 articles}

Models with three boobs grace the catwalk at weird Milan Fashion Week show 9/23/2018, 3:51:19 PM IT wouldn’t be a fashion week anywhere without something that makes us sit up and say “Wait… what?” We’ve seen models in terrifying gimp-mask and nothing but dollar bills and bare breas… ✔ Getty Images - Getty 5 The triple-breasted look is unlikely to catch on The 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie famously featured a three-breasted hooker, who returned for the 2012 remake and was played by actress Kaitlyn Leeb ✔ But Victoria Beckham was the centre of attention as she hosted her first LFW event and revealed why hubby David was not usually allowed to attend her catwalk shows Lady Kitty Spencer walks the runway at D&G show at Milan Fashion Week 9/23/2018, 3:57:28 PM The 27-year-old model, the niece of the late Princess Diana, was chosen to walk the runway for iconic Italian label D&G at Milan Fashion Week. ✔ Plus size model Ashley Graham also walked the runway in a leopa...
Post a Comment
Read more