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Abe and Xi agree to promote new economic cooperation amid U.S. trade war fears

10/27/2018, 3:58:34 PM
Tokyo and Beijing agree to create a “new framework” to jointly move ahead with infrastructure projects in third nations ✔ In Beijing, Abe and Li also reached agreements to start talks about cooperation in state-of-the-art technology and protection of intellectual property rights as well as to resume their currency swap deal of up to ¥3.4 trillion for times of financial emergency


Could Japan shift away from the U.S. and toward China? No chance, government sources and experts say

10/27/2018, 3:58:36 PM
Despite warming ties between Japan and China, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to its neighbor does not mean Tokyo is about to move away from Washington toward Beijing. ✔ A Japanese government source, however, shrugged off the idea, noting, I’d like to tell him ‘You don’t understand anything.’ The U.S.-Japan alliance is the most important for us ✔ I don’t think that Japan and China’s strengthening cooperation with a focus on the economic field will be detrimental to the national interests of the United States, Takahara said


Brazil’s Stock Market Could Get a Boost From a New President

10/27/2018, 11:14:04 AM
Jair Bolsonaro is widely expected to win Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, spurring hopes of market reforms and greater gains for Brazilian stocks. ✔ We can’t shake the thought that if Brazil is headed for a dictatorship again, any investor hopes pinned on Bolsonaro might be misplaced, the Yardeni analysts said ✔ Brazil could have a positive investment narrative over the next 5-6 months, something that other relevant [emerging markets] such as China, India, Russia and South Africa currently lack, they said


INSIGHT: Bolsonaro’s anti-China rants have Beijing nervous about Brazil

10/27/2018, 8:24:53 AM
BRASILIA--The Chinese government is trying to make peace with Brazil's leading presidential candidat ✔ But Jorge Arbache, former secretary for international affairs at Brazil's planning ministry, said Brazil would do well not to overplay its hand ✔ Brazil does not have the luxury of giving up its biggest trade and investment partner, Arbache said ✔ You can't change it that easily without severe repercussions


One asset is shockingly stable during the market sell-off this week — bitcoin

10/27/2018, 5:13:19 PM
The cryptocurrency known for its volatility has been uncharacteristically quiet this week as the broader markets went haywire.  ✔ Fears of an ongoing trade war and rising interest rates added to the sell-off ✔ Gold, a more established safe-haven asset, was up 0.6 percent this week ✔ Major endowments like Yale, meanwhile, are already investing in funds dedicated to crypto and its underlying technology, blockchain


Tech Coming Back to Near-Earth Orbit

10/27/2018, 1:18:53 PM
The past few weeks have offered clear proof that technology investors’ hopes had gotten ahead of reality. The next few may not get much better. ✔ already reported notable declines in user metrics for the third quarter, and Facebook has been working frantically to clean up its own network following a series of scandals ✔ Besides next week’s uncertain reports, the prospect of a trade war with China and contentious midterm elections will likely add to nerves rather than settle them


Why Savvy Investors Should Buy Into China’s Bear Market

10/27/2018, 10:05:35 AM
The factors driving the economy and stock markets in China are not the trade wars often mentioned in the media, but domestic policy and economic cycle. Investors shouldn’t despair or desert China ✔ The Renminbi has weakened from 6.26 to 6.95 against the dollar, on its way to breaking 7, the weakest in a decade ✔ Today’s markets are reflecting the cyclical slowdown while giving little credit to the shift to more sustainable growth ✔ This is the quarter to position in an undervalued and unloved volatile market as it starts to discount the 2019 recovery


Wall Street sours on Silicon Valley, battering tech stocks

10/27/2018, 4:56:39 PM
Investors for years have seemingly adored technology stocks as much as most people love their smartphones. ✔ The big-name tech stocks have been faring so well for so long that investors have been betting on even bigger things to come from the companies ✔ Those wagers might take longer to pay off, or worse, fizzle completely if a slowing economy or a recession undermines their future growth ✔ ___ AP Business Writer Alex Veiga in Los Angeles contributed to this story


Opinion | Stop helping demagogues change the subject

10/27/2018, 5:41:14 PM
If we want to defend democracy, we shouldn’t rise to the bait. ✔ By Anne Applebaum Anne Applebaum Columnist focusing on national politics and foreign policy Email Bio Follow Columnist October 26 at 7:32 PM In Manila, the traffic is so bad that it isn’t worth driving anywhere during the day, because a couple of miles will take a couple of hours ✔ Some have tried fact-checking, demanding proof, for example, of the president’s unfounded claim that there are unknown Middle Easterners implied terrorists in the caravan


China's New Bridge Spans Troubled Waters

10/27/2018, 2:42:26 PM
The special Sino Saturday edition by Clay Chandler. ✔ SOAs in non-financial enterprises amounted to $26.4 trillion in 2017 while those in financial enterprises were at $35 trillion ✔ Reuters This edition of CEO Daily was edited by Eamon Barrett ✔ Find previous editions here, and sign up for other Fortune newsletters here


Should cash-strapped Snapchat sell out? To Netflix?

10/27/2018, 3:21:21 PM
Snapchat needs a sugar daddy. Its cash reserves dwindling from giant quarterly losses. Poor morale from a battered share price and cost-cutting measures sap momentum. And intense competition from Facebook is preventing rapid growth. With just $1.4 billion in assets remaining at the end of a brutal … ✔ Its cash reserves dwindling from giant quarterly losses ✔ Even if the company was bleeding out much worse than it is already, Spiegel could ride it into the ground ✔ After Zuck declared Carthage must be destroyed, Google+ flopped and its messaging apps became a fragmented mess


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