Trade War - SERIES 327 {10 articles}

Cooling of trade war rhetoric is respite markets crave

11/3/2018, 10:28:20 AM
undefined ✔ To borrow surfing lingo, 2018 has been a wipeout for investors ✔ As one investor told me this week, more speeches from administration figures such as that of Mr Pence will be telling ✔ If that happens, the start of 2019 could make this year look a benign one for investors

The US can win China trade war by getting its own house in order

11/3/2018, 5:16:41 AM
undefined ✔ After all, Mr Trump has correctly identified Chinese violation of trade norms as a serious problem ✔ But current US trade policy is alienating these allies over much less pressing trade concerns ✔ That so many US households and companies would benefit from such a strategy suggests it might be good politics, too

U.S. Trade Deficit With China Hits All-Time High Despite Tariffs

11/3/2018, 12:08:27 PM
The gap is expected to grow even more despite penalties on billions of dollars of Chinese goods. ✔ President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese products don’t seem to be particularly effective at re-balancing trade ✔ Americans bought more foreign-made computers, telecommunications equipment and airplane engines ✔ The U.S. traditionally imports more good than it exports because Americans consume more than they produce relative to the rest of the world

Stocks have defied history ahead of the Midterm elections — Here's Wall Street's investing playbook for profiting from every possible outcome

11/3/2018, 10:24:25 AM
The results will have major implications for policies like tax reform, which have fueled the stock market's gains this year. ✔ The status quo with a red House and red Senate In this scenario, investors can expect Congress to continue enacting Trump's agenda, including deregulation and more fiscal stimulus ✔ To read the full article, simply click here to claim your deal and get access to all exclusive Business Insider PRIME content

Trump Sweet-Talks Xi, Trying to Ease Trade Fears Before Midterms

11/3/2018, 12:51:49 AM
President Trump’s newly soothing tone toward President Xi Jinping of China lies less in trade talks, which remain on hold, and more in domestic political calculations. ✔ INDIANAPOLIS When President Trump said Thursday he held a long and very good conversation on trade with President Xi Jinping of China, it kicked off a brief rally in financial markets and a flurry of questions about why the tensions between Washington and Beijing had suddenly eased ✔ We’re doing a normal, routine run-through of things that we’ve already put together and normal preparation, Mr. Kudlow said on Friday on CNBC

Investors face high stakes in US midterm elections

11/3/2018, 4:12:05 AM
undefined ✔ Washington has helped shape global markets over the past 12 months, whether it is the US corporate tax cut or Donald Trump’s trade war against China ✔ Some investors have suggested that if Democrats retake the House, they would try to limit the Trump administration’s more forceful policies

Letters to Barron’s

11/3/2018, 12:02:38 AM
Letters on China, Warren Buffett, Howard Marks, social spending, and the Federal Reserve ✔ To the Editor: Diminished productivity has been influenced by the diminished respect for education ✔ And therein lies the problem with the Fed buckling under and pausing with its normalization ✔ Hopefully, whenever the various bubbles burst, the bad debt behind them will be written down this time

Luxury sales slowdown reflects waning Chinese buying power

11/3/2018, 9:48:17 AM
Middle-class consumers hold back, with cash stuck in sinking stocks and property ✔ Once upon a time, Chai used to buy lower-end Louis Vuitton products, but she now refrains from spending even $400 on a Coach handbag ✔ Italian high-end menswear maker Ermenegildo Zegna Group recently told Bloomberg that it will open fewer stores in China next year after observing weaker demand over the past few months ✔ It's difficult to bring two LV bags to China now, Kou said

Two to Tango: Parsing Trump's Argentine Dinner Date with Xi

11/3/2018, 2:10:37 PM
Two to Tango: Parsing Trump's Argentine Dinner Date with Xi ✔ Over on South America’s west coast, Chile is strengthening ties with China, this week pledging to join the Belt and Road Initiative ✔ Inkstone Advertisement Innovation and Tech Tesla rival in retreat ✔ Find previous editions here, and sign up for other Fortune newsletters here

George Soros on the new world disorder

11/3/2018, 6:24:02 AM
His enemies paint him as all-powerful, but the billionaire philanthropist believes his political legacy has never been in greater jeopardy. ✔ The episode was a nearly identical reprise of what happened to the British pound ✔ Tens of thousands of refugees passed through the Balkans and arrived on Hungary's border ✔ To read more from Good Weekend magazine, visit our page at The Sydney Morning Herald or The Age

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Travel - SERIES 66 {14 articles}

Tourism plays important role in promoting mutual understanding between China, India - Travel 8/30/2018, 1:42:13 AM undefined ✔ According to him, Hangzhou was adjudged as one of the top 15 global tourist destinations last year, and it's the home of the world's largest e-commerce giant Alibaba ✔ He added that the India-China relationship was special in many ways as our historical and civilizational links naturally bond us together TV host and fashion icon who introduced China to the world 8/30/2018, 12:02:15 AM Today, Chinese people travel and study abroad, watch blockbusters at cinemas, order international fashion brands online, and do business with people from other countries. ✔ Yue-Sai Kan demonstrates makeup for customers in a shopping center in Shanghai in 1996 ✔ The show lasted a year, running for 48 episodes on China Central Television, the State broadcaster, and covering 14 countries ✔ So many people would say to me, 'I never knew the outside world was lik...

Trade War - SERIES 107 {19 articles}

US-China trade war worries are 'overdone,' says CEO 9/10/2018, 3:39:36 AM Worries about the U.S.-China trade war are overdone because the impact on China will not be as immediate and challenging as investors may expect, says Jonathan Slone, CEO of brokerage and investment group CLSA. ✔ Investors are beginning to understand the picture is much more complex than just this noise that we hear over trade, he said ✔ Don't forget they have a demographic challenge, so they're actually changing their industrial policy to fit in with the secular change you're seeing in those overall trade negotiations Trade war fears scupper Volvo Cars initial public offering 9/10/2018, 1:15:09 AM undefined ✔ Like all large car manufacturers, Volvo is facing potential disruption to its business from the global trade war that has seen the US threaten to ramp up tariffs on automotive imports from Europe and China ✔ Volvo is still pursuing an ambitious midterm plan to double sales an...

Travel - SERIES 324 {32 articles}

The terrifyingly easy way holidaymakers could get sent to prison in Turkey 10/26/2018, 3:35:38 PM HOLIDAYMAKERS visiting Turkey have been warned to be extra cautious about criticising Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s government on social media. Even “liking” someone elseR… ✔ Getty - Contributor 2 The warnings come from the German Foreign Office to its citizens in response to a spate of cases of Germans arrested for online criticism of Erdogan ✔ The ministry added that even private comments could be risky ✔ Until now, holidaymakers had been able to apply for a visa after they have arrived, by using at kiosk at the airport in Turkey Want to see the Northern Lights? Now's the perfect time, according to aurora experts 10/26/2018, 12:11:27 PM undefined ✔ While Dr Case did err on the side of caution – the coronal holes could collapse or weaken by the time the sun rotates back around – he did suggest it may be possible to see the display in the UK ✔ Join the conversation...

Travel - SERIES 293 {31 articles}

Selfies in the Korean DMZ – and other unusual border travel experiences 10/19/2018, 2:43:20 PM undefined ✔ Such is the political turbulence that has come to define this second decade of the 21st century that it seems we can go from the worrying - and uncomfortably plausible - prospect of global nuclear warfare to selfies on the frontline in the space of less than 18 months ✔ The Wagah border ceremony is quite the spectacleCredit:AFP/SUJIT JAISWAL India-Pakistan While not quite enemies in the Korean style, India and Pakistan can never be described as best buddies The person giving you official travel advice may be an inmate 10/19/2018, 12:11:51 PM A unique program in North Carolina trains female inmates to dispense travel advice and handle roadside assistance for official state toll-free numbers. ✔ The program began in the 1980s, when tourism inquiries were handled by state employees or an imperfect computer system ✔ It’s all about beaches and families scouting universi...

Disasters - SERIES 336 {20 articles}

California Today: What an Earthquake Could Do to the State’s Housing Crisis 10/19/2018, 1:06:58 PM Friday: An earthquake drill raises some difficult questions, LeBron James‘s Lakers debut and saving an entangled owl in the Bay Area. ✔ [The Los Angeles Times] • The Bay Area has some of the worst roads in the nation , according to a new report ✔ She added that birds often become tangled in cords, strings and netting, especially with Halloween decorations in October ✔ Britain Releases Anjem Choudary, Radical Islamist Preacher, Under Strict Controls Wife of missing Interpol chief says he might already be dead 10/19/2018, 2:23:28 PM Grace Meng says husband is a victim of 'political persecution' and calls Chinese officials 'cruel' and 'dirty' ✔ A Somali police officer says a number of people were wounded after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a checkpoint outside the headquarters after being stopped by security forces AP ...

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