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China trade deal jeopardizes stock market, portfolio manager says

11/12/2018, 3:03:58 PM
The escalating U.S.-China trade war hangs over the market and risk sentiment. ✔ And if you think about what’s on the minds of corporate America right now, when you listen to the third-quarter earnings calls, she said, most of them commented on the uncertainty around trade and tariffs as potentially impacting their ability to spend on capital spending


American Farmers Are Sitting on Their Soy Until China Starts Buying Again

11/12/2018, 12:33:30 PM
Even though there's a risk it'll rot. ✔ A bushel of soybeans is going for about $8.87, down about $2 since eight months ago before the two countries started raising tariffs on each other’s goods, according to Bloomberg ✔ Meanwhile, soybean futures for July are currently selling for around $9.27


SAP and Qualtrics, Athenahealth, California Fires: CEO Daily for November 12, 2018

11/12/2018, 12:15:00 PM
Must-read business news, delivered every morning. ✔ Late Sunday night, Ma himself made a brief cameo at the media center to tour the exhibit and admire its marvels ✔ Financial Times Paris Call Big Tech companies such as Microsoft have… called for more regulation ✔ Find previous editions here, and sign up for other Fortune newsletters here


Monday Morning Briefing

11/12/2018, 1:49:13 PM
More than 200 still missing in deadly California wildfires, Macron leads global ... ✔ KCNA/via REUTERS A U.S. think tank said it had identified at least 13 of an estimated 20 undeclared missile operating bases inside North Korea, underscoring the challenge for American negotiators hoping to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons and long-range missiles


California Inc.: Hollywood hopes Potter-less Harry Potter can still work magic - Los Angeles Times

11/12/2018, 2:12:51 PM
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” the latest Harry Potter prequel, opens Friday. ✔ Welcome to California Inc., the weekly newsletter of the L.A ✔ Then there is Smithfield, a U.S.-based pork producer owned by the Chinese ✔ Robyn Denholm, 55, will assume her new role immediately and leave her CFO position at an Australian telecommunications company


Stocks look set for modest decline at open as oil prices stabilize

11/12/2018, 1:51:06 PM
U.S. stocks are set to open slightly lower Monday as investors digest developments in the crude-oil market, with bond markets closed in observance of Veterans Day. ✔ for $8 billion in cash, the companies announced Sunday ✔ ACB, -3.57% rose 4.1% in premarket trade Monday, after the Canada-based cannabis company reported Monday fiscal first-quarter net earnings that rose to $105.5 million from $3.6 million a year ago, and from $79.9 million in the previous quarter ✔ Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Need to Know newsletter ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment


Business spending growth is slowing. Is that a bad sign for the economy and jobs?

11/12/2018, 12:25:27 PM
Business spending growth slowed sharply in the third quarter. The reasons could include worries over trade, a turn in the economy or a blip. ✔ A survey by executive coaching company Vistage showed that small and midsize business optimism fell in the third quarter, reversing all the gains of the prior three ✔ Nick Penze, owner of Zerelli Technologies (Photo: Jean-Luc Mege Photography) Take Zerelli, the Utah company ✔ Houston is hiring in the oil and petroleum industries


A Christmas miracle: Amazon will not ruin every retail stock's holiday sales season

11/12/2018, 2:10:19 PM
Stores and shopping malls are struggling in the e-commerce era, but with consumer confidence at a 20-year high and unemployment a four-decade low, shoppers may see less heavy discounting during the holiday shopping season.   ✔ He noted that last year was the best holiday season in three years, and as a result companies have been hesitant to make bets that they can surpass that level of sales ✔ These stocks and the volatility are tied to some dynamics that are out of their control


Analysis | The Energy 202: Republicans resist Trump's threat to cut funding over California's wildfires

11/12/2018, 2:09:11 PM
“I don't think it's appropriate to threaten funding," said Sen. Cory Gardner. ✔ A firefighter takes cover as the Camp Fire burns out of control through Paradise, fueled by high winds in Butte County, Calif., on Nov. 8 (Peter DaSilva/EPA-EFE) How do wildfires such as the Woolsey  Fire in Southern California and Camp Fire in the north intensify so severely?: It began with scant rainfall and abnormally warm temperatures which parched the landscape and created tinderbox conditions, The Post’s Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow report


Analysis | The Finance 202: Trump unlikely to back off tariffs despite less friendly House

11/12/2018, 1:38:36 PM
The Senate results were more mixed. ✔ Some have found ways to compete in an increasingly online world, while others are still finding their wayor fighting to stay alive ✔ The Wall Street Journal TRUMP TRACKER TRADE FLY-AROUND: Dems could trip up NAFTA 2.0 ✔ peace: Veterans heading to Congress follow a big legacy:


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