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US-China trade war pokes holes in Japan's cardboard market

11/16/2018, 12:01:09 PM
As China snaps up used paper in Japan, box makers fret over future supplies ✔ These moves have fueled demand in China for Japanese used paper ✔ An executive at a major online shopping company said the company is switching to alternative packaging ✔ Many companies are bracing for a squeeze, even as the year-end shopping season draws near


Brexit, Italy, trade: Risks piling up for Europe's economy

11/16/2018, 1:46:13 PM
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe's five-year economic expansion is facing a mid-life crisis as it copes with a potential debt explosion in Italy, a U.S.-China trade war and the risk of a disorderly British exit from the European Union. How those risks play out will decide whether the economic upswing that began in early 2013 and created 9.5 million more jobs ages gracefully for several more years — or meets an early demise. The economy of the 19 countries that use the euro stumbled in July-September, when quarterly growth halved to 0.2 percent. Some see that as a natural slowdown after much stronger, trade-fueled expansion of 0.7 percent at the end of last year.


10 things you need to know before the opening bell

11/16/2018, 12:12:55 PM
This is what traders are talking about. ✔ California's biggest utility provider has seen half its market value wiped out since the wildfires started ✔ China's Shanghai Composite (+0.41%) led the advance in Asia and Britain's FTSE (-0.12%) clings to losses in Europe ✔ Industrial production and capacity utilization will cross the wires at 9:15 a.m. ET before TIC flows are released at 4 p.m. ET


10 things you need to know before the opening bell (SPY, SPX, QQQ, DIA, PCG, NVDA) | Markets Insider

11/16/2018, 12:46:15 PM
undefined ✔ The Pacific Gas and Electric Company has lost more than 60% of its market value after saying last week that it experienced problems with transmission lines and substations near where the wildfire in Paradise California erupted ✔ Industrial production and capacity utilization will cross the wires at 9:15 a.m. ET before TIC flows are released at 4 p.m. ET


Chinese smartphone screen maker hit by workers’ protests

11/16/2018, 3:17:21 PM
undefined ✔ Concerns that Apple might cut orders have dragged down share prices of several Apple suppliers and other technology hardware manufacturers, including Hon Hai, the group that makes many key components and assembles the iPhone, lens maker Largan, Catcher Technology, which makes phone cases and sound, battery component maker Merry Electronics and motherboard maker Pegatron


Growth Worries Threaten Copper’s Luster

11/16/2018, 1:16:24 PM
Copper prices have held their ground recently even as oil has tumbled and stocks have swung, but some investors say worries over the pace of global growth may soon put an end to the metal’s outperformance. ✔ China accounts for nearly half of all global demand for the metal ✔ That decline may have been overdone, leaving copper more stable than other commodities now, said Michael Widmer, a commodities strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch ✔ To receive our Markets newsletter every morning in your inbox, click here


Eurozone WARNING: Mario Draghi warns of increased growth outlook uncertainty

11/16/2018, 12:45:43 PM
MARIO DRAGHI has warned of increased uncertainty surrounding the growth outlook of the eurozone as he stood firm on plans for the European Central Bank to dial back stimulus. ✔ Eurozone growth skidded to its slowest rate in more than two years in October (Image: GETTY) If firms start to become more uncertain about the growth and inflation outlook, the squeeze on margins could prove more persistent Mario Draghi According to a flash composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) from IHS Markit, eurozone PMI slowed in October to 52.7, down from 54.1 in September and marking the slowest level of growth recorded in 25 months


Tencent, airlines help Asian markets post weekly gain

11/16/2018, 12:01:10 PM
Apple suppliers remain under pressure amid worries over iPhone demand ✔ The commodity trader may invest in soybean production and processing in Russia's Far East, Reuters reported, citing a regional ministry ✔ The budget airline could announce a special dividend of 75 Malaysian sen to 91 sen a share, The Star newspaper reported, citing an industry source


Germany's Schroeder warns against demonizing China

11/16/2018, 3:11:52 PM
Weighing into Germany's debate about its ties with China, former chancellor... ✔ Germany is soon expected to lower the threshold at which it can vet foreign investments ✔ In Brussels, EU member states are finalizing an agreement to ensure closer scrutiny of such deals ✔ He rejected the exclusion of Chinese firms like Huawei from building Germany’s next-generation mobile networks ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


European chipmakers see new growth drivers to weather volatile demand

11/16/2018, 2:36:31 PM
European chipmakers tried to play down market concerns about a potential slowdow... ✔ It is a volatile market, so there will be change almost weekly in terms of the forecast for the rest of the quarter or into the following quarter, Jalal Bagherli said this week ✔ For us, because of the broader base with this customer, it’s less of an issue ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Brexit front and middle in light week for data

11/16/2018, 1:17:32 PM
Brexit will be foremost in investors' minds in the coming week, though a sm... ✔ Stepping up its fiscal showdown with the EU, Rome re-submitted its 2019 budget on Wednesday with the same growth and deficit assumptions as in a draft that Brussels rejected last month for breaking its rules ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Friday Morning Briefing

11/16/2018, 2:15:22 PM
Tally of missing in California's deadliest blaze surpasses 600, Hand recoun... ✔ A leadership challenge is triggered if 48 Conservatives write such letters to the chairman of the party’s so-called 1922 committee ✔ World An Israeli soldier stands near the Quneitra crossing in the Golan Heights on the border line between Israel and Syria, October 15, 2018 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Morrison calls for US leadership on free trade, warns of breakdown of rules

11/16/2018, 1:11:15 PM
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will use a speech at the high-powered APEC summit today to deliver a coded appeal for greater leadership by the Trump administration on free trade. ✔ Chinese President Xi Jinping is making a full state visit to PNG and arrived early to hold his own meeting with Pacific leaders ✔ We want a rules-based system that respects the sovereignty of every country and a commitment to regional security that is the precondition for prosperity


Santa rally for stocks? Get out while the getting is good, says this strategist

11/16/2018, 12:20:38 PM
Our call of the day says investors should be ready to grab and rally with both hands...and head for the exit. ✔ In RBC’s so-called Hot Dogs Screen, which shows the S&P 500 stocks that have seen the most hedge fund dollars invested, Microsoft MSFT, +2.20%  has claimed the No. 1 spot, after Facebook fell to No. 5 ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment


China 'has taken the gloves off' in its thefts of U.S. technology secrets

11/16/2018, 12:14:16 PM
It was the great microchip heist — a stunning Chinese-backed effort that pilfered $8.75 billion in secret American technology. But the real secret is it wasn't unusual. After a lull under President Obama, Chinese economic espionage is soaring again as U.S. relations with Beijing worsen. ✔ It was the great microchip heist a stunning Chinese-backed effort that pilfered as much as $8.75 billion in patented American technology ✔ The Justice Department disclosed in October that the FBI had arrested a Chinese intelligence operative in Belgium in a sting operation


Analysis | The Finance 202: Elizabeth Warren: Regulators are ignoring a major economic threat

11/16/2018, 1:35:56 PM
She's not the only one worried about the buildup of risky corporate debt. ✔ William Booth and Karla Adam Why the Housing Market Is Slumping Despite a Booming Economy Home prices are out of reach relative to incomes and mortgage rates ✔ #TNYcartoons A post shared by The New Yorker Cartoons (@newyorkercartoons) on Nov 15, 2018 at 8:11am PST BULL SESSION How ranked-choice voting tipped the scales in Maine's tight 2nd District: Three charged in GoFundMe scam involving homeless veteran: Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty for five suspects in Khashoggi killing:


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