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Trade-war fears to loom large over stocks 9/15/2018, 4:27:53 PM The Fed's interest-rate hikes could trigger a recession ✔ How markets have fared since the financial crisis 2 ✔ But a strong buck could hurt companies with significant overseas business as it makes their products more expensive ✔ The MSCI Emerging Markets index is down 11 percent this year versus the S&P 500's 8.7 percent gains Trade war cuts into China's high-tech production 9/15/2018, 7:58:07 PM US tariffs slow output growth for robots and integrated circuits ✔ Those same factors likely caused consumer prices to rise as well, driving up personal consumption more than any growth in demand ✔ The tally also grew for food products as the heat raised prices for goods like pork and vegetables ✔ Get unique insights on Asia, the most dynamic market in the world ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th US TRADE WAR: Trump plotting $200bn MORE tariffs as China talks CRUMBLE 9/15/2018, 1

Storm Florence flash flood warning with 40ins of rain as death toll reaches 12 9/16/2018, 12:46:47 AM With flood waters advancing rapidly, stranded people were being rescued by boat and by helicopter, while tens of thousands of others hunkered down in shelters ✔ Two people were killed in a house fire in Fayetteville, North Carolina ✔ As the United States dealt with Florence, a strong typhoon tore across the northern tip of the Philippines, killing at least three people, wrecking homes and triggering landslides before heading toward Hong Kong and southern China 'Powerful' Storm Helene to batter UK with gale force winds and torrential rain 9/16/2018, 2:20:47 AM A “danger to life” warning has been issued across parts of the UK amid fears roads and airports could be disrupted by the powerful Atlantic storm ✔ Tropical storms in the wake of a deadly hurricane are set to batter the UK with gale force winds and torrential rain ✔ Storms Isaac and Helene are whipping up the A