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Toyota finds a silver lining in trade war crisis 9/26/2018, 12:09:39 AM undefined ✔ As the escalating global trade war clouds the outlook for Japan’s car industry, Toyota is preparing for its biggest push into China ✔ In May, Li Keqiang made his first visit to Japan since becoming China’s premier in 2013 ✔ If the 25 per cent tariff is imposed, CLSA estimates that Subaru, Honda and Nissan will take the biggest hit to their operating profit U.S.-China trade war dims Asia's 2019 growth outlook: ADB 9/26/2018, 1:52:14 AM Developing Asia could grow more slowly than previously thought next year as the ... ✔ China’s economy is expected to grow 6.3 percent in 2019, the ADB said, slower than its 6.4 percent forecast in July and weaker than its 6.6 percent growth estimate for 2018, which was unchanged from its previous projection ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles ADB trims Asia's 2019 growth forecast over US-China trade war 9/26/2018, 1:36:27 AM Addit...

Tropical Storm Rosa quickly strengthens off Mexico's Pacific coast, may become hurricane 9/26/2018, 3:29:54 AM Rosa is likely to become hurricane status by early Wednesday and a major hurricane by Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center ✔ These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions, they said ✔ Economic research firm Moody's Analytics estimated that the storm has caused around $44 billion in damage and lost output, one of the 10 costliest hurricanes to hit the U.S. The worst disaster, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, cost $192.2 billion in today's dollars Infogram: Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda - Disaster displacements figures 9/26/2018, 2:13:20 AM The ten largest displacement figures Africa occupying second to fifth slots. Floods across Kenya accounted for 326,000 displacements. Floods in nine regions of Somalia displaced 289,000 with 171,000 d ✔ 04:00 Infogram: Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda - Disaster disp...