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Dow Drops 1.1% on Week as Tariffs, Fed Take Their Toll 9/29/2018, 12:58:03 AM Stocks were dinged by a rate hike as price increases stayed mild. Could it be a trade war that triggers an inflation shock? ✔ Stocks were dinged by trade and the Federal Reserve this past week ✔ Consider: The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 285.19 points, or 1.1%, to 26,458.31 on the week, while the S&P 500 fell 0.5% to 2913.98 ✔ Monetary policy could get tighter if the Fed keeps raising rates and inflation stays where it is Foreign money returns to Tokyo with new faith in Japan Inc. 9/28/2018, 9:37:58 PM Stock market's 27-year high supported by higher profit margins and capital efficiency ✔ Pretax profit margins were 5.4% in fiscal 2017 compared to 2.3% in fiscal 1991, rising to 7.7% in the April-June quarter ✔ Return on equity also hit the 10% mark in fiscal 2017, gaining ground on the U.S. at 18% and Europe at 12% ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th Asia dominat

Slimane back in black as king of Paris fashion week 9/29/2018, 12:26:19 AM Superstar designer Hedi Slimane declared that black is back Friday as he returned to the Paris catwalk after a two-year absence to revolutionise Celine. ✔ For those expecting the new Celine to look like Saint Laurent, you were not wrong, tweeted Tyler McCall, of the Fashionista website, referring to the label that Slimane walked away from two years ago ✔ With military drummers beating out a gentle march throughout the show, there was no danger he would wake Napoleon under his dome H&M team up with Tmall to host Shanghai fashion show 9/29/2018, 1:14:36 AM undefined ✔ The successful international clothing retailer known for its fast-fashion ranges invited members of the media to attend the event which saw many of the garments modeled by celebrities selling-out over the course of the evening's event ✔ On March 21, H&M launched its flagship store on Tmall, after having opened its first store