New York: Stocks marched broadly higher on Wall Street in early trading Monday after President Donald Trump claimed China was willing to reopen talks on the costly trade war that has roiled markets and dimmed the outlook for global economic growth. Uncertainty remained high, however, about the next developments in the trade dispute, which has […]
Read MoreHong Kong: On the eve of an anti government protest by accountants in Hong Kong, a Price water house Coopers executive warned his staff not to do anything that could put the firm in a bad light. “It is important we do not misrepresent or compromise the firm through individual actions,” Raymund Chao, PwC’s chairman […]
Read MoreHong Kong: Asian equity markets tanked and the yuan hit an 11-year low Monday after Donald Trump ramped up his trade war with China by imposing more tariffs on more than half-a-trillion dollars worth of imports. The decision on Friday stunned investors, who ran for the hills, hammering European and Wall Street stocks, while safe […]
Read MoreHong Kong: Hong Kong police on Monday said they were forced to fire water cannon and a warning shot to fend off “extremely violent” demonstrators, as months of pro-democracy protests veer deeper into violence. Sunday’s clashes in the suburb of Tsuen Wan were some of the worst in twelve weeks of political unrest tremoring through […]
Read MoreBiarritz (France): President Donald Trump’s only regret in hiking tariffs on China is that he didn’t raise them higher, his press secretary said Sunday after the president had earlier signaled some remorse for an escalating trade war with China. Trump faced a tense reception from world leaders meeting amid mounting anxiety of a global economic […]
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