U.S. sets China trade deal terms, sources say, but Beijing mum
Washington has set its terms for a trade deal with China, offering to suspend some tariffs on Chinese goods and cut others in exchange for Beijing...
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Oil prices climb to highest in three months on renewed U.S.-China trade deal hopes
Oil prices extended gains on Friday, scaling three-month highs as the United States and China moved closer to a resolution to the 18-month trade war between...
Shares and sterling soar after trade and Brexit boosts
Shares already trading at record highs piled on the gains and the pound soared on Friday as a last-gasp Sino-U.S. trade deal and a thumping election...
Samsung Elec exec receives jail term over union-busting: media
Samsung Electronics vice-president Kang Kyung-hoon received a 16-month jail term on Friday on charges of union-busting activities, South Korean media reported on Friday.
Shares and sterling soar as trade and Brexit fog lifts
Stocks rose and the pound gained on Friday as the prospect of a China-U.S. trade deal and an election victory for Britain's Brexit-backing Conservative Party cleared...
Samsung Electronics executive receives jail term over union-busting: media
Samsung Electronics vice-president Kang Kyung-hoon received a 16-month jail term on Friday on charges of union-busting activities, South Korean media reported on Friday.
Oil hits three-month high as trade hopes, UK election lift sentiment
Oil rose on Friday to its highest in nearly three months as progress in resolving the U.S.-China trade dispute and Britain's general election result appeared to...
China detains CEO of U.S.-listed P2P firm Fincera for suspected financial crime
Chinese police on Friday detained the chairman and chief executive officer of New York-listed Fincera Inc for suspected financial crime.
Futures up on trade deal hopes; tariff deadline closes in
U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday on hopes that the United States and China could reach an initial deal to end their trade war after...
How ethanol plant shutdowns deepen pain for U.S. corn farmers
When the U.S. ethanol industry was booming, Indiana farmer Paul Hodgen made good money selling about a quarter of his crop to a local facility that...
Broker group warns of investor risks posed by U.S. direct share-listing proposal
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission risks weakening investor protections if it allows companies to raise money in the public market through a direct listing without...
Lackluster U.S. retail sales cast shadow on fourth-quarter economic growth
U.S. retail sales increased less than expected in November as Americans cut back on discretionary spending despite a strong labor market, raising fears the economy was...
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Wall St. rises as China, U.S. agree on context of trade deal
U.S. stocks hit fresh record levels on Friday after China said first phase trade talks with the United States have achieved major progress and that Beijing...
U.S. business inventories rebound in October
U.S. business inventories increased in October, lifted by stocks at retailers, suggesting inventory investment could again contribute to economic growth in the fourth quarter.