Global stocks, dollar slip as U.S.-China trade deadline looms
The dollar eased and global stock markets slipped on Tuesday as uncertainty kept risk appetite in check days ahead of the Dec. 15 deadline for a...
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U.S., Canada and Mexico sign agreement - again - to replace NAFTA
Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of...
Wall Street slips as tariff deadline closes in
Wall Street's main stock indexes ended slightly lower on Tuesday, though not far from record highs, as investors awaited concrete news on whether a new round...
U.S. attorney general says Big Tech probes to be completed next year
U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Tuesday that he hoped to have Justice Department investigations of the big tech platforms - Facebook Inc , Alphabet...
Huawei's CFO wins Canada court fight to see more documents related to her arrest
Lawyers for Huawei's chief financial officer won a court battle when a judge asked Canada's attorney general to hand over more evidence and documents relating to...
U.S. senators threaten Facebook, Apple with encryption regulation
U.S. senators grilled Apple Inc and Facebook Inc executives over their encryption practices on Tuesday and threatened to regulate the technology unless the companies make encrypted...
Amazon issues fix after some Blink home cameras found vulnerable to hacking
Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it had issued a fix to rectify security flaws in certain of its Blink home camera systems after a cyber security...
Lighthizer says U.S. is invested in Mexico's success as countries sign trade deal
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer stressed that the United States has a stake in Mexico's success as representatives from the United States, Mexico and Canada gathered...
Peloton tumbles over 6% after short seller warns of competition
Shares of Peloton Interactive tumbled over 6% on Tuesday after noted short seller Andrew Left valued the seller of stationary exercise bicycles at about one seventh...
McConnell says Senate will not take up USMCA next week
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday the U.S. Senate would not take up the USMCA trade deal next week before congressional recess.
Powell's 'half-full' U.S. glass sturdy but still at risk for spills as Fed meets
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has taken a glass-half-full view of the U.S. economy but the trouble may be that the glass has gotten smaller and...
Wall Street flat as tariff deadline nears
Wall Street's main stock indexes were little changed on Tuesday, hovering near record highs, as investors awaited concrete news on whether U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports...
Deutsche Telekom CEO denies T-Mobile/Sprint deal will reduce competition
T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp did not pursue a merger in order to reduce price competition in the U.S. wireless market, the chief executive of...
Global stocks, government debt flat as U.S.-China trade deadline looms
Government debt and global stock markets held steady on Tuesday as uncertainty kept risk appetite in check days ahead of the Dec. 15 deadline for a...
Senate Democratic leader Schumer 'waiting to see the writing' on USMCA
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he would wait to see the written form of the U.S. Mexico Canada trade pact before making a...