Oil prices slide over 2% as U.S.-China trade war escalates
Oil prices fell more than 2% on Friday after China unveiled retaliatory tariffs against about $75 billion worth of U.S. goods, marking another escalation of a...
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Trump comments on China spook Wall Street
U.S. stock indexes slumped nearly 2% on Friday after President Donald Trump told U.S. companies they should look for ways to close their China operations, following...
Responding to Trump, UPS, FedEx say they already fight illegal drug shipments
United Parcel Service Inc and FedEx Corp on Friday said they already work closely with law enforcement to stop illegal shipments from entering the country, after...
Ryanair to shut four Spanish base next year: union
Ryanair has decided to close its Spanish bases in Las Palmas, Tenerife South, Lanzarote and Girona from January, putting the jobs of more than 500 pilots...
For some, currency wars may not be fun or easy to win
It's a maxim for private investors: Don't fight the Fed.
Wall Street tumbles as Trump escalates trade dispute with China
Wall Street's three main indexes lost more than 1% on Friday after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. companies "to immediately start looking for an alternative to...
Stocks and oil fall, yen rallies as Trump threatens counter to China tariffs
A global stock index fell alongside oil prices and U.S. yields after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to further escalate his trade war with China "this...
Will Novel Fintech Models Thrive in Canada?
Fortunly Biljana Nikolovski Aug 23, 2019 The figure of home-ownership in Canada is one of the highest in the world, even though the number of people...
Trump meets with trade team at White house: CNBC reporter on Twitter
President Donald Trump was meeting with his trade team at the White House, according to CNBC, after China imposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods and the...
Shares of companies that manufacture in China plunge after Trump orders them to move
Multinationals that rely on the supply chain from China are tumbling after President Donald Trump ordered them find alternatives to their Chinese operations.
IMF's Gopinath says U.S. monetary policy being accommodative and data driven
International Monetary Fund chief economist Gita Gopinath said on Friday that U.S. monetary policy is being accommodative and data driven.
Top U.S. publishers sue Amazon's Audible for copyright infringement
Amazon.com Inc's Audible was sued by some of the top U.S. publishers for copyright infringement on Friday, aiming to block a planned rollout of a feature...
Wall St. opens lower on China tariff blow
Wall Street opened lower on Friday, as China revealed retaliatory tariffs against about $75 billion worth of U.S. goods that intensified trade tensions ahead of a...
Billionaire industrialist and conservative donor David Koch dies at age 79
Billionaire industrialist David Koch, a driving force behind conglomerate Koch Industries who as one of the world's richest people became a major financier of conservative causes...
Student loan borrowers battling cancer can now press pause on their payments
Congress passed a law allowing people with cancer to press pause on their student loan payments. Yet borrowers haven't been able to access the deferment because...