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U.S. House panel chairman says he'll seek to block any tariffs on Mexico
The head of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday vowed to take steps aimed at blocking tariffs on Mexican goods if President Donald...
Louis Vuitton sees demand in mainland China picking up steam
Louis Vuitton, LVMH's biggest sales driver, has beefed up stocks of its handbags and other luxury wares to feed its growing online business in mainland China,...
Exclusive: FedEx to hire 700 flexible rural and residential drivers
FedEx Corp said it plans to hire about 700 flexible, part-time Express drivers in 160 U.S. residential and rural markets as customer-turned-competitor Amazon.com Inc puts pressure...
Trump to decide on $300 billion China tariffs after G20 meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would decide whether to carry out his threat to hit Beijing with tariffs on at least $300 billion...
U.S. holds out for more from Mexico in talks over tariffs, border
Mexican and U.S. officials are set to resume talks on trade and migration on Thursday, with the United States resisting calls from its southern neighbor, businesses...
Bot Image on StartEngine
Bot Image, the developer of ProstatID, is raising funds on StartEngine. The company has a pre-money valuation of $10.9 million. ProstatID is an innovative diagnostic platform...
Trade war, tariffs pose risks to U.S. and global growth: IMF, Fed officials
Officials of the U.S. Federal Reserve and International Monetary Fund separately warned on Thursday that global trade tensions and rising tariffs posed an increasing risk to...
Wall Street subdued as rate cut bets temper trade tensions
U.S. stocks eked out gains in choppy trading on Thursday, as hopes of an interest rate cut outweighed fears of a flare up in U.S.-China trade...
Google to buy data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion
Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday it would buy Looker, a privately held big-data analytics company, for $2.6 billion in cash, in the first major acquisition...
EU reviews Deutsche Bank, SocGen in screening of past money-laundering cases
The European Commission is reviewing past money-laundering cases at EU banks to assess what went wrong and decide possible tweaks to rules, an EU official said,...
Mexican president hopes for deal with U.S. on migration on Thursday
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he hoped a deal could be struck with the United States on Thursday to resolve a migration dispute and...
Mexico foreign minister says national guard to deploy to southern border
Mexico will deploy its national guard to its southern border with Guatemala, the Mexican foreign minister said on Thursday, as part of the country's bid to...
U.S., Mexico to resume talks over tariffs, border as Trump seeks more progress
Mexican and U.S. officials are set to resume talks in Washington on Thursday aimed at heading off punitive tariffs on Mexican goods as President Donald Trump...
Pence: U.S. talks to continue, Mexico must do more on immigration
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said U.S.-Mexico talks would continue on Thursday, and reiterated President Donald Trump's assessment that Mexico must do more to curb immigration...