Stocks in Asia Pacific were higher on Monday as data releases showed China’s factory activity expanding in May. ( read original story …)
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Stock futures steady amid U.S. protests, simmering China tensions
Futures tracking the S&P 500 index were trading flat on Monday following a strong showing in May, as investors turned cautious after protests erupted across the country over race, and simmering … ( read original…
Hong Kong stocks climb as investors brush aside US-China friction
Hong Kong’s battered stock market enjoyed its best day in more than two months as investors shrugged off Donald Trump’s announcement from Friday, saying they had feared harsher measures from the US … ( read…
China reportedly says Trump’s plan to sever ties with WHO shows U.S. has become ‘addicted to quitting’
Since his inauguration, Trump has espoused the need for his administration to take an “America First” approach to foreign policy. ( read original story …)
Stocks Rise Despite U.S.-China Tensions: Live Market Updates
Stocks in London and Paris were about 1 percent higher in midday trading Monday, though markets in Germany and a number of other countries were closed for a holiday. Asian markets rose strongly, paced ……
China asks state firms to halt purchases of U.S. soybeans, pork, say sources
China has asked its state-owned firms to halt purchases of soybeans and pork from the United States, two people familiar with the matter said, after Washington said it would eliminate special U.S. ( read original…
Trump’s China Trade Strategy Is Dying Even If His Deal Holds Up
When President Donald Trump on Friday announced new measures aimed at punishing China for both its role in the Covid-19 pandemic and the new phase in Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong, he left one big…
Here’s Why VF Corporation Stock Could Gain Only 10% Post Covid-19 Crisis
Comparing the trend in VF Corporation stock (which owns brands such as Vans, Timberland, and The North Face) over recent months with its trajectory during and after the Great Recession of 2008, we … (…
Nationalism in China is running high. Here’s how Beijing reins it in.
Coincidentally, Friday was the 15th anniversary of China’s anti-secession law — and a senior defense official in Beijing vowed to “smash” any possibility of Taiwan independence. So far, the government … ( read original story…
China asks state firms to halt purchases of U.S. soybeans, pork, sources say
China has asked its state-owned firms to halt purchases of soybeans and pork from the United States, two people familiar with the matter said, after Washington said it would eliminate special U.S. ( read original…
“Fear, uncertainty and distance”: Life in Shanghai under covid-19
At the tail end of April, The Post reported that The World Health Organization said there’s not enough evidence to that a person who has recovered from covid-19 is immune to a second infedtion. Some…
Russia to Ship Covid-19 Drug to Hospitals in Race for Treatment
Russia is preparing to provide hospitals with a coronavirus drug developed with the sovereign wealth fund’s backing after gaining initial approval from the Health Ministry amid a global race to find … ( read original…
Containment of a traceable COVID-19 outbreak among healthcare workers at a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation unit
The challenge of COVID-19 and hematopoietic cell transplantation; EBMT recommendations for management of hematopoietic cell transplant recipients, their donors, and patients undergoing CAR T-cell … ( read original story …)
