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Stocks tumble ahead of Trump’s China press conference
President Donald Trump’s upcoming news conference on China on Friday shook up stocks in morning trading on Wall Street, as the White House could respond to the communist country’s action against Hong … ( read…
Yandex: Not So Immune To Corona As You Might Think
The coronavirus outbreak is going to reveal the biggest downside of Yandex’s case: the company is tied tightly with the ever-shrinking Russian economy. Yandex.T … ( read original story …)
S&P 500, Dow dip on jitters over Trump’s China response
The S&P 500 and Dow slipped on Friday as investors were nervous ahead of a U.S. response to China’s national security law on Hong Kong that threatens to take the shine off another month of…
Trump’s China Fight Shows Covid-19 Hasn’t Changed Oil’s World
With November looming, and his presidency tainted by America’s Covid-19 death toll and joblessness, Trump may well have decided China makes a better pandemic scapegoat than econ … ( read original story …)
After Silencing Coronavirus Whistleblowers, China Now Detains Citizens Documenting Outbreak
Reports suggest whistleblowers and citizens documenting and reporting on the COVID-19 in China are being silenced and detained for a variety of reasons. ( read original story …)
US stocks slide as traders await President Trump’s China news conference
Investor concerns continued to mount around President Donald Trump’s planned press conference about China. ( read original story …)
Greece: Tourists from 29 countries including Germany, Denmark, China can fly in as of June 15
Greece on Friday listed 29 countries from where it will accept visitors as of June 15 as the Greek government looks to mitigate some of the financial damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The Greek ……
Hong Kong on borrowed time as China pushes for more control
Hong Kong has been living on borrowed time ever since the British made it a colony nearly 180 years ago, and all the more so after Beijing took control in 1997 and granted it autonomous…
Futures tick lower on jitters over Trump’s China response
The S&P 500 and the Dow were set to open lower on Friday as investors braced for a U.S. response to China’s national security law on Hong Kong, threatening to take the shine off another…
Stocks are set for a flat open ahead of Trump’s U.S.-China news conference
Stock futures slipped slightly early Friday morning as traders braced for an upcoming news conference on U.S.-China relations from President Donald Trump. ( read original story …)
Trump to Hold Press Conference on China Today
President Donald Trump is expected to hold a press conference Friday on China. European stocks fell, led by auto makers, over fear of escalating tensions between the U.S. and China, ahead of the … (…
China’s Central Bank to Step up Evaluation of Financial Risks Amid Coronavirus
It will adopt comprehensive measures to ramp up the disposal of non-performing loans, and deepen the reforms of small and medium-sized banks and work to replenish their capital, the People’s Bank of … ( read…
