Trade War

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s second-quarter economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in at least 27 years, in line with expectations, as demand at home and abroad cooled in the face of a bruising trade war with the United States. The economy grew 6.2% in t…

Veteran bond-fund manager Dan Fuss says investors should remain prepared for a potential escalation of tit-for-tat tariffs between U.S. and China even as they restart trade negotiations. Fuss, an investor with 60 years of market experience, manages the $11 b…

IDC and Gartner count shipments slightly differently, but IDC saw "high single-digit" US growth and Gartner saw a slight sales decline stateside. The number of units shipped went up for both desktop and portable PC models, according to IDC. Apple's MacBook ke…

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Many U.S. Federal Reserve officials at their last meeting thought more stimulus would be needed soon if risks to the U.S. economy did not let up, and several others leaned in that direction, records from the meeting showed. In their …

The Bible could be a victim in Trump's trade war

European markets remained cautious despite Wall Street closing at record highs Wednesday, as trade war concerns lingered. Markets have been subdued with the U.S. shut for business for the Fourth of July holiday. Whats moving the market? China Commerce Min…

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge HP, Dell, Microsoft, and Amazon are the latest companies to consider moving some of their hardware production out of China in light of the ongoing trade war with the US. Nikkei reports that HP and Dell are both looking to m…

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks managed modest gains on Tuesday after holding near the unchanged mark for much of the session as enthusiasm over the U.S.-China trade truce faded after the United States threatened tariffs on additional E…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union said on Tuesday it is open to talks with United States in a row over aircraft subsidies but said figures quoted by Washington as it threatened more tariffs were based on internal U.S. estimates. “The EU remains open f…

Chip-related stocks led the broader tech sector higher following a truce in the trade war with China, which dragged heavily on suppliers of semiconductors and related technology earlier this year. The PHLX Semiconductor Index SOX, +2.39% rose as much as 5…