Trade War

A global outbreak of the new strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) has put a stick in the spokes of many supply chains that rely on China’s manufacturing. However, some companies may be in a slightly better position than they otherwise might have due to the China-US trade war, a major market narrative…

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As Apple itself implied was the case in an investor note last week, iPhone sales are taking a hit in China due to the ongoing coronavirus situation. In a new investor note today, UBS analysts estimate that iPhone sales fell 28% during January. As reported by Bloomberg, the UBS analysts…

The re-badged progressive web apps should help fill it out a bit Huawei is boasting of some encouraging stats for its Google Play replacement after the Trump administration stopped the Mountain View giant doing business with the Chinese comms bogeyman. Last year, Huawei's worldwide handset business took a body blow…

“There’s no plan B,” said Saint-Amans, while tucking into a Caesar salad earlier this week in Brussels during a break between meetings at the European Commission, the European Parliament and local think tanks. His next destination: a two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers starting Saturday in Saudi…

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump signaled Friday that he’s prepared to tap federal coffers again to help farmers suffering from the tariff fights that he initiated. The Trump administration over the past two years has committed to providing farmers with $27 billion in assistance. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has said…

BENGALURU (Reuters) - The impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China on U.S. economic growth will be negligible and short-lived, according to economists in a Reuters poll who nonetheless now say risks to their forecasts are skewed more to the downside. FILE PHOTO: A customer counts her money at the…

China has...gone do the dogs? A woman pushes a stroller with two dogs wearing masks along a street ... in Shanghai on February 19, 2020. (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The ongoing coronavirus epidemic in China may very well end up pulling factories out…

These days, markets forgive and forget anything except the suspension of share buybacks. By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: Global banking behemoth HSBC’s net profit slumped 53% in 2019, to $5.97 billion, after the lender announced a $7.3 billion write-off to reflect weakened conditions in global banking and markets, and European commercial…

The machine-vision leader is weathering a perfect storm, with the coronavirus adding to the impact of weak manufacturing and the recently resolved trade war. After three challenging quarters leading up to Cognex's (NASDAQ:CGNX) fourth-quarter financial report, shareholder expectations were extremely low. The machine-vision leader has banged the drum all year…