Trade War

U.S. employers added 128,000 jobs in October as the unemployment rate inched up to 3.6%. Friday's report from the Labor Department suggests job growth remains resilient, despite the ongoing trade war and temporary setbacks like the United Auto Workers' stri…

WHEN NOEL QUINN took over as interim chief executive of HSBC from John Flint, ousted by the board in August, analysts expected a change in style. Whereas Mr Flint was seen as a cerebral introvert, Mr Quinn is forthcoming, verging on blunt. On that front, at …

WHEN NOEL QUINN took over as interim chief executive of HSBC from John Flint, ousted by the board in August, analysts expected a change in style. Whereas Mr Flint was seen as a cerebral introvert, Mr Quinn is forthcoming, verging on blunt. On that front, at …

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday stepped up recent U.S. rhetoric targeting China's ruling Communist Party, saying it was focused on international domination and needed to be confronted. Pomp…

The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with new restrictions on doing business with tech giants Huawei and ZTE, with chairman Ajit Pai setting a Nov. 19 date for vote on a proposal to bar U.S. firms that receive federal subsidies from purchas…

For years, Hong Kong has been one of the worlds most profitable banking markets. That status is now under threat.Banks profit per employee last year was higher in Hong Kong than in any other market tracked by Citigroup analystsroughly double the U.S. figure.B…

Navarro called the apparent leak "fake news" in response, but the Post maintained that multiple insiders had seen hard copies of the potential order. If an order like this did go ahead, it would raise numerous concerns about potential abuses of power. It's n…

Drew Angerer/Getty Images Last week Vanity Fair published an article claiming that mysterious traders made roughly $3.5 billion off stock bets timed to Trump's trade war comments. It essentially implied that certain traders were frontrunning…

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday accused China of curtailing “rights and liberties” in Hong Kong in a wide-ranging critique of Beijing’s behavior but also insisted that the United States does not seek confrontation or to “de-couple…