Wall Street set for higher open on renewed U.S.-China trade hopes
Wall Street was set to open higher on Friday as investors took heart from positive signs regarding trade talks between the United States and China and after UK lawmakers voted to delay a potentially chaotic exit from the European Union.
Central banks stuck in holding pattern
A host of central banks meet next week, but with a global economic slowdown underway alongside political and trade strife, they are unlikely to tinker much, if at all, with policy.
Boeing black box review begins in France, aviation world waits
Investigators in France on Friday examined the black boxes of a Boeing 737 MAX that crashed in Ethiopia, as a spooked global airline industry waited to see if the cause was similar to a disaster in Indonesia months before.
Stock futures rise on renewed U.S.-China trade hopes
U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as investors welcomed positive signs regarding trade talks between the United States and China and after UK lawmakers voted to delay a potentially chaotic exit from the European Union.
China’s premier says ready to use more policy tools to help economy
The Chinese government has additional monetary policy measures that it can take to support economic growth this year, and will even cut “its own flesh” to help finance large-scale tax cuts, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday.
Backstory: The frenzy to cover China’s stage-managed parliament session
For many journalists, China’s once in a year parliamentary meeting starts with a sharp-elbowed sprint up the stairs.
China to lower funding costs for small and micro firms by 1 percent point this year: premier
China will take multiple measures to lower funding costs for small and micro firms by 1 percentage point this year, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday, as the government rolls out more steps to shore up the slowing economy.
China says will fulfil promise to open up economy
China will fulfil its promise to open up its economy to foreign investors, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday at his annual news conference.
China’s Premier Li says it is not realistic to decouple economies of China, U.S.
It is not realistic to decouple the economies of the United States and China, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday, adding that common interests between the world’s two largest economies far outweigh disputes.
Exclusive: Some lessors to end deals with Jet, prepare to fly planes out of India – sources
Some lessors of India’s Jet Airways have begun terminating lease deals over unpaid dues and are preparing to move the leased planes abroad, escalating a crisis for the cash-strapped carrier, five sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
