China made more than $1.2 trillion trade commitments: Mnuchin
China has made more than $1.2 trillion in additional trade commitments as part of a deal reached by U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping and Beijing has vowed to take immediate steps on those promises.
Brazil’s Azul could join Avianca-United Airlines alliance
(This Nov. 3 story corrects BlackRock participation in Azul, clarifies Avianca executive title)
U.S. Supreme Court appears reluctant to narrow securities laws
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of further limiting the scope of who can be held liable for violating laws that protect investors from securities fraud as they weighed an appeal by a New York investment banker who had been bann…
U.S. November car sales surprise on upside
Holiday season deals propped up U.S. auto sales in November, limiting the scale of annual falls at some carmakers and putting overall figures on course to top analysts’ expectations, numbers from several top producers showed on Monday.
Qualcomm says has moved on from NXP despite China comment
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc said on Monday it was not looking to revive its abandoned $44 billion acquisition of Dutch peer NXP Semiconductors NV , a day after the White House said China would reconsider clearing a deal if it was attempted again.
Amazon.com briefly becomes Wall Street’s most valuable company
Amazon.com briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street in intraday trade on Monday, days after Microsoft Corp dethroned long-time leader Apple .
Supreme Court appears reluctant to narrow securities laws
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of further limiting the scope of who can be held liable for violating laws that protect investors from securities fraud as they weighed an appeal by a New York investment banker who had been bann…
Trade truce with China means big changes in Beijing policy: Trump
President Donald Trump and top U.S. officials said on Monday that a trade truce with China will lead to structural changes in Beijing’s economic policies, including lower tariffs, lower non-tariff barriers and more market access for U.S. companies.
U.S. Trade Representative Lighthizer to lead talks with China: White House
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will lead negotiations with China over tariffs, market access and structural changes to intellectual property practices over the next 90 days, the White House has confirmed, potentially signaling a harder U.S…
Trade detente helps Wall Street build on last week’s gains
Trade-sensitive industrial and technology stocks pushed Wall Street higher on Monday after the United States and China agreed on a temporary trade truce, hopes of which had driven the market last week to post its biggest gain in nearly seven years.
