Wal-Mart isn’t making any big changes to its Black Friday store hours this year, as some other retailers have, and you won’t need a wristband to snag the biggest deals. In line with last year, the big-box retailer’s website on turkey day will kick off its online Black Friday sale at 12:01 a.m. ET. That’s […]
Read moreSpeaking in Beijing on Thursday, President Donald Trump said he will work to address what he described as unfair practices from the Chinese that have led to a mismatch of benefits from U.S.-China commerce. The president was quick to note, however, that he did not blame Beijing for having been able to get away with […]
Read moreChina’s top state oil major Sinopec, one of the country’s top banks and its sovereign wealth fund have agreed to help develop Alaska’s liquefied natural gas sector as part of President Donald Trump’s visit, the U.S. government said on Thursday. Alaska Gasline Development, the State of Alaska, Sinopec, China Investment Corp and the Bank of […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s policies have placed China as a leader on the international stage, according to Ian Bremmer, founder and president of political consultancy Eurasia Group. A year into his presidency, Trump’s priority of American jobs and the economy, a doctrine called “America First,” has resulted in a broad U.S. withdrawal from international engagement, reflected […]
Read moreAs President Donald Trump continues to push for one-on-one trade partnerships in Asia, Australia’s minister for trade says his country still sees merit in bigger blocs. “We are unashamedly pro a multilateral rules-based global trading system. We think it has served the world very well, notwithstanding that there are, of course, pockets where we have […]
Read moreAs President Donald Trump uses his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to address trade and North Korean issues, he also may bring up China’s theft of American intellectual property. Despite a cyber-warfare truce, one defense analyst said China is probably still engaged in the theft of sensitive U.S. military technology. Hacking over the years […]
Read moreChinese tech firm Tencent Holdings said in a statement on Thursday it wanted to use its expanded stake in Snapchat owner Snap to explore cooperation on mobile games publishing and a news feed. Tencent, which first invested in Snap in 2013, has recently bought enough shares to raise its stake in Snap to 12 percent, […]
Read moreChina’s consumer inflation rate accelerated to 1.9 percent in October from a year earlier, beating market expectations, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday. The consumer price index (CPI) had been expected to rise 1.8 percent on-year compared with an increase of 1.6 percent in September. Producer prices rose 6.9 percent on-year, unchanged […]
Read moreAsian stocks climbed in early Thursday trade, following the firmer lead from Wall Street in the last session. Ahead, investors in the region will await the release of Chinese inflation data and keep an eye on President Donald Trump’s stop in Beijing. Japanese markets soared on Wednesday, with the Nikkei 225 rising 1.08 percent in […]
Read moreMark Zuckerberg says technology doesn’t necessarily create more jobs but does improve the pay of workers who get re-trained to take advantage of innovation in their industries. Zuckerberg made the comments in a post after visiting an Oklahoma wind farm, part of what he says will be the last leg of his 2017 tour of […]
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