PRAGE (Reuters) – China’s global economic power is somehow making the communist country a more difficult enemy to face than the Soviet Union during the Cold War, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a visit to the Czech Republic on Wednesday. Pompeo called on countries in Europe to …
Read More »In China, fears of financial Iron Curtain as US tensions grow
SHANGHAI / BEIJING (Reuters) – A sharp escalation of tensions with the United States has raised fears in China of a deepening financial war that could result in the closure of the world dollar system – a devastating prospect once considered far-fetched but now impossible . FILE PHOTO: Chinese yuan …
Read More »GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian markets set for mixed trade amid US stimulus wrangling
BOSTON, Aug. 11 (Reuters) – Asian stocks were put up for trading on Wednesday after Wall Street went into growing uncertainty over an additional round of U.S. fiscal stimulus. New Zealand opened the region on a gruesome note after the Pacific nation reported its first coronavirus infections in more than …
Read More »Japanese stocks grow, dollar falls as investors ‘glass half full’
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japanese stocks were up six months and the dollar was under pressure on Thursday as investors positively plucked from recent economic data and bets on China and the United States with their trading sales at a crucial weekend meeting . FILE PHOTO: Passers-by wearing protective face masks, …
Read More »Japanese stocks grow, dollar falls as investors ‘glass half full’
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japanese stocks were up six months and the dollar was under pressure on Thursday as investors positively plucked from recent economic data and bets on China and the United States with their trading sales at a crucial weekend meeting . FILE PHOTO: Passers-by wearing protective face masks, …
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