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CoronavirusSMBs Say US Tariffs On Chinese Goods Are Limiting Imports...
Tariffs on Chinese goods are a major reason the U.S. is experiencing nationwide shortages...
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Cross Border CommerceCompanies Find Work-Arounds To US Tariffs On Items From China
Under the current administration’s trade policies, Chinese imports come with prohibitively high tariffs, approximately...
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RetailRetail CFOs Tighten Purse Strings Over Physical Store Uncertainty
Retail chief financial officers (CFOs) are in for a bumpy road ahead, sitting in...
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EconomyUS, China Sign Partial Trade Agreement
The signing of a partial trade agreement between the U.S. and China means goods...
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TaxesOnline Sales Tax’s ‘Pivotal,’ Post-Wayfair 2019 — And What Lies...
There are certain years (and events) that represent significant shifts in business, where there...
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LoansUS Bank Business Loans Stalled In Latter Half Of 2019
U.S. business loans and capital investment have essentially plateaued in the second half of...
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EconomyJPMC Co-CEO Sees Big Tech As ‘Real Competitors’ In 2020
Daniel Pinto, the co-president and chief operating officer of JPMorgan Chase, told CNBC in...
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InternationalChina Trade Deal Helps Apple Avoid iPhone Tariffs
President Donald Trump announced on Friday (Dec. 13) that the U.S. had reached a...
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AppleFor Apple, Troubling Data Points From China?
The trade war? The new phone launches? A hit to margins? Or maybe all of...
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RetailUS Could Apply Tariffs On French Products
The U.S. is reportedly moving ahead with tariffs that could be as much as...
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InternationalHow Tariffs Lead Toymakers To Redraw Asia's Supply Chains
Importers around the world continue to reel from ongoing trade disputes that are redrawing...
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RetailMajor Retailers’ Prices Stay Steady Despite Tariffs
Some retailers in the U.S. have been absorbing the costs of the ongoing trade...
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RetailBest Buy Reports 15 Pct Rise In Domestic Online Sales
With a boost from eCommerce orders, Best Buy Co. notched another quarter of rising...
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InternationalPort of Los Angeles Volumes Show Trade War Impact
To get a sense of how the trade war – the one between China...
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eCommerceHow Retailers Are Playing The Holiday Inventory/Retail Tariff Game
For many retailers, especially those focused on eCommerce, the next several weeks are crucial....
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eCommerceNew Clearbanc Program Protects Online Merchants' Inventory
Clearbanc is launching an Inventory Protection Program to support eCommerce companies affected by the...
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InternationalSigns Of U.S.-China Trade Deal Lift Stocks To Record Highs
Wall Street’s three main indexes all hit record highs on Monday (Nov. 4), on...
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AppleApple Asks US Govt. For More Tariff Exemptions
Apple has asked the President Donald Trump administration for more tariff exemptions on products...
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RetailTariffs And Shipping Could Shape 2019 Holiday Retail
You may have already seen the Christmas commercials and been lucky – or unlucky...
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EconomyTariffs, Trade Tensions Impact Auto Shipping
The lingering impacts of various trade wars are refashioning supply chains and slowing the...
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InternationalChina's GDP Near 30-Year Low As Trade War Impacts Factory...
Economic growth in China is at a near-30-year low in the third quarter as...
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EconomyIMF: World Economy Will Grow Only 3 Pct In 2019
As the self-inflicted wounds of the trade war between the U.S. and China have...
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InternationalAmid China’s Slowdown, Consumers Root For The Home Team (Of...
In retail and in eCommerce, to make inroads into a new market is challenging...
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RetailWill Tariffs Make Retail's Holidays Less Than Festive?
It looks like tariff worries could take a bite out of retail spending this...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: New Malware Intercepts Crypto En Route To Digital...
A new malware is able to replace wallet addresses as they are typed. The...
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CommerceRebound In Consumer Sentiment: One-Off Or Trend Into Holidays?
And still they spend – and still, the outlook may be bright. If sentiment...
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RetailRetail Pulse: Nordstrom Takes Local Concept To NYC; Grubhub Rolls...
Brick-and-mortar retailers are taking small-format, inventory-free locations to big cities: Nordstrom, for instance, is...
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RetailTarget Punts Tariff Costs To Suppliers To Minimize Consumer Impact
To minimize the impact of tariffs on consumer goods from China, Target is reportedly...
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InternationalBeyond Tariffs, Are Clouds Gathering For Chinese Consumers?
In some ways, the United States and China exist as mirror images, at least...
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EconomyNew Tariffs On Clothes, Shoes To Hit Consumers In The...
After the President Donald Trump administration added 15 percent tariffs to $112 billion of...
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InternationalApple Shows Reliance On China Ahead Of New Tariffs
Supply chain data from Apple indicates the tech firm is still dependent on China...
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EconomyConnecting The Dots: Consumer Confidence, Inventories Tell Separate Economic Tales
Economic data points are frozen in time – and yet taken collectively tell tales. ...
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EconomyDo Soft US Business Investments Mean A Bumpy Holiday Season...
Does a softness in investment activity by U.S. firms hint at a rocky fourth...
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InternationalHuawei Expects US Restrictions To Slash Smartphone Revenue By $10B
Huawei said that revenue loss from U.S. trade restrictions will hit it for about...
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AppleTrump Said Tim Cook ‘Made A Good Case’ About Impact...
President Trump said on Monday (Aug. 19) that he spoke with Apple CEO Tim...
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Are Chinese Tech Stocks Set For Fizzle?
A trade war tariff reprieve does not a sustainable rally make, at least not...
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BitcoinFor Cryptos, Geopolitics And Liquidity Don’t Mix
Cryptos and liquidity do not go hand in hand, especially not where geopolitics is...
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InternationalEconomic Strength In China Paralyzed As Trade War Forges Ahead
High unemployment combined with weak production and consumption point to an ever-slowing economy in...
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AppleSome Apple Products Will Face 10 Pct. Tariff
Bad news for Apple: The tech giant's AirPods, Apple Watch and HomePod are not...
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EconomyWhy The Tariff Delays Do Not Equal Christmas In August
On second thought, hold the tariffs. Stocks took a leap — this time upward...
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Trade Wars Could Cost Each US Consumer $900 This Holiday...
All wars have casualties. And the casualties linger after the clashes stop. This will...
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InternationalWhy China’s SMB IOUs Spell Out Troubles Ahead
Déjà vu for IOUs — and because this is China we’re talking about, it...
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MarketsBig Tech Pummeled On News Of China’s Currency Slide
U.S. stocks took their biggest hit of the year, with the country’s largest tech...
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EconomyEarnings Season, Where No News May Be Good News
In investing, information is king. And the markets, according to some observers, digest info quickly,...
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EarningsInvestors Brace For Rough Q2 Earnings
Despite that fact that stocks are reaching near record highs, 77 percent of companies...
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RegulationTrump Pauses Addition Of New Tariffs On Chinese Products
The United States has removed certain restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co. The move comes...
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InternationalChinese Consumers’ Pullback Seen As A Global Economic Red Flag
One of the problems with trade wars is that they act more as bludgeon...
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RetailMacy's, JCPenney Push Back Against 25 Pct Tariffs
Letters filed by department store retailers Macy’s and JCPenney, along with other companies, asked...
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AmazonUS-China Trade War Could Hurt Amazon Merchants
The escalating trade war between the United States and China is leaving many Amazon...
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Walmart Amazon whole paycheckThe Amazon/Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Rethinking And Realigning
While this tracker normally focuses entirely on the moves and counter-moves of Walmart and...
