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1.2KEconomyEarnings Season, Where No News May Be Good News
In investing, information is king. And the markets, according to some observers, digest info quickly, and stock prices discount that information with haste....
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1.3KEarningsInvestors Brace For Rough Q2 Earnings
Despite that fact that stocks are reaching near record highs, 77 percent of companies that have issued pre-announcements ahead of earnings reports...
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3.7KRegulationTrump Pauses Addition Of New Tariffs On Chinese Products
The United States has removed certain restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co. The move comes as President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi...
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2.2KInternationalChinese Consumers’ Pullback Seen As A Global Economic Red Flag
One of the problems with trade wars is that they act more as bludgeon than scalpel. Tariffs, of course, make all sorts...
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1.4KRetailMacy’s, JCPenney Push Back Against 25 Pct Tariffs
Letters filed by department store retailers Macy’s and JCPenney, along with other companies, asked the U.S. Trade Representative to remove many footwear...
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1.2KAmazonUS-China Trade War Could Hurt Amazon Merchants
The escalating trade war between the United States and China is leaving many Amazon merchants wondering how to keep their businesses afloat...
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1.1KWalmart 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 Amazon as they race for the greater share...
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1.2KB2B PaymentsChase, IBM CEOs Speak Out Against Trade Tariffs
Chief executive officers are continuing to raise concerns about rising global trade tensions and market volatility, reports from Yahoo Finance said Thursday...
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2.2KRetailNew Walmart System Lets Suppliers Increase Prices
Walmart has updated a tool to allow suppliers to submit cost increases related to higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. The “Cost...
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1.2KAppleFoxconn Ready To Move Apple Production Out Of China
Foxconn Technology is prepared to move production for Apple out of China if the country’s trade war with the U.S. escalates. In...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsCEOs Ramp Up Risk Mitigation As Trade War Threat Grows
As the trade war between the U.S. and China could escalate, CEOs are trying to figure out how they will mitigate the...
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2.1KRetailRetail Clothing Sales Down 24 Percent, Worst Since ‘08
Clothing retailers like the Gap, Canada Goose and Abercrombie & Fitch are all experiencing troubling sales reports, the likes of which haven’t...
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1.8KSizzle/FizzleRetail’s Fizzling Store Count
Perhaps at this point it might be better to ask which retailers, if any, are not shuttering stores. The data came this...
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1.6KRetailRetail Store Closures Pass 7,150
This year is proving to be another tough one for brick-and-mortar stores, with Dressbarn, CVS, Party City and Pier 1 Imports being...
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1.5KInternationalChinese Gov’t Pours $22B To Prop Up Domestic Cos In 2018
The Chinese government increased subsidies it paid last year, aiming to help Chinese companies weather the economic slowdown in the country. According...
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Huawei CEO Against Apple Retaliation In China
Huawei Founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said he doesn’t expect China to retaliate against Apple, despite the Chinese telecom company being blacklisted...
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2.4KCross Border CommerceTariff Battle May See Mounting Retail Casualties
Trade wars leave casualties on the economic battlefield, wounding balance sheets and earnings as the costs to import (and sell) goods mounts....
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3.5KMobileSamsung Aims To Cash In On Huawei’s Struggles
Samsung Electronics is looking to take advantage of the United States’ recent ban on Huawei Technologies. While Samsung has been struggling in...
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2.4KEconomyChina Tariffs Could Cost Americans $831 A Year
The New York Federal Reserve Bank published research on Thursday (May 23) saying that increased U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports will cost...
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1.6KRetailTreasury Sec., Walmart CFO Discuss China Trade War Price Effects
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Wednesday (May 22) that he spoke with Walmart Chief Financial Officer Brett Biggs about...
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2.0KEarningsKohl’s Eyes Amazon For In-Store Boost
It looks like rough sledding for Kohl’s ahead, but is Amazon to be a savior? Kohl’s first quarter results announced Tuesday (May...
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1.6KRetailChina Tariffs Will Cause Price Hike At Walmart
Walmart’s prices will rise due to the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China, according to a report by Reuters. The...
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1.7KAppleNew China Tariffs Can Boost Apple iPhone Costs By 3 Pct
New tariffs imposed by China could cause Apple’s iPhone production costs to rise as much as 3 percent, and negatively impact the...
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3.3KRetailTariffs Loom As Threat To Retailers’ Bottom Lines
Amid headlines trumpeting trade wars, and drags to be felt on gross domestic product, one vertical in the U.S. stands out for...
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1.5KSMBsSMBs Struggle To Cope With New Trade Tariffs
Small businesses have sent out a warning to the Trump administration over new tariffs being levied on Chinese goods. The White House...
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1.8KSizzle/FizzleFizzle: Stock Market Swoons – Will Wealth Effect, Too?
The wealth effect. It’s ephemeral, fleeting and widely desired. Especially for consumer spending. Generally, the wealth effect works this way: When people...
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4.6KInternationalFrance, Germany And EU Want China To Play Nice
The European Commission, along with France and Germany, are calling on China to open its domestic market more to foreign companies. According...
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3.5KInternationalChina Refuses To Dial Back Tech Regulations
Although U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are going to Beijing for trade talks later on this week,...
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3.6KEconomyStudy: Trade War Squandered $7.8B In GDP Last Year
A new study by a group of economists found the trade war being waged by the White House has cost the economy...
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Veem Targets Firms’ Trade War Tariff Burden
Cross-border payments processing company Veem is targeting the cash flow burden companies face as a result of ongoing trade disputes and subsequent...
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3.0KEconomyUS, China Near Completion Of Trade Deal
With both countries potentially lifting tariffs, the U.S. and China are reportedly nearing a trade deal. A formal agreement could come around...
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3.6KInternationalSmartphone Makers Press India For Export Credits, Lower Tariffs
An association of smartphone manufacturers that includes Apple, Huawei, Oppo and Foxconn has submitted a 174-page report to the Indian government asking...
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3.7KInternational$13B In Trump Trade War Tariffs Go Unpaid
While President Donald Trump has boasted that his tariffs imposed on China and other countries have made billions of dollars for the...
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4.3KInternationalChina To Help Private Businesses With Lower-Cost Credit
Lawmakers in China are looking at ways to help private businesses that are having a hard time refinancing debt, reported Reuters. The...
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US-China Trade War Costs Billions For Both Sides
The trade war between the United States and China has ended up costing billions of dollars for both sides during 2018, with...
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4.4KB2B PaymentsWalmart, Dollar Tree Step Up Pressure On Chinese Suppliers
The impacts of ongoing trade disputes between the U.S. and China are beginning to be felt by suppliers, according to Wall Street...
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3.3KAppleAnalysts Weigh In On Apple, Post-Trump Tariff Threat
Analysts are sharing their thoughts on what will happen to Apple if President Donald Trump’s threat of new tariffs on iPhones goes...
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3.4KInternationalTrump Threatens 10 Pct Tariff On iPhones Made In China
Days before a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump warned that he might slap a 10 percent tariff on...
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4.9KB2B PaymentsTreasurers Remain Calm Amid Trade Tensions, Rate Hikes
Corporate treasurers say they remain fairly unconcerned about global trade tensions and incoming interest rate hikes, and have not changed their payments...
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4.6KInternationalPeople’s Bank Of China Plans To Manage Money Supply Growth
To head off financial risks, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) plans to manage growth of the money supply. Its remarks could...
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4.5KRetailConsumer Spending To Top $1,000 Over Holidays
In the upcoming holiday season, a National Retail Federation (NRF) survey found that consumers are expected to spend an average of $1,007.24....
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5.9KCross Border CommerceMarkets Swoon And Risk Looms For Firms’ Cross-Border Commerce
Volatility in the stock markets and rising rates may have ripple effects — among them a greater amount of risk tied to...
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4.9KEconomyChina Tariffs Add To Retailer Holiday Worries
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (well, if you squint and aim your gaze past the Halloween decorations). And from...
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2.6KEconomyRetailers Hope Tariffs Don’t Ruin The Holidays
Retailers are racing against the impact of tariffs for the holiday shopping season. That’s the view of The Wall Street Journal, which...
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3.5KAppleApple To Debut Slew Of New Devices On Wednesday
Apple is set to premiere a variety of new products this week at the company’s Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California. According...
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4.0KEconomyFootwear, Apparel Industries Could Be Disrupted By Tariffs
With U.S. tariffs on imports from China, an industry association leader has said that American shoppers will be faced with higher prices...
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2.9KCross Border CommerceLessons In Global Supply Chain Management
It’s widely accepted that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link – and based on the past few weeks,...
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3.7KInvestmentsChina’s Banks Asked To Give Infrastructure Investment Support
China’s banking and insurance regulator has asked banks and insurers to examine and tackle “weak points” in the country’s infrastructure sector. According...
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Chinese Tariffs Could Hit Consumers’ Pocketbooks To The Tune Of $3.2B
The tariffs put in place by the U.S. government on printed circuit assemblies and connected devices could result in U.S. consumers paying $3.2...
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6.7KAppleTrump Tariffs Threaten Apple US Price Increases
Apple might have to raise prices on some of its products due to President Donald Trump’s latest proposals to charge a 10...
