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CoronavirusSMBs Say US Tariffs On Chinese Goods Are Limiting Imports Of Hand Sanitizer, Disinfectant
Tariffs on Chinese goods are a major reason the U.S. is experiencing nationwide shortages of hand sanitizer, disinfectants and other coronavirus-fighting imports,...
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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 $370 billion or so each year. Several U.S....
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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 the eye of a storm with the presidential...
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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 and services will flow again, but uncertainties could...
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TaxesOnline Sales Tax’s ‘Pivotal,’ Post-Wayfair 2019 — And What Lies Ahead
There are certain years (and events) that represent significant shifts in business, where there was a way things were done — until...
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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 2019, in what experts say is a reflection...
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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 an interview that 2020 will likely see sturdy...
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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 phase-one trade deal with China and that the...
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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 the above? According to research from the sell-side,...
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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 100 percent on French products. U.S. President Donald...
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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 supply chains — perhaps permanently — throughout Asia,...
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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 war with China, including Walmart and Amazon, according...
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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 sales and management provided a more upbeat forecast...
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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 and the United States – is having an...
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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. The holiday shopping season, stretching from Black Friday...
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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 U.S.-China trade negotiations ahead of the holiday shopping...
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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 news of technology gains and the nearing of...
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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 that come from China, according to reports. The...
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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 – enough to have heard some holiday music...
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EconomyTariffs, Trade Tensions Impact Auto Shipping
The lingering impacts of various trade wars are refashioning supply chains and slowing the flow of goods across borders and across various...
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InternationalChina’s GDP Near 30-Year Low As Trade War Impacts Factory Work
Economic growth in China is at a near-30-year low in the third quarter as tariffs start to negatively affect factory production, Reuters...
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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 made for a “precarious” economic state, the International...
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InternationalAmid China’s Slowdown, Consumers Root For The Home Team (Of Retailers)
In retail and in eCommerce, to make inroads into a new market is challenging … especially if consumers root for the home...
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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 holiday season. According to new data out from...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: New Malware Intercepts Crypto En Route To Digital Wallets; Uzbekistan Gov’t Calls For 300 Pct Rise In Crypto Miners’ Tariffs
A new malware is able to replace wallet addresses as they are typed. The malware — called Masad Stealer — can steal...
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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 is everything – where sanguine moods can mean...
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RetailRetail Pulse: Nordstrom Takes Local Concept To NYC; Grubhub Rolls Out Perks
Brick-and-mortar retailers are taking small-format, inventory-free locations to big cities: Nordstrom, for instance, is bringing its Nordstrom Local concept to the Big...
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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 telling its suppliers to handle tariff costs. The...
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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 when it comes to economic drivers. In other...
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EconomyNew Tariffs On Clothes, Shoes To Hit Consumers In The Wallet
After the President Donald Trump administration added 15 percent tariffs to $112 billion of goods from China on Sunday (Sept. 1), China...
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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 despite using manufacturing plants in Brazil and India,...
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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. The latest readings on consumer confidence and on...
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EconomyDo Soft US Business Investments Mean A Bumpy Holiday Season On Horizon?
Does a softness in investment activity by U.S. firms hint at a rocky fourth quarter and bumpy holiday spending season? As reported...
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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 $10 billion, which is $20 billion less than...
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AppleTrump Said Tim Cook ‘Made A Good Case’ About Impact Of Tariffs
President Trump said on Monday (Aug. 19) that he spoke with Apple CEO Tim Cook over how U.S. tariffs on China will...
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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 for Chinese tech stocks. However, the news Thursday...
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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 concerned. Conventional wisdom may hold that cryptos are...
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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 China as the trade war with the U.S....
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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 included in a temporary reprieve on tariffs by...
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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 — on the heels of news that, amid...
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Trade Wars Could Cost Each US Consumer $900 This Holiday Season
All wars have casualties. And the casualties linger after the clashes stop. This will likely be the case as the U.S./China trade...
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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 may be the world economy that ultimately pays....
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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 companies getting hit the hardest. CNBC reported that...
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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, and stock prices discount that information with haste....
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EarningsInvestors 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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RegulationTrump 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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InternationalChinese 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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RetailMacy’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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AmazonUS-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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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 Amazon as they race for the greater share...
