US officials are in China on Monday for the start of fresh trade negotiations. What’s on the agenda — and what progress could be made as another deadline looms in the trade battle between Beijing...
A basic building block of matter, electrons, are so complicated that it is recognized that by deciding to measure the speed, one cannot determine location, and if one tries to measure location, speed is indeterminant....
Monday early afternoon, the US KBW Bank index, which tracks large US banks and serves as a benchmark for the banking sector, is down 2.5% at the moment. It has dropped 17% from its post-Financial...
Overview: Weaker data from China coupled with pressure on the European periphery is weighing on sentiment after yesterday’s retreat in US stocks saw the S&P 500 again retreat below the 200-day moving average. Chinese shares...
India and Russia have announced a major arms deal, violating US sanctions. Energy sector sources also say New Delhi will purchase 9 million barrels of Iranian oil. Both moves will test India’s relations with the...
Amid intensifying trade friction between Washington and Beijing, a new round of US tariffs took effect on Monday, raising the stakes for both sides. China seems to have several tools up its sleeve to counter...
Across the US in August, the median asking rent for 1-bedroom apartments rose 2.2% from a year ago, to $1,209. For two-bedroom apartments, it rose 3.2% to $1,447. But national numbers average away the often-double-digit...
As the US and Mexico unveil a reworked trade agreement, the old one’s third leg, Canada, said its signature is needed and it may not sign it. But what have the US and Mexico agreed...
It is 53 years since Edna O’Brien published her harrowing novel ‘August is a Wicked Month’ and I have borrowed the title several times over the years. As this month claims more and more casualties...
A different set of private-equity firms, at the peak of the market, as brokers constantly blame low inventories of single-family houses for sky-high prices. The first wave came during the housing bust when large private-equity...
The Trump Administration argues that other countries have been taking unfair advantage of the US on trade for years, and what many are calling a trade war is really only the US finally saying enough....
The Trump administration is reimposing the first tranche of sanctions on Iran, isolating Washington as much as Tehran. A second round of US sanctions in November will target Iran’s energy sector. The first round of...