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South Korea clamps down on Apple and Google payment systems

South Korean lawmakers have unanimously passed legislation making it impossible for Apple and Google to force app developers to use the tech giants’ payment systems. The move could trigger similar steps elsewhere. South Korean parliamentarians...

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China Sends Ripples Across the Markets

 It is not China’s aggressive foreign policy that is the source of the disturbance in the capital markets, but its aggressiveness at home as it asserts control parts of the tech sector and toughens its...

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The Dollar Remains on the Defensive

Last week’s cyberattack on the largest US gasoline pipeline continues to lift oil and gasoline prices.  The June gasoline futures gapped higher to extend last week’s 2.4% gain but has subsequently moved lower to enter...

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Significance of the US-Korea Agreement

The US and South Korea struck an important agreement this week.  Many are recognizing it as the first success of President Trump’s trade strategy and a turning point in general.  It is being offered as an...

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“Zombie Apocalypse”: The Hanjin Bailout that Didn’t Happen

South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping Co., the world’s seventh largest container carrier and a unit of Hanjin Group, Korea’s 10th-largest conglomerate that also controls Korean Air Lines, has been in financial trouble for a long time....

Natural Gas & Cold War-MarketExpress

Natural Gas: Fuel for the next cold war

Ukraine is dependent on Russian gas – but not as much as it used to be. For years the US State Department has pushed the country toward energy independence. Congress aims to speed things up....

UK teleco regulator ‘comfortable’ with Huawei despite US concern over South Korea deal

UK teleco regulator ‘comfortable’ with Huawei despite US concern over South Korea deal Two US Senate committee heads, dealing with national security, have expressed their concern over a network provisions deal between Huawei and South...

North and South Korea agree date to reopen Kaesong joint industrial zone

North and South Korea have agreed to reopen the Kaesong joint industrial zone on a trial basis on Monday. The site, a rare symbol of inter-Korean cooperation, was shut five months ago amid heightened military...