6 Jun 2019

U.S. Plans More Than $2 Billion in Weapons Sales to Taiwan, Angering Beijing

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. is planning a new effort to help the Taiwanese government upgrade its military by allowing Taipei to buy billions of dollars’ worth of weapons systems, possibly including more than 100 tanks — a move that has … Read More
27 Aug 2018

Global stocks push higher after Fed’s Powell reassures

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Global markets rose on Monday as fairly dovish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell helped reassure investors that the central bank is not planning to accelerate its interest rate increases next year. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Germany’s DAX … Read More