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8:27am, 2nd August, 2019

Wall Street set to open lower after Trump's tariff threat, slow job growth

Wall Street was set to open lower on Friday after a sharp escalation in U.S.-China trade tensions and tepid job growth in July reinforced fears of a global economic slowdown.

Trump hits China with more tariffs, says Xi moving too slow on trade

8:15pm, 1st August, 2019

Business

Trump hits China with more tariffs, says Xi moving too slow on trade

U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese imports from Sept. 1 and could raise tariffs further if China's President Xi Jinping fails to move more quickly to strike a trade deal.

Trump signs orders targeting states' power to slow energy projects

6:48pm, 10th April, 2019

US

Trump signs orders targeting states' power to slow energy projects

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders in the heart of the Texas energy hub on Wednesday targeting the power of states to delay natural gas, coal and oil projects as he looks to build support ahead of next year's election.

UK shoppers slow their spending ahead of Brexit, some stockpile

8:39pm, 4th March, 2019

UK

UK shoppers slow their spending ahead of Brexit, some stockpile

British consumers reined in their spending in February ahead of Brexit and shoppers focused on buying food, including for stock-piling, rather than non-essential items, data released on Tuesday showed.

Tunnels, civilians slow capture of Islamic State's last Syria pocket

9:02am, 24th February, 2019

World

Tunnels, civilians slow capture of Islamic State's last Syria pocket

More than a thousand foreign jihadists could still be sheltering among civilians in Islamic State's final stronghold in east Syria, a shred of land riddled with defensive tunnels, an official with the U.S.-backed force trying to defeat them said...

First U.S. tax filings under Trump's overhaul off to slow start

7:52am, 11th February, 2019

US

First U.S. tax filings under Trump's overhaul off to slow start

The first U.S. tax filing season under the overhaul that President Donald Trump signed into law at the end of 2017 got off to a slow start in the first week, with data released on Friday showing a significant drop in returns and refunds.

Facebook's rise in profit outweighs slow user, sales growth

7:37pm, 30th October, 2018

Business

Facebook's rise in profit outweighs slow user, sales growth

Facebook Inc on Tuesday beat profit estimates but missed targets for growing monthly users and reported its slowest revenue growth in about six years in a quarter some investors feared would be hit harder by defections from the social media site.

Exclusive: Guarding stability, China likely to slow yuan's slide to 7 per dollar: sources

5:52am, 26th October, 2018

Business

Exclusive: Guarding stability, China likely to slow yuan's slide to 7 per dollar: sources

China is likely to use its vast currency reserves to stop any precipitous fall through the psychologically important level of 7 yuan per dollar as it could risk triggering speculation and heavy capital outflows, policy insiders said.

Goldman Sachs will slow consumer loan growth if market falters

2:14pm, 16th October, 2018

Business

Goldman Sachs will slow consumer loan growth if market falters

Goldman Sachs will slow loan growth in one of its key new business areas if it sees a marked deterioration in credit quality, potentially jeopardizing new Chief Executive David Solomon's task to boost revenue by $5 billion by 2020.

Asian factories slow as China-U.S. trade conflict starts to bite

1:36am, 1st August, 2018

Business

Asian factories slow as China-U.S. trade conflict starts to bite

Manufacturing activity across Asia slowed in July, deepening concerns about the region's economic outlook as an intensifying trade conflict between the United States and China sent shudders through their trading partners.

UK housing starts slow, led by slump in London - NHBC

3:39am, 26th July, 2018

UK

UK housing starts slow, led by slump in London - NHBC

British builders started work on slightly fewer new homes in the three months to the end of June, hit by a sharp fall in London, but overall construction remained close to its highest level since the global financial crisis, industry data showed.