tariffs

Big Tech Pummeled On News Of China’s Currency Slide
Big Tech Pummeled On News Of China’s Currency Slide
August 05, 2019  |  Markets

U.S. stocks took their biggest hit of the year, with the country’s largest tech companies getting hit the hardest. CNBC reported that Microsoft, Apple, Amazon,...

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Earnings Season, Where No News May Be Good News
Earnings Season, Where No News May Be Good News
July 02, 2019  |  Economy

In investing, information is king. And the markets, according to some observers, digest info quickly, and stock prices discount that information with haste. Earnings season comes...

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Investors Brace For Rough Q2 Earnings
Investors Brace For Rough Q2 Earnings
July 02, 2019  |  Earnings

Despite that fact that stocks are reaching near record highs, 77 percent of companies that have issued pre-announcements ahead of earnings reports said profits will...

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Trump Pauses Addition Of New Tariffs On Chinese Products
Trump Pauses Addition Of New Tariffs On Chinese Products
July 01, 2019  |  Regulation

The United States has removed certain restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co. The move comes as President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed...

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Chinese Consumers’ Pullback Seen As A Global Economic Red Flag
Chinese Consumers’ Pullback Seen As A Global Economic Red Flag
June 26, 2019  |  International

One of the problems with trade wars is that they act more as bludgeon than scalpel. Tariffs, of course, make all sorts of things expensive...

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Macy’s, JCPenney Push Back Against 25 Pct Tariffs
Macy’s, JCPenney Push Back Against 25 Pct Tariffs
June 24, 2019  |  Retail

Letters filed by department store retailers Macy’s and JCPenney, along with other companies, asked the U.S. Trade Representative to remove many footwear and apparel items...

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US-China Trade War Could Hurt Amazon Merchants
US-China Trade War Could Hurt Amazon Merchants
June 24, 2019  |  Amazon

The escalating trade war between the United States and China is leaving many Amazon merchants wondering how to keep their businesses afloat during these uncertain...

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The Amazon/Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Rethinking And Realigning
The Amazon/Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Rethinking And Realigning
June 14, 2019  |  Walmart Amazon whole paycheck

While this tracker normally focuses entirely on the moves and counter-moves of Walmart and Amazon as they race for the greater share of the consumer’s...

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Chase, IBM CEOs Speak Out Against Trade Tariffs
Chase, IBM CEOs Speak Out Against Trade Tariffs
June 14, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Chief executive officers are continuing to raise concerns about rising global trade tensions and market volatility, reports from Yahoo Finance said Thursday (June 13). Reporters...

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