Asian shares were mixed Friday as trade worries continued after U.S. President Donald Trump announced additional tariffs on imports from Mexico. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 1.6% to finish at 20,601.19, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 inched up nearly 0.1% to 6,396.90. South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.2% to 2,043.25. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 0.5% to […]
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Image copyright Getty Images House prices in May fell 0.2% from April in what Nationwide building society described as a subdued market. The lender said “uncertainty” was likely to weigh on the market in the coming months. Compared with a year earlier, house prices rose 0.6% – slower than the 0.9% rise the previous month.
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Even without Shohei Ohtani in the lineup, nullifying a highly anticipated matchup for Japanese baseball fans, the Los Angeles Angels had no problem solving Yusei Kikuchi this time around. Kole Calhoun and César Puello homered, Mike Trout had three RBIs and the Angels battered Kikuchi for six early runs in a 9-3 victory over the
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“I’m devastated,” said Senator Leahy, the senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee. “I assumed we would serve out our time together here. He has always, always, always kept his word, and I wish to heck some other senators around here would learn to do that.” William Thad Cochran was born on Dec. 7, 1937, in
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption American wine growers will be particularly hit by China’s tariff hike China is set to hike tariffs on a range of US goods on Saturday, marking the latest strike in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Beijing will raise tariffs on $60bn (£47.6bn) worth of US
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Yonder Alonso is dealing with his tough start by staying positive and trying to make the most of every day. A successful performance against his former team certainly helps. Alonso and José Abreu each hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 10-4 on Thursday night for their season-high fourth
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• While the Democratic leadership agonizes over what to do, black voters want Mr. Trump impeached, and their ardor on the subject is driving their representatives. • Four years ago, 46-year-old Beau Biden died of brain cancer, a loss the nation witnessed as his father, Joe Biden was serving as vice president. Mr. Biden now
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The scent of a possible recession is wafting through the bond market again. Bonds are supposed to be the boring corner of the finance world, but even high-flying stock investors stop and pay attention when they fall into a particular, concerning pattern. It’s called an “inverted yield curve,” and it happens when yields for short-term
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Image copyright Getty Images JP Morgan will pay $5m (£3.9m) to settle a discrimination case involving parental leave for fathers. Derek Rotondo said the bank denied him a parental leave benefit available to all employees who are “primary caregivers” of a newborn. He filed a lawsuit against the firm in 2017, and a class action
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Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 32 points and the Toronto Raptors won the first NBA Finals game played outside the U.S., beating the Golden State Warriors 118-109 on Thursday night. The Raptors hardly looked like newcomers to the NBA’s biggest stage, controlling the action most of the way against a Golden State team beginning
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