The US Secretary of States has indicated the US could extend privileges to Hong Kong Chinese if China continues to crack down on it. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Businesses Brace for Damage as Tensions Grow Over Hong Kong
Rising tensions between the U.S. and China over Hong Kong have American businesses caught in the crossfire amid a fight that they fear could disrupt their operations and that casts doubt over their ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong security law: China weighs risk US will go for ‘nuclear option’ and cut Beijing from the dollar payment system
Beijing is weighing the risk of US financial sanctions, including being cut off from the dollar payment system, after pushing ahead with the Hong Kong security law. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to keep US dollar peg, capital flows amid US sanctions
Hong Kong will keep pegging its currency to the U.S. dollar and not impose foreign exchange controls even after the United States ... ( read original story ...)
Stocks shake off weak start and close higher
The S&P 500 climbed 0.4 percent after wavering between small gains and losses in the early going. Health care was the only sector to fall. ( read original story ...)
Stock indexes close higher on Wall Street after wobbly start
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Monday after shaking off a wobbly start. The S&P 500 index climbed 0.4%. The index is coming off its second month of solid gains. Investors are balancing cautious ... ( read original story ...)
Markets Live Recap: Stocks Start June in the Green
(NYSE: DKS), currently trading for $36.50 and reporting earnings on June 2. Fundamentally, he likes the increased store traffic since lockdown restrictions were lifted in many states around the nation ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong blocks Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary vigil, citing coronavirus fears
Hong Kong police on Monday blocked a candlelit vigil marking the anniversary of China’s deadly military 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Bans Tiananmen Vigil for 1st Time, in New Challenge to Protests
Days after China moved to enact new security laws for Hong Kong, the territory’s police rejected permission for an annual vigil to honor the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. ( read original story ...)
Pompeo says U.S. considers welcoming Hong Kong people, entrepreneurs
The United States is considering the option of welcoming people from Hong Kong in response to China's push to impose national security legislation in the former British colony, U.S. Secretary of State ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Police Block Tiananmen Square Vigil Due To Coronavirus
The rally has been held each year since 1990 to commemorate the protest in Tiananmen Square, where Chinese military opened fire on citizens who were calling for economic and democratic reforms. ( read original story ...)
Stock indexes head higher on Wall Street after wobbly start
Stocks are notching modest gains on Wall Street Monday as investors balance cautious optimism about the reopening of businesses shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic against worries that the ... ( read original story ...)
Stock market live updates: Stocks rise to start June, just like 1968?, Zoom tops $200
After falling at the open, stocks reversed course and moved higher on Monday as states reopening their economies outweighed growing U.S.-China tensions. Stocks most sensitive to the re-opening trade, ... ( read original story ...)
Manufacturing Checkup: Fresh Data To Start Week As Market Deals With U.S. Unrest, China Concerns
Add U.S. unrest to the wall of worry the market continues to climb in 2020. Between that, the pandemic, increased tension with China, and disastrous data, stocks have shown major resilience--though to ... ( read original story ...)