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(Bloomberg) — Beijing’s muted response to the U.S.’s killing of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani suggests China still isn’t ready to join Russia in taking a more direct role in the Middle East’s entrenched conflicts.While Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China was “highly concerned” by the action and called it “unacceptable,” he didn’t use words like “condemn” or “denounce” like his Iranian and Russian counterparts, Javad Zarif and Sergei Lavrov. Instead, he told Zarif that China would “play a constructive role” to help safeguard regional security and said on a call with Lavrov that “all parties” must uphold international law.The …read more […]

Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday, coming off their highest levels in months as the market calmed while the world braces for Iran’s response to the killing of its top military commander by the United States. Brent crude fell 44 cents to $68.47 a barrel by 0200 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was at $62.86 a barrel, down 41 cents. Prices surged for the previous two sessions on fears of escalating conflict and supply disruption in the Middle East after the Jan. 3 drone strike in Baghdad that killed Iran’s Qassem Soleimani. …read more […]

Burger King is doubling down on its big bet on the plant-based meat craze with a new addition to its breakfast menu. …read more […]

Asian shares rebounded on Tuesday as a day passed without a new escalation in the Middle East and Wall Street erased early losses to end in the black as tech stocks climbed. Oil surrendered some hefty gains as many doubted Iran would strike back in a way that would disrupt supplies, and its own crude exports. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.3%, after a 0.7% drop the previous session. …read more […]

The IRS’ Free File program was called into question after reports showed companies steered taxpayers away from free options they may have been eligible to use. …read more […]

Andrew Left, who has long targeted companies that he thinks are over-valued through his work at Citron Research, told investors on Monday that his new hedge fund returned 43% after fees in 2019, its first year in business. Left also made a prediction that home furnishing company RH, one of his winners last year, may make a tempting takeover target for someone. “In 2019, our first full year of operation, Citron Capital, LP (“Fund”) generated a gross return of 56.4% and net return of 43.3%,” Left wrote in the letter seen by Reuters. …read more […]

Many still face the prospect of falling into poverty in retirement. …read more […]