Take five: World markets themes for the week ahead
Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them.
Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them.
The 3.9 billion-pound ($5.1 billion) sale of the Costa coffee chain to Coca-Cola began brewing when Whitbread’s boss Alison Brittain crossed paths with the chief executive of the soft drinks giant at a conference in May.
A Senate hearing about reforming the U.S. Postal Service that could have scrutinized what Amazon.com Inc and others pay for package delivery has been delayed, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, moving back President Donald Trump’s effort to hike the world’s largest online retailer’s rates.
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped on Friday as jitters over ongoing trade talks between the United States and other major economies weighed, but gains in Apple and Amazon kept Nasdaq slightly higher.
Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in off-the-record remarks to Bloomberg News this week that any trade deal with Canada would be “totally on our terms,” the Toronto Star reported on Friday, citing remarks it had obtained.
U.S.-based mutual fund managers worried about the outlook for bank earnings have been trimming financial stocks from their portfolios, although some value-oriented portfolio managers and analysts said they still see attractive opportunities in the sector.
Verity Health System of California Inc, a non-profit operator of six California hospitals managed by billionaire former surgeon Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks LLC, filed for bankruptcy on Friday to help resolve a cash crunch while it seeks a buyer.
A former associate of Paul Manafort, who was charged Friday with failing to register in the U.S. as a foreign agent for his work lobbying on behalf of a Ukrainian political party, is a longtime international political operative who’s partnered with a Russian already indicted in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. The charges against Sam Patten are spelled out in a criminal information, which often precedes a guilty plea. U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office referred the case to U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu in the District of Columbia, according William Miller, a spokesman for Liu, who declined to …read more […]
Ford Motor Co has abruptly killed a plan to sell a Chinese-made small vehicle in the United States because of the prospect of higher U.S. tariffs, the head of the automaker’s North American operations said Friday.
NAFTA negotiators from the Canada and the United States are “not there yet,” in resolving differences keeping them from a deal to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Friday.
Talks between Canada and the United States to revamp NAFTA appeared to stumble on concessions over agriculture, as top negotiators struggled for a fourth day to meet President Donald Trump’s Friday deadline.
Shares in French retailer Casino sank as much as 15 percent on Friday amid fresh concerns over its debt burden.
Global stocks were poised on Friday to end August much as they began the month – under the dark cloud of a potentially worsening trade war.
Investors returning from their summer holidays in the coming days are likely to feel a distinct chill in the air as they assess the world economy.
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