Goodbye inverted yield curve? Fed looks for alternative signals to guide policyFederal Reserve officials are scouring new niches of the financial markets to find signals accurate enough to warn the central bank when it is time to stop hiking interest rates before they risk tippi...
As Trump amps up trade war, China plays nice with foreign investorsLong accused of protectionist tactics that make it a difficult place for foreign firms to operate, China is trying to reverse that narrative amid an escalating trade war with the United States, green-...
Israel’s Elbit speeds up race to fly military drones in civil airspaceIsraeli defense firm Elbit Systems on Thursday unveiled a 1.6 ton unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) designed to fly in airspace currently reserved for piloted civilian planes as a race heats up to deplo...
US companies in China mostly oppose tariffs, survey showsMost US businesses operating in China oppose using tariffs as a weapon to solve their problems ranging from market access to poor protection of intellectual property rights, a survey suggested on Thur...
EU slashes eurozone growth forecast on US trade war tensionsThe EU on Thursday slashed its growth forecast for the eurozone in 2018, warning that the rising trade tensions with the United States were hitting the economy. The European Commission, the EU's execu...
Indonesia to take majority stake in massive gold, copper mineIndonesia will take a majority stake in one of the world's biggest gold and copper mines, the government said Thursday, as it moves to claw back control of its natural resources. State-owned mining fi...