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Markets across the Asia-Pacific region rebounded when they opened Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump threatened to hit China with additional tariffs that would escalate the tit-for-tat trade war ...
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Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban said on Bluesky that Trump's aggressive tariffs, combined with DOGE cuts, could cause long-term economic harm.
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The U.S. stock market has gone taken a nosedive since President Donald Trump announced tariffs for many countries around the world. Here's what to know.
A stock market rout, historic in scale, has swept across the globe wiping more than $10 trillion off major markets, as concerns about the economic damage unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs spiral.
U.S. markets were set to open sharply lower as well. President Trump said on Sunday that he would not back off his trade war, reinforcing fears of a global economic downturn.
Did the president deliberately want to push markets lower? The more Trump addresses the question, the murkier the answer becomes.
Hong Kong's index closed down 13.2%, while Taiwan's was 9.7% lower - but Donald Trump says "sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something".
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I don’t own this stock and am not recommending it, but it’s just an example: Zoom Communications ZM is now down more than 88% since the pandemic. In a recession, are companies going to cut back on Zoom calls or pay to travel more?
Investors bought into safe havens such as the dollar, yen and Swiss franc on Monday as concerns about a global recession heightened following U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on trading partners.