Page 772 - Bloomberg

Trump can just cut off China's easy access to US dollars to win trade war

From 2009 to 2014, China may have taken in as much as $2 trillion in hot money spewing from the Federal Reserve's low interest-rate policy

Jack Dorsey's 'hacked' account posts offensive tweets, firm says probe on

More than 15 tweets, many containing swear words and racist comments, were posted shortly before 4 p.m. New York time

US puts new sanctions, increases pressure on Iran's faltering oil exports

The US Treasury Department imposed new restrictions on a shipping network controlled by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday

Oil steadies near $56 a barrel as US and China plan further talks

On Iran, the US hinted that more measures are coming after imposing new sanctions, while deflecting questions about French diplomatic efforts meant to help the Persian Gulf producer restart oil sales

India dumping its extra sugar may drag down already low global prices

Even though world inventories are forecast to drop, the excess hoard is still big enough to satisfy annual consumption in India and the European Union, the top consumers

No silver bullet: Benefits of bank mergers to be visible only in long term

Whether folding one weak bank into another will make the combined entity any stronger remains to be seen

Amid shock GDP slump, economists cut growth forecasts, see deeper rate cuts

The govt -- which is sticking to its 7% growth projection for the fiscal -- has recently announced a number of steps to improve India's longer-term growth, without providing any immediate support

Govt's mega bank overhaul may hurt NPA clean-up, fight against growth slump

Any more debt repayment delays or defaults risk reversing an expected recovery in India's gross bad loan ratio and worsen a widening shadow bank crisis

Elon Musk meets China's top market watchdog, visits new Tesla site

Tesla won exemption from a 10 per cent purchase tax on the vehicles it sells in China, scoring a significant break despite trade tensions between the country and the US

From Shanghai to Dhaka, Asia should fix its megacities, not move them

In Indonesia, land-use controls were aggressively deregulated in the 1980s while entire sectors of the economy were opened up to direct investment

How periodic table has become menu for a world hungry for material benefits

Almost every entry on the periodic table is being put to some kind of use today

Trump denies US involvement in Iranian missile explosion, tweets photo

Tensions between the US and Iran have escalated since the president abandoned the 2015 multilateral deal to stem the Islamic Republic's nuclear program

Brexit showdown looms for pound as divided UK Parliament returns

Strategists see pound support on bid to block no-deal Brexit

Goldman Sachs joins predictions of deeper India rate cuts as slowdown drags

Goldman slashed its growth forecast to 6 per cent for the current fiscal year to March from 6.9 per cent earlier.

Trump confronts hurricane 'Dorian' threatening his re-election and property

Florida is critical to the president's chances for re-election, making it imperative that the government not fumble any storm response

Why this August was a particularly bad month for emerging-market investors

Argentina imploded. Beijing let the yuan slip to the lowest in at least a decade. Global central banks signaled they're spooked about slowing growth by rushing to cut rates

Asia needs to manage its megacities better rather than build new ones

The real issue remains failures of governance in an era of fast urbanization

Government creates banking behemoths to boost India's flagging economy

News of the mergers comes minutes before official data is expected to confirm a fifth-straight quarter of slowing economic growth

China cuts taxes in Shanghai FTZ to lure investment, undo trade war damage

The new preferential policies come as rising labour and land costs, along with higher US tariffs on Chinese goods, prompt some foreign firms to move their production facilities overseas

Heir to Samsung empire being tried for graft; three horses hold the key

South Korea's top court has ordered the retrial of the Samsung Electronics vice-chairman over bribery charges, reviving uncertainty around the country's most important company