Tag: US stocks

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 08:17 UTC

  Chinese and foreign companies will be delisted from Wall Street if they don't comply with US accounting standards

  

  US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said companies from China and other countries that do not comply with accounting standards will be delisted from US stock exchanges as of the end of 2021.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Coronavirus overshadowing Trump's optimism with the economy and reelection campaign

  

  Concern that president Donald Trump himself could be exposed to the coronavirus through contact with two Republican lawmakers loomed on Monday, on a day when US stocks plummeted, feeding growing national anxiety. Trump, who flew back to Washington after a weekend golfing at his Florida resort and having dinner with Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, has spent weeks dismissing the seriousness of the threat.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Markets in the red on Wednesday over concerns with China-US trade dispute

  

  US stocks fell back into the red on Wednesday, putting equities down for three of the last four sessions as investors reacted to reports of possible new US-China trade frictions.

• Saturday, January 5th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  US economy ever so strong: 312.000 jobs added in December

  

  The US economy created many more jobs than expected in December, according to the latest government data. Employers added 312,000 jobs, far ahead of predictions of 177,000, the Labor Department said.

• Monday, December 24th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  US banks confirm “ample liquidity”, following Wall Street markets' plunge

  

  United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has made calls to the heads of the country's six largest banks, a move to reassure investors after huge falls in US stocks. Last week, US stocks suffered one of the worst weekly falls in a decade as an interest rate rise and US-China trade tensions rattled markets.