China’s Trade Grows in June Despite Dust-up with US $ZTCOF ZTE Corp (OTCMKT:ZTCOF), China’s 2nd-largest telecommunications equipment maker to resume business. China’s trade grew by 2X digits in June despite mounting tensions with the US but the government warned it will face “rising instabilities and uncertainties.” Customs data Friday showed exports rose 11.3% over a […]
President Trump’s Secretary of Commerce to Talk Tariffs with EU US President Donald Trump says his Commerce Secretary will be talking to the European Union about tariffs he argues have been unfair to the United States. President Trump wrote on Twitter Monday: “Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross will be speaking with representatives of the European […]
The Trump Effect: Global Growth, USD, Drive Durable Goods Orders Up Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rose 2.9% in December, the fastest pace since June and another sign of strength for American industry under President Trump’s policies, the Commerce Department said Friday. Orders were lifted by a 15.9% spike in demand for civilian aircraft and […]
California Clears the Way for Legal Recreational Marijuana Sales California’s big cities clear the way for legal Marijuana sales, California’s small Marijuana farmers worry about big grower competition Delaware police want Cannabis People’s guns. Marijuana Policy California NORML Recommends Priority Licensing for Small-Scale & Outdoors Cultivators. The marijuana activist group is calling on state regulators […]
China: e-Commerce Boom Highlights Strong Consumption $BABA November 11 shopping spree is a commercial miracle for the world The record sales at major Chinese e-Commerce sites Saturday offer an insight into the robust domestic demand in the world’s 2nd-largest economy. November 11 has become an online shopping spree since Y 2009 when Alibaba’s Tmall made […]
Mammoth Shift in Retail Sales, e-Commerce Winning $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Holiday sales at Macy’s Inc. (NYSE:M), Sears Holdings Corp., and J.C. Penney Co.(NYSE:JCP) were anemic and US government data confirmed it Friday. The nation’s traditional department stores are steadily losing ground to their online rivals, a shift in the retail landscape that shows both […]
China’s Private Oil Refiners Buying Record Amounts of Crude $OIL Private Crude Oil refineries in Shandong Province on east China’s seaboard brought in 8.36% of all the Crude Oil imported to China in 1-H of Y 2016, as they capitalized on the government’s decision to give them Green Light to import Black Gold. These refineries […]