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Trade tensions build as Daimler warns on sales

BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler shocked investors on Thursday with a warning that trade tensions were hitting sales, while fears of a “tit-for-tat” trade war grew as Europe readied retaliatory tariffs against the United States.

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Companies need older workers: here is why

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The demographic trend is no secret: the populations of the United States and other major industrial countries are getting older, and fast. That means workforces are aging too, but employers are doing surprisingly little to prepare to meet the challenges or adapt to employees’ needs.

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What trade war? FAANGs scale new highs

The five heavyweight stocks also powered the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) to a record high and helped the broader S&P 500 (.SPX) shrug off concerns over tariffs between the United States and China. Trade war worries have limited the benchmark S&P 500’s gain to about 3.5 percent this year, but the FAANG group, whose businesses are largely immune to trade and tariffs, has surged 10 times in this period. “We’re seeing a big question mark over global trade … and whenever you see the market get in trouble, it’s always important to look for leadership and isolate strength,” said …read more […]

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Double whammy: U.S. pork, fruit producers brace for second wave of Chinese tariffs

BEIJING/CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. producers of pork, already saddled with duties enacted in an earlier round of the escalating trade dispute with China, are bracing for further pain after Beijing hit the products with additional tariffs due to come into effect next month.

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