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Turkish Lira Rebounds As Qatar Makes Loan Pledge

August 16, 2018 Focus Washington

Turkey cracked down on short selling of the lira on Wednesday, helping its currency recover against the dollar as Ankara declared that Qatar had offered it billions of dollars of support, Financial Times informed. The […]

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Chinese Oil Importers Shun U.S. Crude despite Tariff Reversal

August 15, 2018 Focus Washington

Chinese oil importers are shying away from buying U.S. crude as they fear Beijing’s decision to exclude the commodity from its tariff list in a trade dispute between the world’s biggest economies may only be […]

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Why Saudi Arabia Would Want to Invest in Tesla?

August 15, 2018 Focus Washington

At first sight, Elon Musk and Saudi Arabia may appear to be strange bedfellows – the latter is a country that owes its massive wealth to Big Oil, while the former is a Silicon Valley […]

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Musk Confirms Saudi Fund is Potential Investor for Taking Tesla Private

August 13, 2018 Focus Washington

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, on Monday said that during a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund on July 31 he was convinced that he could secure funding to take the electric car-maker private. However, […]

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Two New Lawsuits Against Tesla and Elon Musk

August 12, 2018 Focus Washington

Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk receive two new lawsuits, accusing them of violating federal securities law for making false statements in order to boost the company stock price, CNN reported. The complaints accuse Musk […]

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Tesla Board is Looking into Musk’s Idea to Take Company Private

August 8, 2018 Focus Washington

The board of Tesla announced on Wednesday that it is evaluating the idea of taking the company private. The announcement comes a day after Chief Executive Elon Musk surprised shareholders with the idea of launching […]

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Newark to Pitch Amazon a $1 Billion Tax Package for Second Headquarters

August 8, 2018 Focus Washington

Newark, New Jersey, is expected to approve the big bag of cash, part of a $7 billion package the state is dangling in front of Amazon to capture it’s second headquarters, Bloomberg informs. A trio […]

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YouTube, Facebook, Apple, and Spotify Ban Alex Jones Channel

August 6, 2018 Focus Washington

YouTube announced on Monday that Alex Jones’s Infowars channel is banned, adding that the decision came after the channel violated the site’s policies and attempted to sidestep enforcement measures. Several other major U.S. technology companies […]

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Apple Becomes First U.S. Company to Hit $1 Trillion Market Cap

August 3, 2018 Focus Washington

Apple hit a market cap of $1 trillion on Thursday, and hung onto the record valuation at market close, as the tech giant became the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach $1 trillion, CNBC […]

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Senate Passes Bill to Cut Tariffs on Chinese Goods

July 27, 2018 Focus Washington

The Senate passed on Thursday legislation that would cut tariffs on hundreds of items made in China, thus lowering trade barriers with Beijing. The bill, which would cut or eliminate tariffs on roughly 1,660 items […]

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Roseanne Barr Disputes Racist Claims: ‘I’m Not that Person’

July 27, 2018 Focus Washington

Roseanne Barr, the television star involved in racial slurs whose namesake show was canceled after she tweeted racist sentiments about a former Obama administration official, said Thursday night that she’s actually not a racist, Fox […]

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Facebook’s Growth Slows, Shares Fall After Privacy Scandals

July 26, 2018 Focus Washington

Facebook’s shares lost as much as a quarter of their value after executives said that profit margins would plummet for several years due to the costs of improving privacy safeguards, Reuters informed. The social media […]

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Oil Set for Weekly Drop as Trade Fears Eclipse Saudi Supply Vow

July 20, 2018 Focus Washington

After U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Saudi Arabia to boost oil production, the country has rushed to listen and started to enhance their production only to find out that global markets might not yet need it, Bloomberg informed. The kingdom’s crude output surged […]

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Saudi Aramco in Talks for Stake in World’s Fourth-largest Chemical Firm

July 19, 2018 Focus Washington

Saudi Aramco said on Thursday that it intends to make a purchase of a stake in Saudi petrochemical producer SABIC, a move that could enhance the state oil giant’s market valuation ahead of a planned initial public offering, […]

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Texas Soon to Become Third in Oil Production, Just Behind Saudi Arabia

July 18, 2018 Focus Washington

Oil production in Texas soon will surpass Iraq and Iran and will become the number three oil-producing region in the world, behind only Russia and Saudi Arabia. According to CNN Money, HSBC Bank predicted in […]

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Justice Department Appeals Judge’s Approval of AT&T-Warner Merger

July 13, 2018 Focus Washington

The Justice Department will appeal the AT&T-Warner merger approved by a court ruling, as was indicated in a court document on Thursday. Judge Richard Leon ruled last month that the government has not shown the […]

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Trump Administration Announces New Tariffs on China Worth $200 bn

July 11, 2018 Focus Washington

The Trump administration released Tuesday a list of fresh duties of 10 percent on $200 billion in Chinese goods, in a move which fulfills President Donald Trump’s recent threats to escalate the already full-blown trade […]

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Tesla Makes Deal With China to Build Factory in Shanghai

July 10, 2018 Focus Washington

On Tuesday the Chief Executive Officer of Tesla Inc, Elon Musk, finally made a deal with the Chinese authorities to build a new factory in Shanghai, Reuters reported. This will be its first factory outside […]

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France Says ‘War has Already Started’ Between U.S. and Europe Over Trade

July 9, 2018 Focus Washington

Europe will stand “united” against President Donald Trump’s trade policies, the French government said on Sunday, adding that the “the [trade] war has already started.” French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said European governments will […]

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U.S. Farmers Could Take a Significant Hit from Trump’s Tariffs

July 6, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. farmers are let in the crossfire as the Trump administration’s tariffs, a 25 percent duty on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, are set to take effect 12:01 a.m. EST on Friday. Beijing has […]

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Companies Scale Back or Postpone Capital Investments as Trade War Escalates

July 5, 2018 Focus Washington

As President Donald Trump’s tariff war against various countries (including top U.S. allies) escalates, U.S.  businesses are already experiencing slow or halted international investments. A report by The Financial Times regarding June’s meeting of the […]

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European Markets Rally as Auto Stocks Jump 3%

July 5, 2018 Focus Washington

European stocks were higher Thursday morning, as hopes over a softening in U.S. trade rhetoric boosted the autos sector, CNBC reports. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up around 0.6 percent during mid-morning deals, with most sectors […]

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The U.S.-China Trade War is About to Get Real

July 5, 2018 Focus Washington

After months of threats and skirmishes, the trade war between the United States and China is about to get serious. The United States is “opening fire” on the world with its threatened tariffs, China warned […]

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Dutch PM Tells Trump He Is Wrong on Trade

July 3, 2018 Focus Washington

During a joint press conference between President Donald Trump and the Dutch prime minister, the latter said tariffs imposed on imports were not positive. The President was enthusiastically praising the virtues of his plan to […]

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Draft Admin Proposal Would Allow Trump to Ignore Key WTO Principles

July 2, 2018 Focus Washington

A draft of a bill from the Trump administration would propose having the US abandon key World Trade Organization principles and offer President Donald Trump significantly more discretion over US trade policy, a White House […]

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Massachusetts Raises Minimum Wage to $15

June 29, 2018 Focus Washington

A bill that will progressively increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour in Massachusetts was signed by the Republican Govеrnor Charlie Baker on Thursday. The bill will increase Massachusetts’ minimum wage from $11 an […]

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U.S. Facing Retaliations from Russia over Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

June 29, 2018 Focus Washington

Russia has submitted a claim to the World Trade Organization against U.S. duties on imports of aluminum and steel, Russian Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin said in a statement, according to TASS. U.S. President Donald Trump […]

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American Crude Sees Price Dip amid Higher Russian Output

June 28, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. oil prices on Thursday settled slightly lower from three-and-a-half year highs amid high output from Russia, the United States, and Saudi Arabia, despite unplanned supply disruptions elsewhere and record demand, Reuters reported. U.S. West […]

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DOJ Allows Disney-Fox Merger on Condition Disney to Sell 22 Sports Networks

June 27, 2018 Focus Washington

The Justice Department on Wednesday allowed Walt Disney to a merger with 21st Century Fox on the condition that the entertainment giant sells off 22 regional sports networks. Prosecutors said that the condition resolves the concerns […]

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Trump’s ‘Space Force’ Could Fuel a New $1 Trillion Economy

June 25, 2018 Focus Washington

Should President Donald Trump successfully organizes his “Space Force”, it could speed up investment in what Morgan Stanley sees as the next trillion-dollar economy, Yahoo Finance reported. In a note to clients Friday, the bank […]

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