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Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been one of the hottest stocks in the market in 2019, gaining 70.8% and reaching a $1.2 trillion market cap. On Tuesday, a flurry of large Apple option trades were more bullish that bearish, suggesting smart money is expecting Apple to continue to outperform heading...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the replacement to the 25-year-old trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico is now ready to move forward to ratification. "There is no question, of course, that this trade agreement is much better than NAFTA. But in terms of our work here, it...

The trade deal pushed to the side U.S./China trade war is now in the forefront on reports that House Democrats and the Trump administration are near an agreement on USMCA. Discussions on the deal have taken over a year now, and if it passes the House before the end of 2019, it would move on to be...

Industrial conglomerate which brought the world Post-It-Notes, 3M Inc (NYSE: MMM) is suffering due to consequences of the trade war between US and China. Besides scotch-tapes, the company also has a drug delivery business and makes pretty much everything, automotive adhesives and touchscreen...

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A blowout jobs report is in the rearview mirror, while a Fed meeting and a major tariff deadline loom in the front windshield. It might be the holiday season, but there’s plenty to keep investors from sleeping at the wheel over the next few days. Stocks had a weaker tone heading into Monday...

November turned into an employment bonanza, helped in part by the return of workers from a strike at General Motors Company (NYSE: GM). The economy busted out with 266,000 new jobs, the highest total for any month since January. If you add the Labor Department’s upward revisions of...

This morning it's all about Non-Farm Payrolls, U.S./China trade negotiations, and OPEC’s decision to increase production cuts. Let’s begin with the data scheduled for release this morning at 8:30AM ET, when the Commerce Department will release its monthly breakdown on the U.S. labor...

Editor's note: The views expressed in this editorial are those of Lori Ann LaRocco and not FreightWaves or American Shipper. In recent days, global trade tensions have escalated after a series of trade threats and tariffs raised by the Trump administration. But despite numerous declarations of "...

Since the imposition of U.S. tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic solar cell imports in 2018, 62,000 Americans have either lost their jobs or were never hired, according to a study released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The association said the job losses are attributed...

Things are looking up. That little hitch in the markets last Friday and early this week appears to be behind us, setting the stage for more solid gains ahead of the opening bell today. The positive tone followed overnight advances in Europe and Asia, mostly on ideas that trade talks might be headed...

One thing you learn early on as a markets reporter is to always be cautious about assigning causality to price moves in markets. And when you do, hedge. Even in the most ostensibly straightforward cause-and-effect events, there is always another explanation possible. Yesterday, stocks were jolted...

The Dow dropped 450 points on Tuesday and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) was down 1.1% after President Donald Trump said he may choose to wait until after the 2020 election to strike a trade deal with China. At a NATO summit in London, Trump said Tuesday’s market drop is “...

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said France's digital services tax (DST) discriminates against U.S. companies and is inconsistent with the "prevailing principles" of international tax policy. President Trump reacted to the USTR investigation's findings on Dec. 2 by proposing 100...

As the markets have been pricing in a partial trade deal possibly coming soon, they’ve helped send stocks to record highs. But that thesis is looking shakier this morning after President Trump suggested delaying signing such an economic pact until next year. In saying that he likes the idea...