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Wall Street hits new records as trade worries ease
World stock markets rallied, with the Dow and S&P 500 setting new highs, while the US dollar slipped as worries eased over the US-China trade spat.
- by Herbert Lash
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8@eight
8@eight: Global markets rise; ASX set for flat start
What happened overnight and what's ahead for the ASX.
- by Kyle Rodda
Trade wars
'No way to deliver the promise': Alibaba's Jack Ma dumps plan to create a million US jobs
Jack Ma says the trade spat between the US and China has made it impossible to deliver on his promise.
World markets
Global sharemarkets rally for a second day, setting aside trade fears
World markets rallied for a second straight day on bets the ongoing US-China trade spat would inflict less damage than feared.
- by Herbert Lash
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar could surge in all-out trade war, RBA study finds
Study finds that if a global trade war broke out, the Australian dollar could jump - flying in the face of its historic response to global upheaval.
- by Michael Heath
Trade wars
'There is no solution': China's richest man warns to prepare for a 20-year trade war with US
China's richest man warns the trade war with the US will last longer and have a bigger impact than most people think.
- by Lulu Yilun Chen
Opinion
World markets
We're doubling down on the errors that caused the financial crisis a decade ago
Everyone has their favourite theory about the financial crisis, but we keep overlooking an alternative account of what actually happened.
- by Juliet Samuel
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8@eight
8@eight: ASX set to bounce back
What happened overnight and what's ahead for the ASX.
- by Kyle Rodda
World markets
Global markets rise, shrugging off trade concerns
Global equity markets rallied on Tuesday as the latest tit-for-tat US-Chinese trade dispute was seen as barely denting world growth
- by Herbert Lash
Markets Live
Markets Live: ASX closes down 24 points
The S&P/ASX200 has closed lower at 6161.5 points, a decline of 0.4 per cent.
- by Lucy Battersby