Bloomberg Taiwan’s export-dependent economy decelerated after hitting its stride at the end of last year, when it posted the fastest growth in almost three years. The expansion slowed to 3.02 percent in the first quarter, according to revised data by the statistics bureau in Taipei, in line with a preliminary reading of 3.04 percent and the 3 percent estimate in ...

Bloomberg Nobody asked for it, few seem to want it and yet the Trump administration is considering imposing tariffs on imported cars and trucks, threatening not just a shake-up of the global auto industry but political discord even among the president’s allies. President Donald Trump’s order to investigate auto imports for potential trade penalties on national security grounds came as ...

Bloomberg General Electric Co.’s long-suffering investors are losing what little patience they had left. The shares plunged the most since 2009 as Chief Executive Officer John Flannery’s high-profile appeal to Wall Street indicated there is no “quick fix” to the problems bedeviling the company, from weak cash flow to slow demand for gas turbines. Worse still, he offered scant reassurance ...