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US stocks trade near all-time highs, Treasury yields climb

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Bloomberg US stocks churned near all-time highs, while Treasury yields climbed as investors assessed the latest developments from the Trump administration’s trade policies. The S&P 500 clung to a record after opening above 2,900 for the first time. Rate-sensitive shares retreated as the 10-year Treasury yield moved towards 2.90 percent. The Mexican peso failed to hold onto Monday’s gains as ...

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Nafta-exposed European stocks taste sweeter

The us flag and the mexico's flag are pictured on the international border bridge paso del norte in between el paso us and ciudad juarez in ciudad juarez, mexico

Bloomberg Sweetener-maker Tate & Lyle Plc, a UK household name due to its former glory days of supplying Britons with sugar for their tea, rose the most in three months on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said the US is pursuing a new trade accord with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement. The 97-year-old company’s stock has ...

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Tech giants chase $1trn payments market

Facebook is increasing its security to tackle fake news

Bloomberg Surendrasingh Sucharia always has a few thousand rupees in his pocket, but can’t recall the last time he used cash. The 29-year-old product manager in Bangalore uses a string of smartphone apps including ones from Google and India’s Paytm to pay for everything from $40 bags of groceries to street food that costs pennies. A bewildering array of digital ...

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