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

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

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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Amazon’s Whole Foods starts to steal trader Joe’s shoppers

Bloomberg When Amazon.com Inc. bought Whole Foods last year, investors panicked and dumped shares in Kroger, Sprouts Farmers Market and even Walmart. The fear was that the e-commerce leviathan would disrupt yet another industry. Since then, the concerns have subsided as investors and analysts came to recognise that it will be years before Amazon becomes a major player in the …

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