Bloomberg US stocks started the week lower, while Asian equities slumped and European shares gained, as investors grappled with the latest American threats to expand tariffs on Chinese goods. The dollar slipped and emerging-market currencies declined. The S&P 500 Index was pulled down on Monday by technology companies including Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Semiconductor stocks also slumped, ...

Bloomberg China’s benchmark equity gauge fell to its lowest close since 2014, before the market’s boom and subsequent bust, while Hong Kong stocks also declined as the US trade dispute and a severe typhoon hurt sentiment. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.1 percent to 2,651.79 points, passing its 2016 post-crash low of 2,655.66. The gauge is one of the worst ...

Bloomberg The cost of delivering world trade is about to go up. A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest container shipping line, said that customers using its giant box ships will have to pay separately for fuel from 2020, when prices are expected to surge because of tougher environmental standards. The regulations are designed to cut down emissions of sulfur, a ...