2019年9月12日星期四

Thursday Morning Briefing: Democratic debate sets up Biden-Warren face-off

Highlights

Biden, Warren to share stage for first time The third Democratic debate in the 2020 election will spotlight the party's ideological divisions, with moderate front-runner Biden at center stage flanked by progressives Warren and Sanders.

Supreme Court approves Trump asylum curbs The Supreme Court granted a Trump administration request to enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The court’s ruling handed a victory to Trump at a time when much of his immigration agenda had been struck down by lower courts.

China says firms have started inquiring about U.S. agriculture purchases China’s Commerce Ministry said companies have started to inquire about prices for U.S. agricultural goods purchases, in a further sign of a thaw emerging in a bitter trade war between the two countries.

Low-cost fracking offers boon to oil producers, headaches for suppliers Shale producer EOG Resources is using a new technology called electric fracking that is powered by natural gas from the company's own wells instead of costly diesel fuel. It shows how producers keep finding new ways to cut costs.

World

UK government publishes no-deal Brexit scenarios A ‘no-deal’ Brexit could snarl cross-channel trade routes, disrupting supplies of medicines and fresh food while protests spread across Britain, according to a worst-case scenario document reluctantly released by the government.

Exclusive: The Chief Executive ‘has to serve two masters’ This is a transcript of a talk given in late August by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam to a group of businesspeople in the city. Last week, Reuters published most of Lam’s remarks and is now able to publish them in full.

Russia carries out mass raids on Navalny's supporters Russian law enforcement authorities carried out mass raids in 39 towns and cities. The raids occurred four days after President Putin's party lost a third of its seats in the Moscow city assembly while easily retaining its dominant nationwide position.

Business

Vapers open to Trump's proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes

New Yorkers who vape do not seem to mind if President Donald Trump pushes through a proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes, admitting that widespread youth addiction needed to be controlled and expressing hope that it might help them quit.

5 min read

Political risks of Hong Kong Exchange's $39 billion LSE approach takes toll on shares

Hong Kong stock exchange shares fell more than 3% as investors raised concerns about the political and regulatory risks involved in its $39 billion approach to take over London Stock Exchange.

4 Min Read

World stocks at six-week highs

World stocks advanced to a six-week high on hopes for a thaw in U.S.-China trade relations and expectations that the European Central Bank would kick off another wave of monetary easing by global central banks.

2 min read

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