Monthly Archive: April 2018

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Chinese exporters scramble to cope with Trump tariff hike

BEIJING — Facing a possible U.S. tariff hike, one of China’s biggest ball bearing makers, Cixin Group, is weighing plans to rush shipments to American customers before the increase makes its sales unprofitable. The company in the eastern city of Ningbo is among exporters of goods from motorcycle parts to electronics that are scrambling to […]

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China, Japan resume economic talks after 8-year hiatus

TOKYO — China and Japan resumed high-level economic talks Monday after a hiatus of nearly eight years in a sign of improving ties in their often-frosty relationship. Led by their foreign ministers, the two sides met in Tokyo for what was billed as the fourth Japan-China High-Level Economic Dialogue, and the first one since August […]

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Spring Storm Moves East After Blanketing Central US in Snow

Spring Storm Moves East After Blanketing Central US in Snow  U.S. News & World Report Flights canceled, roads treacherous amid spring snowstorms  Sacramento Bee Icy Roads on Sunday; Snow Expected Tonight-Tomorrow  WKAR Deadly spring snowstorms cancel flights,...

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Getting Dancing Lessons from InsurTech in Québec

Québec City – the oldest city in North America –  is organizing itself to become a leader in digital transformation, with the insurance sector as a leading industry segment. By all accounts, there are...

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Canada’s Trudeau pledges money, new law pipeline happen

OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has instructed his finance minister to begin talks with Kinder Morgan to “remove the uncertainty” hanging over the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project that would nearly triple the flow of oil from Canada’s oil sands to the Pacific Coast Trudeau also said Sunday […]