Some stuff I am reading today morning:
Trump announces 130% tariffs on China (CNN)
Squeeze in Silver (Bloomberg)
Silver ETFs shine in India (HT)
Retail IPO buzz fades (FE)
Boardroom Drama at Tatas (CNBC)
ED arrests CFO of Reliance Power (BW)
Discount brokerages face sharp slowdown (MC)
Stock Analysis: Maan Aluminium (Dr Vijay Malik)
Company: Godawari Power & Ispat (Zen Nivesh)
West is terrified of Chinese manufacturing (Telegraph)
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Some off beat reads for the weekend: What Bangladesh’s Election means (Time) Islamists are real winners in Bangladesh (FP) Pakistan’s blowback state (MEM) Christian Nationalism in UK (Spiked) The Nordic strategic tradition (Engelsberg) Saudi Arabia carves up Yemen (Cradle) Goodbye to Saudi-Israeli normalization (JNS) The campaign to bring back the Shah of Iran (FT) Gaddafi’s…
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s exports rose 4.8% in May from a year earlier, a bit lower than expected as shipments to the United States fell nearly 10%, according to customs figures released Monday just hours ahead of another round of trade talks between the U.S. and China. Get analyst upgrade alerts: Sign Up Imports declined…
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