Market Pulse - Usa
Volvo may pull Tesla Model 3 rival off the market due to tariffs
Volvo’s Polestar electric car brand warned on Wednesday that US tariffs on Chinese vehicles could force its rival to Tesla's Model 3 too expensive to sell in the States.
North Korea is rebuilding a rocket test site
New satellite images of North Korea from the Center for Strategic Studies’ Beyond Parallel project and 38 North suggest that the country's government is rebuilding a rocket launch site it had vowed to dismantle.
Target beats the Street in best holiday quarter since 2005
Target turned in its strongest holiday trading period earnings in 13 years on Tuesday, boosted by sales at stores that had been open for at least a year.
US open: Stocks open lower as US-Sino relations remain firmly in focus
Wall Street stocks opened slightly lower on Wednesday as investors continued to keep an eye on any trade developments between the US and China.
US trade deficit widens sharply in December
America's total trade deficit jumped at the end of 2018, as the shortfall in its trade on goods yawned wider.
US job growth slows to 183,000 in February, ADP says
The US jobs market cooled more rapidly than expected last month, but from a much higher base of comparison and in any case economists were continuing to predict steady demand for labour.
US close: Markets end red after China cuts growth forecasts
US stocks finished in the red on Tuesday, as investors continued to monitor developments in Sino-US trade relations and after China downgraded its economic growth targets for this year.