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Trade dispute escalates as Trump threatens $100 billion more in China tariffs

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday directed U.S. trade officials to identify tariffs on $100 billion more Chinese imports, upping the ante in an already high-stakes trade confrontation between the world's two largest economies. | Video

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Prosecutors raid Samsung unit in probe into alleged union sabotage: Yonhap

SEOUL South Korean prosecutors searched offices at a Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unit on Friday as part of a probe into allegations that the conglomerate sabotaged worker efforts to set up stronger labor unions, Yonhap News Agency said.

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Exclusive: U.S. willing to talk trade with China, no session set yet - official

WASHINGTON The United States is willing to negotiate with China on trade, but only if talks are serious, as previous attempts produced little progress, a senior U.S. official told Reuters late on Thursday as trade tensions between the two nations escalated.

U.S. says AT&T wants Time Warner deal to save pay-TV 'cash cow'

WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department presented evidence on Thursday to show that AT&T , owner of DirecTV, viewed buying Time Warner as a way to make viewers stick with their pay TV service instead of moving to cheaper online providers.

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Proxy adviser ISS recommends against GE keeping auditor KPMG

Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services on Thursday recommended that shareholders of General Electric Co vote against keeping accounting firm KPMG as the company's auditor because of "concerns about GE's previously undisclosed liabilities and accounting practices."

Apr 05 2018

Mitsubishi recalls 86,620 Outlander cars in Russia: watchdog

MOSCOW Russia's standards agency Rosstandart said on Friday it has been informed about the recall of 86,620 Mitsubishi Motors Corp Outlander cars sold in Russia from February 2007 to June 2012.

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