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Bally’s swooped for Star after Australian casino group’s fire sale, chairman says

By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) – Bally’s Corp considered waiting for Star Entertainment to enter voluntary administration before investing but feared the Australian casino group would have been too hard to rescue, the U.S gaming firm’s chairman, Soo Kim, told Reuters. Rhode Island-based Bally’s and the Mathieson family – Star’s largest investor – engineered a …

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China’s March exports likely got front-loading lift before Trump’s new tariffs took effect

By Xiuhao Chen, Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s exports likely picked up pace in March, as factories rushed out shipments ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs this month, though the broadening trade war with the United States has darkened the economic outlook.  Trade data for March is expected to show outbound shipments rose …

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Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio says Trump trade war has put US ‘close to a recession’

By Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ray Dalio, billionaire founder of one of the world’s largest hedge funds, said on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s trade war has brought the United States near to recession. He was asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” if he thought the world’s largest economy could dip into recession, usually …

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Trump spares smartphones, computers, other electronics from China tariffs

By David Lawder and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON/WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration granted exclusions from steep tariffs on smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China, providing a big break to tech firms like Apple that rely on imported products. China said it was evaluating the impact of the …

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Trump says he will provide more info on chips tariffs on Monday

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will provide an update on his administration’s approach to semiconductor tariffs on Monday. “I’ll give you that answer on Monday,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Writing by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Sandra Maler)

That seat will cost how much? US businesses already seeing impact of Trump tariffs

By Brad Brooks and Rich McKay BOULDER, Colorado (Reuters) – A toy store manager hit with daily price increase notifications. A lip balm manufacturer forecasts a $5 million jump in cost of goods. A concert venue impresario who saw a surprise price hike of $140,000 to install new seats in a performance hall.  They are …

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Asian spot prices slip to near 1-year low on weak demand, recession concerns

(This April 11 story has been corrected to fix the headline; say 1-year low, not 8-month, in paragraph 1, and change LNG price for mid-May to $11.80, not late July, in paragraph 2) By Emily Chow SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices slid its lowest in nearly a year this week, …

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US chipmakers outsourcing manufacturing will escape China’s tariffs

By Eduardo Baptista and Che Pan BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. chipmakers that outsource manufacturing will be exempt from China’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, according to a notice by the main Chinese semiconductor association on Friday. Given the highly specialized and multi-country nature of chip supply chains, there was uncertainty within the industry about how tariffs …

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