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Xi said he was aware of risks and challenges facing China’s economy, and was adopting more forceful and innovative macro-economic measures to address them.

“There is no House of Cards”, Xi said, drawing laughter with a reference to the U.S. television drama about merciless political machinations that is also popular in China. He described thefts of online information as crimes, adding that “China’s government...

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, addresses a U.S.-China business roundtable, comprised of USA and Chinese CEOs, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, in Seattle. With the USA one year away from the next presidential election, the president needs to show he will not back down from...

White House spokesman Josh Earnest noted that the Justice Department has indicted five Chinese military officials on cyber allegations. But one official said that Secretary of State John Kerry and his deputies, along with several intelligence officials, did not see the value in...

“These are the largest economies in the world, and we’re the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, so improving cooperation and collaboration is really a necessity”, said Brian Young, Washington state director of economic development for the clean technology sector.

“Stop the genocide!” as protesters block the road, a long line of Seattle police in front of them, at Fifth Avenue and Olive Way outside the Westin in downtown Seattle as Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with USA political and business leaders Tuesday.

TROPICAL Storm Ida is getting stronger in the open Atlantic Ocean but remains no threat to any land, forecasters say.

Further out in the Atlantic – as in much closer to Africa than the United States there are a couple of tropical waves that have a very good chance of becoming tropical storms or hurricanes. The National Hurricane Center’s first advisory on this system indicates 30 MPH...

The risk faced by the European Central Bank is very different from that of the Fed, and ECB president Mario Draghi is likely to ease monetary policy further with additional quantitative easing. Almost a decade has passed since the U.S. Central Bank has raised its benchmark...

The U.S. Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates this week, Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci predicted Monday. That announcement could feature the first interest rate hike since 2006 and put an end to almost seven years of near-zero percent interest rates.

That would force a three-way tie between the three teams – Canada, Mexico and Argentina – and the Canadians would take the first seed on the strength of their point spread Tuesday evening.

Canada will continue second round action Tuesday night when they take on the host Mexico team. Corey Joseph pitched in 15 points, three assists and four rebounds, and Brady Heslip couldn’t miss, draining seven 3-pointers on his way to 23 points.

It wasn’t like USA markets were in flawless shape before China’s spooked them.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, platinum futures for October delivery slid 1.8 percent to $992.40, and palladium futures for December delivery dropped 0.8 percent to $577.15 an ounce.

US gold for December delivery rose half a percent to $1,138.30 an ounce.