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Globalization revised but not reversed by COVID

New York-based Delta Children, which makes cribs in China for retailers such as Walmart, briefly studied moving production to the United States as supply shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic added to its hefty bill from US import tariffs. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross predicted in...

North Korea's Kim orders 80-day 'battle' to boost economy

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered a nationwide drive to boost the ailing economy ahead of a key party congress in January, state media reported Tuesday. The decision was made during a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party and comes as the coronavirus pandemic and recent floods have...

US stocks rise in pre-market amid Trump COVID-19 uncertainty

Wall Street futures climbed in pre-market trading Monday, with investors seemingly unperturbed by US President Donald Trump's hospitalization after announcing he'd tested positive for coronavirus last week. About an hour before trading was to begin, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial...