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 President Trump said he is optimistic about resolving the trade dispute with China after receiving a response to his demands from Beijing, ahead of a meeting this month with China's Xi Jinping.
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 Stocks ended mostly higher Friday, finding support after President Donald Trump said China "wants to make a trade deal" with the U.S. But major indexes still logged sizable weekly losses, dragged lower by weakness in tech shares and also pressured on renewed geopolitical worries. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% to end near 2,736, according to preliminary data, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced around 123 points, or 0.5%. The Nasdaq Composite , however, was unable to shake off a weak performance by tech stocks, falling 0.2% to end near 7,248. For the week, the S&P 500 logged a 1.6% fall, while the Dow and Nasdaq each shed around 2.2%.
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 The U.S. dollar weakened and Treasury yields slid on Friday after a top Federal Reserve official said U.S. interest rates were near a neutral rate, while the S&P 500 ended positive after a seesaw session helped by optimism over U.S.-China trade ties.
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 President Donald Trump suggested Friday the U.S. may not impose more tariffs on China, as he said he'd answered questions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller and told reporters "decorum" should prevail at news conferences.
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Irv Gordon, a New York schoolteacher who became world famous for driving his 1966 Volvo 1800 S over 3 million miles, died on Thursday at age 78. The Long Islander was traveling in China at the time of his death. Gordon has been a cult hero among Volvo ...
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