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US President Donald Trump on Friday said he does not believe congressional Democrats will approve the updated North American trade agreement he signed last year with Canada and Mexico.

Wall Street stocks on Friday cut their losses for the week following solid consumer data that lifted indices after three down sessions.

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping both insisted Friday they would resist pressure to give ground on a trade deal that Washington’s leader said could be “very close.”

Hong Kong shares opened with slight gains on Friday morning but investors remained on edge after US lawmakers passed a bill supporting the city’s rights, causing anger in China and fuelling concern about ongoing trade talks.

Embattled office sharing firm WeWork will lay off 2,400 employees worldwide — about a fifth of its workforce — as it struggles to reorganize amid mounting losses, the company announced Thursday.

With Saudi Aramco yet to name any major foreign investors in its upcoming share sale, Malaysia’s state energy company Petronas [PETR.UL] decided to take a pass on Friday.

Bangladesh is one of the top four countries in terms of ‘improvement and remarkable growth’ in digital economy in the last four years, according to Huawei Global Connectivity Index (GCI) 2019.

A think-tank on Wednesday warned that Bangladesh would face debt-servicing problem unless it proceeded with caution while securing foreign loans.

Remitters who will wire $1,500 or equivalent amount of other currencies or Tk 150,000 will be eligible for receiving 2.0 per cent cash incentives without showing any documents.

China’s civil aviation sector reported steady expansion as well as continuous high safety standards in the first 10 months of this year, official data showed.