Headlines – October 25/17
- Wall St slips at the open on tepid earnings. Read story
- US House speaker says tax plan unlikely to swell deficit. Read story
- Bank of Canada holds rates steady, pledges caution. Read story
- New Zealand bans foreign home buyers. Read story
- US new home sales race to nearly 10-year high. Read story
- UK growth figures raise chances of rate increase. Read story
- It pays to be Belgian central-bank chief. Read story
- Uber says riders are not its customers; drivers are – and SEC on board. Read story
- Amazon to sell ‘smart locks’ so it can slip packages into shopper’s home. Read story
- Avoid these mistakes in your retirement planning. Read story
- Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier. Read story
- Why Spain’s crisis in Catalonia threatens your European investments. Read story
- China’s Xi could rule for decades, status elevated to same as Mao and Deng. Read story
- China’s Communist Party is all in on the power of technology. Read story
- Amazon receives 238 bids for its second headquarters. Read story
- Vietnam jails student activist six years for propaganda against the state. Read story
- On the lighter side. Check it out!