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A man sets up a Malaysian flag outside his shop in Kuala Lumpur. Jimin Lai | AFP | Getty Images Malaysia’s government will outline its spending plans for next year on Friday — and analysts said the country may spend more than it had earlier intended to prop up the …

Bill McDermott Anjali Sundaram | CNBC SAP said on Thursday that Bill McDermott is stepping down as CEO after more than nine years running the German software company. Board members Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein have been appointed co-CEOs effective immediately, SAP said in a statement. McDermott, 58, will stay …

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 30, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Investors’ heads have been left spinning over the past 12 hours after a slew of conflicting headlines related to the U.S.-China trade talks sent stock futures for …

A Syrian boy watches as Turkish military vehicles, part of a US military convoy, take part in joint patrol in the Syrian village of al-Hashisha on the outskirts of Tal Abyad town along the border with Turkey, on October 4, 2019. Delil Souleiman | AFP | Getty Images Turkey has …

XIAOSHAN AIRPORT, HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA: An outbound tourist group is waiting for check-in in front of the counter of China Customs. Chinese nationals have become the largest number of foreign tourists visiting other countries in 2015 as the number of outbound visitors crossed 120 million, registering an 11 million …

Stocks will try to regain their mojo next week as China and the U.S. hold long-awaited trade negotiations in Washington. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.9% this week while the S&P 500 slid about 0.3%. Overall, the two averages posted their first three-week losing streak since August. Wall Street’s …

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Investors and economists are chasing a moving target of strong and weak economic data, making it increasingly confusing what the state of the economy really is. Credit Suisse said weak manufacturing data accompanied by healthy …

Recession red flags are weighing on the stock market, and if you go back a year, fourth quarter 2018 was a painful one for investors. But there is at least one historical reason to remain positive on stocks as the year’s final quarter starts: It’s been the quarter with the …

An employee talks on the phone as he views trading screens at the offices of Panmure Gordon and Co. Getty Images European equities could jump 6% over the coming months, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BAML) latest report. The bank forecasts the pan-European stoxx 600 index will rise …

Trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during Alibaba IPO, September 19, 2014. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Shares of Alibaba and other Chinese companies plunged Friday in a sudden move after reports the White House is considering ways to limit U.S. investments in China. Sources told CNBC’s …