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China Heads for Trump Showdown With Yuan, Stocks Under Threat

(Bloomberg) -- For investors in China, fighting another trade war with the US will feel like anything but been there and done that.Most Read from BloombergThese Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain WhyNYC Commuters Get New Way to Dodge Traffic: $95 Helicopter RidesWill Americans Ever Lose Their Taste for Telework?Chicago Agency Pitches $1.5 Billion Plan to Fix Transit WoesScaramucci, Ackman Donate to Whitney Tilson’s NYC Mayoral RunA lot has changed since the last trade war in 2018-1

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American Express agrees to pay more than $138M to resolve investigation into sales and marketing

American Express has agreed to pay more than $138 million to resolve a wire fraud investigation related to its sales and marketing practices, federal authorities announced Thursday. The New York-based financial giant provided inaccurate tax advice to customers and potential customers on wire products primarily marketed at small and mid-size businesses, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York's office said. Harry Chavis, a special agent in charge at the Internal Revenue Service’s office in New York, said the company “misled their customers by touting tax breaks that simply didn’t exist."

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Palantir Stock’s (PLTR) Valuation Is Hard to Defend despite White House Ally

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) stock surged following the re-election of Donald Trump to The White House. Despite CEO Alex Karp’s opposition to Trump, the AI software company seems to have found support due to the close ties between Peter Thiel and soon-to-be vice president JD Vance. However, I’m bearish on the stock, simply because the valuation is very hard to sustain at this moment in time. While the company may experience a wealth of tailwinds when Trump is in office, we don’t know how large t

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