U.S. stock futures point to a mixed start for Wall Street as equity investors are hoping to get support from global central bank easing and fruitful U.S.-China trade talks; Adobe posts fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analysts' forecasts; CBS is reportedly preparing an offer to buy Viacom.

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The steelmaker says it plans to idle two furnaces in the U.S. and another in Europe as demand weakens and prices fall.

Shares of Rizhao Port Jurong surged by 167 per cent from their offer price The spin-off of Shanghai-listed Rizhao Port only managed to sell a quarter of the shares in its Hong Kong retail tranche

Senior minister of state for trade, industry and education, Chee Hong Tat, does not see a short-term fix to the tensions between Beijing and Washington In May, Singapore's non-oil exports fall by 15.9 per cent, the largest decline for more than three years, in part due to the trade war

Other major banks are likely to follow suit, say analysts, as they get ready to fend off competition from eight virtual banks due to launch this year Monthly charge of HK$50 for small depositors with balance below HK$5,000 (US$640), has long been viewed as penalty on some of bank's most loyal customers

Chinese authorities are cracking down on property projects and hotels to get rid of names that were 'big, foreign, weird' or based on homonyms Vienna Hotel Management of Shenzhen said the trademark of its namesake hotels in Hainan are protected by the law and is appealing the decision