Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain
Proud dad, Jay-Z has revealed the most beautiful thing his daughter Blue Ivy ever said to him. In a chat with talk show host David Letterman for his new Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, JAY-Z told Letterman about a moment in the life of his 6-year-old daughter when she said something to him that he considers the most beautiful thing. The rapper said: "I told her to get in the car the other day because she was asking a thousand questions and we had to leave for school." Blue Ivy obeyed and they drove to school in silence. But on the way, Blue spoke up. Jay-Z continues: "We’re driving and then I just hear a little voice (say), ‘Dad,’ I turn around and she said, ‘I didn’t like when you told me to get in the car the way you told me… It hurt my feelings’." "She’s six!" Jay-Z told Letterman in awe of his daughter’s maturity. He said he was so touched by her honesty that he told her, "That’s the most beautiful thing you’v