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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

Behold the power of low expectations.

U.S. investors are digesting a balance of earnings and trade updates.

Global shares are mixed after President Donald Trump signed an order imposing controls on exports to foreign telecoms companies that apparently was aimed at Chinese equipment makers.

Stocks shook off an early slump and turned higher in morning trading Wednesday, led by solid gains in Microsoft, Facebook and Google.

Buffett confirmed the firm’s investment in Amazon at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting earlier this month.

___ Mnuchin optimistic on trade battles; Wall Street approves WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is making progress in talks with Canada and Mexico over the lifting of steel tariffs, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday.

Stocks closed solidly higher on Wall Street as traders became more hopeful that some of the U.S.'s frictions with its trading partners will ease.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: The Progressive Corp., up $3.86 to $77.50

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the U.S. is making progress in talks with Canada and Mexico over steel tariffs, potentially overcoming a key hurdle toward approval of a trade agreement between the three countries.

Ocasio-Cortez has a new beef: corporations buying back their own stock.

While the market has been incredibly reactive to the U.S.-China trade war, it’s mostly brushed off other geopolitical tensions.

Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher Wednesday after President Donald Trump downplayed his escalating tariff war with Beijing and said a settlement is possible.

The Chinese report reversed positive investor sentiment that stemmed from President Trump saying late Tuesday on Twitter that a U.S.-China trade deal could be possible soon.

Stocks regained some ground in morning trading Tuesday following a nosedive at the start of the week as the U.S. and China escalate their trade war.

U.S. trade officials have issued a $300 billion target list of Chinese imports including laptop computers for more tariff hikes, ratcheting up tensions with Beijing.

Stocks climbed on Tuesday and clawed back a chunk of their losses from Monday's rout, the latest whipsaw move as investors weigh just how badly the escalating U.S.-China trade war will hurt the economy.

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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.