©2016 Bloomberg News O2ZA086TTDS6 (Bloomberg) — A global equity rally stumbled as Asian gauges swung between gains and losses, while U.S. index futures dropped. Crude slumped, the yuan weakened and the yen climbed. Benchmark equity indexes in Japan, China and South Korea turned lower, while contracts on the Standard & Poor’s

published Oct 17, 2017 8:25:26 PM, by Ting Shi (Bloomberg) — Chinese President Xi Jinping warned of “severe” challenges Wednesday, as he kicked off a twice-a-decade party meeting that may signal if he will appoint a successor to rule after 2022. Xi started the week-long event this morning with what’s