• Talks over tariffs between the US and China ease trade war fears
• UK's benchmark index slipped to 15-month low yesterday
• Dow Jones soared 2.8pc overnight on cooling trade tensions
• Melrose vows to keep GKN listing in UK in last-ditch plea in takeover battle
• Zuckerberg must ask for help if he is to fix Facebook
• Three reasons to welcome a shrinking public sector
• Hong Kong first in global firing line as Libor shock hits currency