U.S. Black Friday shopping off to good start for retailers

It may be a typically subdued day for stocks post-Thanksgiving, but escalating tensions between the U.S. and China over President Donald Trump’s support for Hong Kong have concerned investors.

DENVER — Heavy snow and wind shut down highways Tuesday in Colorado and Wyoming, closed schools in Nebraska and forced more than 1,000 travelers to sleep overnight in Denver’s airport after hundreds of flights were canceled just as Thanksgiving travel moved into high gear.

Wall Street opened higher on Monday on renewed optimism of a trade deal between the U.S. and China. New tariffs are due to hit on Dec. 15, but U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that a deal was “potentially very close.”

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Gold still up almost 14% year to date

Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. dipped 4% in after-hours trading Monday after the computing giant reported fourth-quarter revenue that fell short of analyst estimates. The major culprit, as in previous quarters: Longer sales cycles for bigger deals because of economic and geopolitical uncertainty, company executives said.

Trade envoys speak by phone; Alibaba pops in Hong Kong offering

‘Fear of a unified government’ is substantial: BTIG’s Emanuel