Hong Kong falls into first recession in 10 years as protests, trade war weigh

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong slid into recession for the first time in a decade in the third quarter, weighed down by increasingly violent anti-government protests and the protracted U.S.-China trade war. The economy shrank 3.2% in July-September from the preceding period, contracting for a second straight quarter and meeting the technical definition of a recession, according to preliminary government data on Thursday.From a year earlier, gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 2.9%. The..