Stocks slide as U.S.-China trade war takes toll on earnings

LONDON (Reuters) - Global shares slipped on Thursday on growing signs that a trade dispute between the United States and China was taking a toll on corporate earnings, with nerves spreading from Wall Street through Asia to European markets.MSCI world equity index , which tracks shares in 47 countries, fell 0.2% to their lowest in nine days, while the Euro STOXX 600 slipped 0.5% to its lowest in almost three weeks.The earnings season, kicking off this week, brought bad signs as rail freight..