While you were sleeping: North Korea unnerves stocks

While you were sleeping: North Korea unnerves stocks
Margreet Dietz
By Margreet Dietz July 5 (BusinessDesk) - Global equities declined while gold rose amid North Korea’s claim of the country’s first successful intercontinental ballistic missile test that brings the United States within its reach.  David Wright, co-director of the Global Security Program at the US-based Union of Concerned Scientists, said the flight time and distance suggested the missile could travel about 6,700 kilometres (4,163 miles), bringing all of Alaska into range, according to Reuters. North Korea’s test came as US financial ma...