GLOBAL MARKETS-Investors flee stocks for bonds, gold as U.S. tax cut hopes fade
August 18, 2017 at 05:01 AM EDT
LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - World stocks were set for a second day of losses on Friday after an exodus of U.S. executives from presidential business councils dealt a fresh blow to hopes of tax reform, hammering Wall Street and filtering through to Asia and Europe.
