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World’s biggest palm oil exchange to launch soyoil futures
BURSA Malaysia Derivatives Exchange (BMD), the world’s leading exchange for crude palm oil futures, will launch a soyoil futures contract on Mar 18 to facilitate arbitrage between soyoil and...
JetBlue, Spirit Airlines cancel merger after blocked by US court
JETBLUE and Spirit Airlines formally pulled the plug on Monday on their merger, about six weeks after a federal judge ruled it violated US antitrust law. The companies had...
Bitcoin surges past US$68,000, in sight of record high
BITCOIN was perched at a two-year peak on Tuesday (Mar 5) breaking above US$68,600 and stalking the all-time high as money keeps rushing into the largest cryptocurrency by market...
Gold hits record peak on US rate cut hopes
THE price of gold on Tuesday (Mar 5) struck an all-time pinnacle, boosted by its haven status ahead of expected cuts to US interest rates amid growing economic gloom....
Gold hovers near three-month peak; focus shifts to Powell testimony
GOLD prices clung to a three-month peak on Tuesday (Mar 5), supported by softer United States manufacturing and construction spending, while investors awaited Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s testimony...
American Airlines orders 260 jets from Airbus, Boeing, Embraer
AMERICAN Airlines unveiled a large order on Monday of narrow-body planes from European giant Airbus, Brazil’s Embraer and Boeing, including a model from the US giant that has yet to...
US auditors find non-compliance at Boeing, Sprit AeroSystems
A US audit ordered after a close call on an Alaska Airlines flight in January found multiple instances of non-compliance at Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, officials said on Monday. The Federal...
Europe: Stocks hover near record highs at start of busy week
EUROPEAN stocks settled just below all-time highs on Monday, as investors digested strong gains in recent sessions and struck a cautious tone ahead the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting this week....