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Europe: Shares hit new peaks as rate-cut hopes gain steam
EUROPEAN shares joined a global rally to hit fresh record-high levels on Thursday, with technology stocks and miners in the lead, as dovish signals from a slew of major central...
US: Wall Street slides at open as inflation concerns hit rate-sensitive stocks
WALL Street opened lower on Friday (Mar 15) as worries of sticky inflation impacting the timing of the first interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve roiled rate-sensitive stocks, ahead...
Bitcoin tops US$73,000 to hit new record on insatiable ETF demand
BITCOIN hit a fresh record high for the fourth time in six days, bolstered by record-breaking inflows into US exchange-traded funds tied to the cryptocurrency. The world’s largest cryptocurrency...
Global corporate dividends hit record US$1.66 trillion in 2023
CORPORATE dividends globally hit an all-time high of US$1.66 trillion in 2023, with record payouts by banks making up half of the growth, a report showed on Wednesday (Mar...
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs as jobs data strengthens rate cut bets
THE S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit new intra-day record highs on Friday (Mar 8) after data showing a rise in the unemployment rate and moderation in wage gains...
US: Stocks hit fresh records as Powell signals rate cuts ahead
STOCKS on Wall Street closed higher, with both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq finishing at new records amid a midweek bounce fueled by tech stocks including Nvidia. Remarks by Federal Reserve...
Are Facebook and Instagram still down? Meta boss apologises for ‘technical issue’ which hit thousands of users
Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and Threads suffered widespread problems on Tuesday afternoon, with users locked out of their accounts and pages failing to load properly. Facebook outages reported on Down Detector...
Lufthansa warns latest two-day strike will hit 200,000 travellers
DEUTSCHE Lufthansa expects the latest two-day strike by ground crews to disrupt travel for more than 200,000 passengers, putting pressure on the German airline to negotiate a deal. Labour...
