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Rate cut bets mount on global trade war pressure
Investors increasingly expect Malaysia, South-East Asia’s last holdout against interest rate cuts, to give in to mounting economic pressure from the global trade war. Read full story Date: 25 April, […]
ECB’s Villeroy says further rate cuts expected
The European Central Bank (ECB) will probably lower interest rates further this year as there are currently no inflation risks, according to Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau. Read […]
Jane Street’s US$21bil trading haul tops Citigroup
Jane Street Group LLC has generated a record US$20.5bil in net trading revenue last year, vaulting it past Bank of America Corp and Citigroup Inc as the market maker reaps […]
Apple, Meta hit by US$798mil EU tech fines
Apple Inc and Meta Platforms Inc have been hit by relatively modest European Union (EU) fines totalling €700mil or about US$798mil for violating tough new antitrust rules for Big Tech, […]
Northern Mexico farmers fight drought amid water dispute with the US
JULIMES, Mexico (Reuters) – Dead animals lie scattered across the planes of this cattle ranching town in northern Mexico, victims of a long-term drought that is forcing farmers here to […]
Iraq reports rising cases of hemorrhagic fever, 4 deaths confirmed
BAGHDAD, April 24 (Xinhua) — The Iraqi Health Ministry announced Thursday that the number of confirmed cases of hemorrhagic fever in the country has risen to 26 since the beginning […]
China’s port city eyes deeper cooperation with Britain
LONDON, April 24 (Xinhua) — An investment and business promotion event for China’s northern port city of Tianjin was held in central London on Thursday, with enthusiastic participation from both […]
Trump says effort for Iran nuclear deal going well
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday said U.S. attempts to broker a nuclear deal with Iran are going well, ahead of technical talks between U.S. and Iranian delegations […]
Two from search group that uncovered Mexico’s ‘ranch of horror’ killed
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed two members of a civil search organization that discovered a now-infamous site known as Mexico’s “ranch of horror,” the […]
Judge partly blocks Trump order seeking to overhaul U.S. elections
(Reuters) -A federal judge on Thursday blocked parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to impose new rules on U.S. elections, which Democrats and other groups said risked denying […]