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Tokyo: Nikkei ends 6% higher on market recovery hopes
Japan’s Nikkei share average closed 6 per cent higher on Tuesday (Apr 8), recovering from a 1½ -year low hit in the previous session, as…
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Trump digs in on tariff plan and threatens stiffer China levies as trade crisis deepens
WASHINGTON — Mixed messages on trade from the Trump administration threw markets into further turbulence on Monday, leaving investors,…
Politics
Trump Threatens China with Additional 50% Tariffs if Beijing Does Not Roll Back Its 34% Retaliatory Tariffs Amid Global Market Meltdown
President Trump warned China that he would impose an extra 50% tariff if Beijing fails to cut down its 34% retaliatory tariff on U.S.…
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What Is a Bear Market? Are We in One?
President Trump’s global tariffs have sent stock markets worldwide into a tailspin, and the S&P 500 on Monday entered bear market…
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US: Wall St opens sharply lower, S&P 500 nears bear market territory
Wall Street’s main indexes opened sharply lower on Monday (Apr 7), with the S&P 500 on track to confirm bear market territory, as…
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China sovereign fund Huijin buying domestic stocks as market slumps
China’s sovereign fund Central Huijin Investment said on Monday (Apr 7) it is increasing holdings in China stocks and will defend market…
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Yuan devaluation market chatter grows as trade war worsens
The deepening trade war is raising speculation in financial markets that China may resort to aggressively devaluing the yuan against the…
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Gold plunges to 3-1/2-week low as market sell-off hits bullion
GOLD prices continued to face turmoil on Monday, and hit their lowest levels in more than three weeks, as a wider market sell-off…
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Gold plunges to lowest in over 3 weeks as market sell-off hits bullion
GOLD prices continued to face turmoil on Monday, and hit their lowest levels in more than three weeks, as a wider market sell-off…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Makes Massive Stock Market Moves to Secure Her Money Just Days Before Trump's Tariff Announcement
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene made hefty stock trades just days before former President Donald Trump announced sweeping new…
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China says ‘market has spoken’ after US tariffs spark sell-off
Trump has introduced additional 34 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods as part of steep levies imposed on most US trade partners China said…
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Opec+ stuns oil market with policy shift to drive down price
For most of this decade, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (Opec+) has been the world’s most stalwart…
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US: Stock market wipes out over US$5 trillion on Trump’s tariff war
The S&P 500 Index declined to the lowest level in 11 months, slashing US$5.4 trillion in market value in just two sessions as US Federal…
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Sembcorp optimistic on 2028 renewables target, China market despite headwinds
Sembcorp Industries is “well-positioned” to achieve its target of 25 gigawatts (GW) of gross installed renewables capacity by 2028, said…
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Trump’s Tariff War Tanks Stock Market Even Further
This underscores the reputational damage Schumer has taken in the early days of Trump’s second term, particularly after he decided to…
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Trump Is Openly Bragging About Crashing the Stock Market
This underscores the reputational damage Schumer has taken in the early days of Trump’s second term, particularly after he decided to…
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Trump hits the golf course as the stock market plummets for a second straight day over tariffs
Two days after sending the economy reeling by announcing widespread tariffs, President Donald Trump insisted his trade policies will never…
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US: Wall St opens sharply lower, Nasdaq heads toward bear market
US stocks opened sharply lower on Friday (Apr 4), with the Nasdaq Composite heading into a bear market, after China imposed fresh tariffs…
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Trump says things are 'going very well' after worst stock market drop in years over tariffs
President Donald Trump offered a rosy assessment after the stock market dropped sharply Thursday over his tariffs, saying, "I think it's…
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Tariffs rip through South-east Asia stocks, sink Vietnam’s market
South-east Asian stocks and currencies fell after Asian emerging nations were given some of the biggest tariff increases by US President…
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Javier Milei's Free Market Reforms Are Starting To Pay Off
UNAR Photo/Sipa USA/Newscom Argentina's poverty rate fell sharply in the second half of 2024, according to official data released this…
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Trump tariffs push gold even higher; fears yet fully materialised, say market watchers
Despite earlier expectations of US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, investors were caught off guard by the scale and rationale…
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Hong Kong considers new OTC stock market for delisted companies
Hong Kong is drafting rules for an over-the-counter (OTC) market for delisted shares to give investors at risk of owning a growing pile of…
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Austria wine exports decline in 2024 amid global market challenges
Austrian wine exports declined both in terms of value and volume in 2024 due to the “difficult market situation around the world”, the…