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US Steel jumps most in a year on Nippon Steel offer to Biden
NIPPON Steel offered to give the US government a veto over any reduction in US Steel’s production capacity in a proposal that marks a…
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Gold heads for biggest gain since 2010 in mixed year for metals
GOLD is heading for its biggest gain in 14 years, with a 27 per cent advance fuelled by US monetary easing, sustained geopolitical risks…
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Oil prices post 3% annual decline, slipping for second year in a row
OIL prices fell around 3 per cent in 2024, slipping for a second straight year, as the post-pandemic demand recovery stalled, China’s…
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US: Wall Street ends lower, capping a banner year
WALL Street lost ground on Tuesday (Dec 31) as investors closed the book on a remarkable year for equities, during which the US stock…
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2024: a year of market volatility
2024 UNFOLDED as a year marked by global turmoil and uncertainty: The war in Ukraine raged on, conflicts in the Middle East escalated, and…
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Analysts positive on S-Reits in 2025 after a roller-coaster year
Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts seen to do better with interest rates likely to fall SINGAPORE-LISTED real estate…
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'Everything will be fine,' Putin tells Russians in New Year address
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the population to unite in a new year that will likely see Moscow's gruelling war on…
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UnitedHealth Group CEO Secretly Assuring Senior Leaders Company Will Hit Smash Financial Records This Year: Report
UnitedHealth Group is projected to hit record-breaking financial performance this year, despite internal turmoil following the murder of…
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Ushering in 2025: Here's a List of Singapore's Best Places to Welcome New Year With Fireworks
The world is welcoming 2025 with open arms as the clock strikes the first of the new year. People all over the world are excited to bid…
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Column: Jimmy Carter was the right candidate for 1976, but was he the right president?
SACRAMENTO — Jimmy Carter was the right presidential candidate for his time in 1976 — a smiling, homespun, anti-Washington outsider…
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A rose's journey from a Colombian farm to a parade float in Pasadena
A little more than a week before the 136th Tournament of Roses Parade, Bob Mellano was counting flowers and coming up short — 50,000 roses…
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Happy New Year 2025: Messages, Greetings, Wishes, Quotes, and More
Happy New Year 2025 is almost here, with new hopes and dreams. Millions worldwide are set to celebrate the last night of the year bold,…
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Singapore stocks lower on last trading day of the year; STI up 16.9% in 2024
SINGAPORE stocks fell on thin trading volumes on Tuesday (Jan 31) before investors usher in the New Year. The local benchmark Straits…
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Gold’s 26% advance stands out in mixed year for metals markets
GOLD is heading for one of its biggest annual gains this century, with a 26 per cent advance that has been fuelled by US monetary easing,…
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Gold flat; en route to best year in more than a decade
GOLD prices were unchanged in early Asian hours on Tuesday (Dec 31), the last trading day of an eventful year that saw the metal post its…
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Cooler weather for the New Year, coldest air of season next week
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Monday was the final warm day we will see for awhile. High temperatures were in the low to mid 70s, but a…
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The most-read Los Angeles Times stories of 2024
2024 was the year of a riveting election cycle. It was also marked by Hollywood’s slowdown, the scandal involving Shohei Ohtani’s former…
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Bitcoin rally fuelled by Trump loses steam as year draws to close
THE Bitcoin rally sparked by US president-elect Donald Trump’s election victory in early November is stalling as 2024 draws to a close.…
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Breakfast with Jimmy Carter in a tense Khartoum
Jimmy Carter wore a button-down shirt in Khartoum. It was a sweltering morning and the sun shone on the Nile as the clamorous city was…
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Jimmy Carter dies; 39th president became influential human rights advocate
Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer and little-known Georgia governor who became the 39th president of the United States, promising “honest and…
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Column: After a bruising election year in America what will 2025 bring?
SACRAMENTO — How do you summarize — or make sense of — 2024? It’s been a year of upheaval, division, winners and losers. And perhaps most…
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Opinion: Politics past will haunt Washington in 2025. It won't be pretty
To look back over the politics of the past year is to see a preview of the coming one. It’s not pretty. Donald Trump, as president again,…
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Off-year 2025 elections to watch in Donald Trump's first year of new term
While 2024 was a pivotal year for elections in the United States, the off-year state and district elections ahead of the midterms may set…
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US dollar eyes best year in almost a decade
The US dollar is headed for its best year in almost a decade as US economic strength reins in expectations for the Federal Reserve’s…