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US stocks close higher after Fed cuts interest rates
WALL Street ended higher on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point and signalled that it…
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US stocks open higher as investors await Fed rate cut decision
Wall Street’s main indexes opened modestly higher on Monday (Dec 8) as investors priced in expectations that the Federal Reserve will…
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Industrials, automakers drive European shares higher at close
Automakers led sectoral advances, climbing 2.2%, with Porsche and Mercedes-Benz adding 5.7% and 4.4% respectively European shares closed…
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Wall Street opens higher as investors mull Fed rate cuts
Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Thursday (Dec 4) as investors parsed a fresh batch of labour market data to gauge the…
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Oil settles slightly higher as Moscow peace talks fail to reach breakthrough
Recent Ukrainian attacks on oil export sites on the Russian Black Sea coast have highlighted the geopolitical concerns stemming from the…
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Indexes close higher as data keeps Fed rate cut expectations elevated
US stocks advanced to close higher on Wednesday (Dec 3), as a flurry of economic data kept expectations elevated for an interest rate cut…
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Wall Street opens higher as markets mull Fed’s next step
US stocks opened higher on Tuesday (Dec 2), steadying after Wall Street’s first pullback in more than a week in the previous session, on…
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MetaOptics shares close 16.8% higher on proposed share placement
Proceeds are expected to strengthen the group’s financial position and expand its capital base to support a growing pipeline of global…
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Wall St opens higher, futures resume trade after outage
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Nov 28) with futures trading springing back to life from an hours-long CME Group…
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OKP shares close 6.6% higher on proposed bonus share issue
Shares of industrial and civil engineering company OKP jumped as much as 7.5 per cent in intraday trading on news of its proposed bonus…
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Wall Street opens higher as December Fed rate-cut bets grow
Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Nov 26), as investors parsed through a fresh batch of economic data and…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as December Fed rate-cut bets grow
Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Nov 26), as investors parsed through a fresh batch of economic data and…
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Gold drifts higher on US rate cut expectations
Markets are pricing in an 84% chance of a Fed rate cut next month, compared to 50% last week, according to CME Group data Gold prices…
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US: Wall Street ends higher as Federal Reserve rate cut bets gather momentum
Wall Street extended its rally on Tuesday as a spate of economic data appeared to support the case for the US Federal Reserve to implement…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Asks for Higher Second-Round Acquisition Bids Due Dec. 1: Report
Some media M&A teams may be working through the Thanksgiving weekend: Warner Bros. Discovery — which is fielding acquisition overtures…
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US: Wall Street ends higher on tech rebound, rising rate cut bets
Wall Street stocks closed higher on Monday (Nov 24), extending on Friday’s rally as increased odds that the US Federal Reserve will lower…
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US: Wall Street opens higher on Fed interest rate-cut expectations
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Nov 24), buoyed by expectations of an imminent Federal Reserve interest rate cut in…
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Marco Polo Marine expects ‘significantly higher’ FY2025 net profit
This is mainly due to impairment loss reversals on certain vessels and the disposal of its stake in Marco Polo Offshore Marine logistics…
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Ross and T.J. Maxx are winning the retail wars as shoppers flock to off-price stores to battle higher costs
The following sentence might cause anxiety. As Thanksgiving looms near, it’s time to begin holiday shopping. The current level of…
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US: Wall St opens higher as December rate cut bets strengthen
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Nov 21) as traders raised bets on an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve in…
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US: Wall Street opens sharply higher after Nvidia earnings, jobs data
Wall Street’s main indexes jumped at the open on Thursday (Nov 20) as technology stocks received a boost after Nvidia’s stellar results…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as Nvidia test looms
Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Wednesday (Nov 19) following sharp losses earlier in the week, as investors set their…
Lifestyle
Aritzia Takes Its Flagship Experience Higher With Opening in Manhattan’s Flatiron District
Aritzia flagships are always about bringing some scale to a premiere location, but with the Canadian brand’s newest site, opening in…
Business
Stamford Land H1 profit rises 4.1% to S$15.8 million on higher hotel room rates
Stamford Land reported a 4.1 per cent rise in net profit to S$15.8 million for its first half ended Sep 30, from S$15.2 million in the…