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2025-01-13 | Current Affairs
The U.S. dollar climbed sharply on Monday, reaching multi-year highs against other currencies after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report highlighted the resilience of the American economy
2025-01-10 | Current Affairs
Musk’s lawyer submitted a letter requesting the states to ensure an open bidding process to safeguard public interest as OpenAI move away from nonprofit control
2025-01-09 | Current Affairs
TODAY’S NEWS The ongoing selloff in global bonds intensified on Wednesday, weighing on Wall Street stocks and bolstering the dollar as robust U.S. economic data lowered hopes for imminent aggressive interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield climbed to a peak of 4.73%, the highest since April 2024, before settling […]
2025-01-03 | Current Affairs
U.S. President Joe Biden has decided to block Nippon Steel’s proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, a move that could effectively end the controversial merger
2025-01-03 | Current Affairs
Russian gas exports via Ukraine’s Soviet-era pipelines came to a halt, signaling the end of Moscow’s long-standing dominance in Europe’s energy market.
2024-12-30 | Current Affairs
TODAY’S NEWS Asian stock markets dipped slightly on Monday as high Treasury yields pressured high equity valuations on Wall Street while boosting the U.S. dollar to near multi-month highs. Market activity was subdued ahead of the New Year holiday and a light economic calendar for the week. Key upcoming data include China’s PMI factory surveys […]
2024-12-24 | Current Affairs
TODAY’S NEWS Asian shares surged on Monday thanks to a benign reading on U.S. inflation that restored hopes for potential policy easing next year. There was also relief that Washington managed to avoid a government shutdown. With last week’s central bank decisions behind, the current week is much quieter with only the minutes of a few of those […]
2024-12-20 | Current Affairs
Two U.S. senators, Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Rand Paul, are calling on President Joe Biden to grant ByteDance a 90-day extension on the January 19 deadline for selling TikTok’s U.S. operations or facing a nationwide ban. The senators emphasized that the legal uncertainties surrounding the case and its potential impact on free speech warrant more time.
2024-12-20 | Current Affairs
Thousands of Amazon.com workers are set to walk off the job on Thursday at 6 a.m. ET (1100 GMT) at several key U.S. warehouses, just days before the peak of the holiday shopping season. The strike was called after union officials accused the e-commerce giant of failing to engage in contract negotiations.
2024-12-17 | Current Affairs
Oil prices remained range-bound in early Asian trading on Tuesday as investors awaited direction from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s upcoming interest rate decision and expressed concerns about demand from China.
