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Investing.com– U.S. stock index futures edged lower in Asian trading on Monday following last week’s strong Wall Street performance, as investors turned cautious ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Stock markets will be closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. President-elect Trump will also…
Investing.com– Oil prices were largely steady in Asian trade on Wednesday as traders remained cautious ahead of a closely watched U.S. inflation report, while prices still hovered near a four-month high. At 20:58 ET (01:58 GMT), were unchanged at $79.95 a barrel, while expiring in March inched up 0.1% to…
Americans are rushing to download two Chinese social apps, days before a possible TikTok ban.Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 rose to the top spots on the Apple app store rankings on Monday.Both platforms could be subject to the same divest-or-ban law that’s imperiling TikTok.TikTok users are lamenting that the app could “go…
The House of Representatives failed to pass a pared-down spending bill.The vote came after President-elect Donald Trump tanked a bipartisan version that looked set to pass.The move pushes the government closer to a holiday shutdown. The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to pass a stripped-down spending bill following a…
By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) – China’s Sinograin has bought nearly 500,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans this week for shipment in March and April, paying more for U.S. supplies for state reserves rather than buying cheaper Brazilian beans, two U.S. traders familiar with the deals said. China is the…
By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) – Pressure is building on Amazon.com (NASDAQ:) to come to the bargaining table with the Teamsters union as thousands of workers threaten to strike during the retailer’s busy holiday selling season. Workers in New York City, southern California and Skokie, Illinois, voted in recent days to…
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks followed their European counterparts lower on Tuesday and crude prices fell as investors parsed economic data and girded themselves for a series of central bank decisions, including an expected rate cut from the Federal Reserve. forged new record highs and benchmark U.S.…
By Joao Manuel Vicente Mauricio and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) -Tech stocks spearheaded a rebound in European shares on Thursday, after a two-day slump fuelled by worries over potential U.S. tariffs and France’s economic and political challenges, with investors now closely watching inflation reports for clues on the future trajectory of…
WARSAW (Reuters) – The United States will officially open a new air defence base in northern Poland on Wednesday, as Warsaw seeks to reassure citizens that NATO guarantees their security amid jitters after Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Situated in the town of Redzikowo near the Baltic coast, the base…
Investing.com– Most Asian stocks fell on Wednesday, tracking losses in Wall Street as a post-election rally now appeared to be cooling, while anticipation of key U.S. inflation data also spurred risk aversion. Regional markets remained under pressure after fresh fiscal measures from China largely underwhelmed, while uncertainty over what a…
