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Trading Day: Tech tonic!

TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  From 'Lag 7' back to 'Mag 7'? The clouds of...

Citadel's flagship fund Wellington up 1.3% in April, source says

NEW YORK -Citadel's flagship fund Wellington was up 1.3% in April, as it navigated a tumultuous month, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Other Citadel funds also...

India collects 2.37 trln rupees in goods and services tax in April

NEW DELHI -India collected 2.37 trillion rupees in goods and services tax in April, 12.6% higher than the same period last year, the government said on Thursday. ...

US stocks end higher on tech boost, yen slides on BOJ gloom

Wall Street stocks rallied and gold prices slid on Thursday as solid earnings from big tech bolstered investor risk appetite. All three major U.S. stock indexes began the month with...

China's April resale home prices fall as more properties put up for sale, report says

BEIJING -The average price of resale homes across 100 Chinese cities fell by 0.7% month-on-month in April, a report by a Chinese real estate research institute said, as more residential properties...

Trump says he has 'potential deals' with India, South Korea, Japan

WASHINGTON -President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has potential trade deals with India, South Korea and Japan as he seeks to convert his tariff policy into trade agreements. ...

Trading Day: Do you want to make a deal?

TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  The 100-day war Unlike the day before,...

Indian central bank's debt buying binge to act as de facto rate cut, analysts say

MUMBAI -The Reserve Bank of India's plan to buy 1.25 trillion rupees of bonds in May will likely lower the cost of overnight interbank funds, effectively acting as a rate cut, according to...

China holds off on new stimulus, shows composure in US trade war

BEIJING -China has advanced this year's stimulus plans but is holding off on fresh measures as it tries to maintain composure, betting on Washington blinking first in a protracted trade war. ...

Rates: what are swap spreads?

Despite attempts to defuse the various current crises over reciprocal tariffs on the one hand and the potential dismissal of the Fed chairman on the other, the bond markets are not so easily appeased....

The toll from Trump's tariffs

Morning Bid U.S.  A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The furious April for U.S. markets has calmed down a bit as the month draws to a close...

US Treasury's Bessent encouraged by 'productive' Japan, South Korea trade talks

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was encouraged by productive early trade talks with Japan and South Korea this week, the Treasury said in a statement on Friday. In a readout issued...

US Treasury's Bessent urges Asian Development Bank to move towards ending China loans

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged Asian Development Bank President Masato Kanda to take concrete steps towards ending loans to China, the Treasury said on Friday. During a...

US and EU not close to deal on tariffs - EU's Dombrovskis

WASHINGTON -The United States and the European Union still need a lot of work to reach a deal that would prevent the imposition of tariffs on each other's goods, EU Economic Commissioner Valdis...

EU will 'leave no stone unturned' to reduce trade-related uncertainty, Ireland's Donohue says

WASHINGTON -The European Union will do all it can to engage with the U.S. on trade and reduce the massive uncertainty that is weighing down the global economy, Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe...

IMF's chief says China needs to end property crisis, social safety net, services

WASHINGTON -International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday that for China to shift its economy towards consumption, it will need to end a property crisis, add...

Tariff-hit China exporters reluctant to heed government calls to sell locally

BEIJING/SHANGHAI -Eno Qian, who runs a clothing factory in eastern China, says she makes a 20 yuan profit for every item she sells abroad and only a tenth of that on domestic sales, making a shift...

Trump says 25% tariff on cars made in Canada could go up

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a 25 percent tariff imposed on cars imported from Canada to the United States could go up. When I put tariffs on Canada - they're paying 25...

Global roundtable sees rising debt risks for low-income countries as uncertainty mounts

WASHINGTON -More work is needed to improve the sovereign debt restructuring process and help countries facing mounting debt service challenges, the chairs of a global debt roundtable said on...