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Reuters poll sees reduced chances of U.K. slipping into recession in 2017

Sep 15, 2016 14:21 pm UTC| Commentary

Latest Reuters poll results of a survey of around 70 analysts taken in the past few days shows that the chances of UK tripping into recession have reduced considerably. Analysts now expect Britain to narrowly dodge a mild...

Singapore retail sales growth accelerates in July, propped by surge in motor vehicle sales

Sep 15, 2016 13:57 pm UTC| Commentary

Data from Department of Statistics revealed that Singapores retail sales for July rose 2.8 percent y/y drive by a surge in motor vehicle sales. Singapore retail sales climbed 2.8 percent year-over-year in July, faster than...

U.K. retail sales beat forecasts, shows little impact of Brexit vote on shoppers

Sep 15, 2016 13:35 pm UTC| Commentary

UKs retail trade report for the month of August published by the office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday showed that spending by shoppers has been largely robust in the wake of Junes referendum decision to leave...

Chart of the Day Series

Chart of the Day: White House race tightens

Sep 15, 2016 12:51 pm UTC| Commentary

This chart from realclearpolitics.com, shows how the race has been tightening for the White House for the last couple of weeks. Republican nominee Donald Trump is now trailing Hillary Clinton by 1.8 points nationally...

Singapore dollar likely to face slight downward pressure against USD by end of 2016

Sep 15, 2016 12:45 pm UTC| Commentary

The Singaporean dollar is likely to face slight downward pressure against the U.S. dollar into the end of 2016, reflecting the slow process of tightening of the U.S. monetary policy, noted Scotiabank in a research report....

USD/CAD likely to trade around 1.25 by end-2016 and 1.22 by end-2017

Sep 15, 2016 12:34 pm UTC| Commentary

Throughout the last quarter, the USD/CAD currency pair has been confined to a range of 1.2750 1.3250. The currency pair, in recent weeks saw bouts of volatility, owing to shifting expectations of U.S. FOMCs September...

Canadian bonds nearly flat in subdued trade, likely to fall on recovering oil prices

Sep 15, 2016 12:33 pm UTC| Commentary

The Canadian government bonds traded nearly flat Thursday, succumbing to thin trading activity during a relatively quiet session that witnessed data of little significance. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond, which...

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Economy

Trump Opens Tax-Exempt Dyed Diesel Access as Fuel Prices Surge

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday expanding access to tax-exempt dyed diesel as soaring fuel prices and global oil supply disruptions put pressure on American consumers and businesses. Under...

Australia Consumer Confidence Plunges as RBA Rate Hike Hits Households

Australian consumer confidence fell sharply in October as households grew increasingly worried about rising living costs, higher interest rates, personal finances and the jobs outlook, according to data released Tuesday by...

Samsung, SK Hynix Shares Fall Ahead of Q3 Earnings

Shares of South Korean chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix declined on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of their third-quarter earnings reports, despite broader strength across the global semiconductor...

Asian Currencies Steady as Dollar Holds Near 18-Month High

Asian currencies traded mostly flat on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar remained close to an 18-month high, supported by elevated Treasury yields and persistent inflation concerns. The euro stayed under pressure near a 17-month...

Asian Stocks Rise as Nasdaq Record Offsets Bond Yield Pressure

Asian stocks traded mostly higher on Tuesday, supported by a record close on the Nasdaq, although surging U.S. Treasury yields and elevated oil prices kept investors cautious. Wall Street provided a positive lead after the...

Politics

Trump Envoy Meets Sudan Army Chief in Egypt

A senior envoy for U.S. President Donald Trump attended an event in Egypt alongside Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan as Washington continues efforts to find a political solution to Sudans devastating civil war....

France Student Protests Intensify Nationwide

France faced widespread high-school blockades and union-backed demonstrations on Tuesday as students stepped up pressure on President Emmanuel Macrons government over teacher shortages, deteriorating school buildings and...

Flavio Bolsonaro Surges as Family Scores Brazil Election Comeback

Brazils election delivered a dramatic political comeback for the Bolsonaro family, even though former President Jair Bolsonaro was not on the ballot. Bolsonaro, 71, is under house arrest while serving a 27-year sentence...

Trump Gaza Peace Plan Stalls as Israel Retains Control

US President Donald Trumps Gaza peace plan remains stalled a year after its launch, with Israel retaining control over roughly two-thirds of the enclave and continuing near-daily strikes despite an October 2025 ceasefire....

Trump Orders Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Gunman

President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, who was sentenced to death for killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting in Texas. Pentagon spokesperson Sean...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

OpenAI, Anthropic Back Mandatory AI Breach Reporting in Australia

OpenAI and Anthropic said they would support Australian laws requiring artificial intelligence companies to report data breaches caused by AI agents, as lawmakers consider tougher AI regulation following several security...

DeepSeek Seeks $12 Billion Funding Round Backed by Tencent, CATL

Chinese artificial intelligence powerhouse DeepSeek is preparing to raise at least 80 billion yuan ($12 billion) in a major funding round backed by Tencent and battery giant CATL, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. DeepSeek...

Nvidia-Backed Reflection AI Launches Beam Open-Weight Model

Nvidia-backed startup Reflection AI has launched Beam, its first open-weight artificial intelligence model, as the U.S. company looks to challenge lower-cost Chinese AI models in coding and agentic tasks. Reflection AI...

Meta and Microsoft Cut Internal Claude AI Use

Meta Platforms and Microsoft are reducing their internal reliance on Anthropics Claude AI models as both technology giants encourage employees to adopt proprietary artificial intelligence tools, according to a report from...

Huawei, Qualcomm Sign Multi-Year AI and 5G Patent Deal

Chinas Huawei Technologies has reached a broad multi-year patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm covering key technologies including artificial intelligence, 5G, computing and networking, strengthening the companies...