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(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures started December lower after recording robust gains last month, with focus on a slate of economic data later this week, including a jobs report, to gauge the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path. This week’s centerpiece would be the November nonfarm payrolls report due on Friday, a key metric in … Read more
Matteo Colombo/DigitalVision via Getty Images Stock index futures ticked lower on Monday, as investors awaited a ton of economic releases over the week, while President-elect Donald Trump threatened to implement more trade tariffs. S&P 500 futures (SPX) -0.1%, Nasdaq 100 futures (
Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry unpacks President-elect Donald Trumps energy policy on The Claman Countdown. President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly planning to take steps aimed at restarting the Keystone XL pipeline once he takes office in a rebuke of President Biden’s decision to terminate it at the outset of his term, though the process of reviving … Read more
By Saliou Samb and Bate Felix CONAKRY (Reuters) -A controversial refereeing decision sparked violence and a crush at a soccer match in southeast Guinea, killing 56 people according to a provisional toll, the government said on Monday. The fatalities occurred during the final of a tournament in honour of Guinea’s military leader Mamady Doumbouya at … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Syrian rebels are attacking Kurdish-held areas in the country’s north-west as the Islamists’ shock offensive against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime threatens to draw in other forces in the deeply fractured nation. The US-backed Syrian Democratic … Read more
The global economy in 2024 is a tale of two forces: optimism sparked by falling interest rates, and the uncertainty caused by geopolitical unrest. As companies focus on sustainable growth, such a volatile environment inevitably tests their resilience. Since 2017, Fortune and Boston Consulting Group have teamed up to identify our annual list of Future … Read more
State governments across India continue to allocate less than the recommended 8% of their budgets to their respective health and family welfare departments, as outlined in the National Health Policy (2017). The 2024-25 Budget Estimates show that the average allocation for healthcare across states stands at 6.2%. This gap between policy recommendations and actual financial … Read more
This has been nothing short of a phenomenal year for Wall Street and the investing community. The ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average, benchmark S&P 500, and growth stock-focused Nasdaq Composite have respectively delivered gains of 19%, 26%, and 27%, as of the closing bell on Nov. 27, as well as hit multiple record-closing highs. While … Read more
Lanier/iStock via Getty Images Arms sales of the top 100 defense companies grew last year, driven by demand linked to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine as well as growing East Asia tensions, according to think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Sales of
SHANGHAI, Dec. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MultiMetaVerse Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: MMV) (MMV or the Company), a leading animation and entertainment company for young consumers in China, today announced that it has signed a definitive share exchange agreement (the Share Exchange Agreement) with the shareholders (the Transferors) of Bowong AI Limited (Bowong Cayman), which, after … Read more