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13.07 / 10:33
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell 41 cents to $82.21 per barrel Friday
13.07 / 10:19
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Mt. Gox Transfers $2.7B Bitcoin Before $9B Payout Process
Defunct Japanese crypto exchange Mt. Gox on Thursday transferred Bitcoin worth $2.7b to a new wallet address. It marks the exchange’s first significant transaction since May, following several smaller test transactions on Wednesday.
13.07 / 09:57
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Stock market today: Japan's Nikkei 225 hits new record close, leading Asian shares higher
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 has surged to a record close of 40,913.65, leading markets in most of Asia higher
13.07 / 09:40
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Charting the global economy: UK labour party wins in landslide
Any euphoria over the size of its win, though, will be quickly overshadowed by the scale of the economic challenges facing the next government. Among economic data this week, inflation cooled last month in the euro zone, the US labor market showed further signs of moderating and Japan’s household spending retreated.
13.07 / 09:36
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Yen hits four-week high, intervention questions circulate
The rally in the Japanese currency, which has been languishing at around 38-year lows, began on Thursday just after data showed U.S. consumer prices for June eased, boosting the odds of the Federal Reserve cutting rates as soon as September.
13.07 / 09:35
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose 52 cents to $82.62 per barrel Thursday
13.07 / 08:16
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GIFT Nifty signals a negative start for D-Street. Here's the trading setup for today's session
Equity markets traded in a narrow range to close with minor gains on Thursday. Analysts said the release of pre-quarterly business updates is giving confidence in healthy Q1 earnings. «We expect this ongoing momentum to continue and the Nifty to consolidate in a broader range. Investors would watch for the US Non-farm payroll and Unemployment Rate,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services.
13.07 / 07:37
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US yields boost dollar and leave yen dazed at 38-year low
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose nearly 14 basis points to 4.479% overnight, with analysts linking the rise to expectations that Donald Trump will win the U.S. presidency, in turn leading to higher tariffs and government borrowing.
13.07 / 07:36
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Sale of US Steel kicks up a political storm, but Pittsburgh isn't Steeltown USA anymore
Pittsburgh's most storied steel company, U.S. Steel, is on the cusp of being bought by Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp. in a deal that's kicking up an election year political maelstrom
13.07 / 07:05
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Hyundai's IPO may inspire other MNCs to list in India for valuation gains
Mint spoke to lawyers and investment bankers who also alluded to the rise in MNCs evaluating such options. Besides South Korea’s Hyundai, which is preparing for a record ₹25,000 crore initial public offering, LG Electronics and Italy’s component maker Carraro are looking at similar moves, according to media reports.
13.07 / 06:43
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Crypto hacking thefts double to $1.4 bln in first half, say researchers
blockchain researchers TRM Labs said on Friday. Hackers had stolen more than $1.38 billion worth of crypto by June 24, 2024, compared with $657 million in the same period in 2023, TRM Labs said in a report.
13.07 / 06:30
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United Airlines Boeing plane loses wheel during take-off in L.A.
A Boeing jet operated by United Airlines lost a landing gear wheel during take-off from Los Angeles on Monday morning — the second reported wheel loss incident for the airline this year.
13.07 / 06:30
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Asian markets down as traders await US jobs report
Hong Kong, Jul 05, 2024 -Asian markets were largely down on Friday, a day after Tokyo's indexes hit record highs as traders prepared for a key US jobs report while European exchanges edged up on calming electoral news from the United Kingdom and France. Japan's Nikkei 225 ended flat while the broader Topix index, which a day earlier surpassed its previous peak set in 1989, also shed some of its gains.
13.07 / 06:05
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Asian stocks echo US rally ahead of inflation data: Markets wrap
tech stocks lifted US and global shares to new highs ahead of inflation data due later Thursday. Equities in Japan and Australia and futures for Hong Kong stocks all rose, echoing the bullish pulse on Wall Street on Wednesday that led the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 each more than 1% higher to records. The S&P 500 has advanced in each of the past seven sessions, its longest winning streak since November, helping propel a gauge of global equities to a record.
13.07 / 05:07
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China is the runaway leader in generative AI patent applications followed by the US, the UN says
The U.N. intellectual property agency says China has requested far more patents than any other country when it comes to generative AI, with the United States a distant second
13.07 / 05:07
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Watch These Ether Chart Levels Amid Rising Liquidations
Ether (ETH), the world’s second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell sharply early Friday to trade near a two-month low, participating in a broad-based sell-off across the asset class sparked by fears the market could soon be flooded with additional Bitcoins from defunct Japanese exchange Mt. Gox.
13.07 / 04:52
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Nathan's Hotdog Eating Contest in US: Defending champ Miki Sudo bags the women's title by eating 51 dogs
Miki Sudo, gobbled down 51 hot dogs within 10 minutes to bag the champion's title. Nathan's Hot Dog Eating is indeed a very popular contest in the US, with numerous participating trying their best to gobble hot dogs, as many as they can, within a few minutes, but it is only the 'real foodies' who win in the end.
13.07 / 03:51
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell 92 cents to $81.41 per barrel Tuesday
13.07 / 03:49
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Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League: What we know about trailer, creative team, release date and where to watch
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League' has been released. This is the sequel to the 2018 animated film 'Batman Ninja'. The new film brings Batman to a modern setting in Japan. Trailer Batman returns to Japan in the new trailer for 'Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League'. This is the sequel to the 2018 animated film 'Batman Ninja', where Batman and Gotham were sent to Feudal Japan. The new film shifts the setting to a modern era.
13.07 / 03:09
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Cash-based Japan issues first new bills in two decades, designed against counterfeiting
Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, yen packed with 3-D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting
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