Archive for the January 8, 2017
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Speculators boosted net long bets on the dollar for a third straight week on expectations of multiple US rate hikes by the Federal Reserve this year, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Bitcoin plunged another 12 percent on Friday after China's central bank urged investors to take a rational approach to the digital currency, which has is on track for its heaviest two-day falls in two years.
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Emerging Asian currencies this year are set to extend their fall from 2016, as expectations of faster rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and US President-elect Donald Trump's promise of fiscal stimulus push the dollar
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The big-spending Chinese Super League is on track to become the world's dominant football championship, the head of a leading sports marketing firm predicted in an AFP interview. China has made global headlines in recent
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Karolina Pliskova stamped herself as a major contender for the Australian Open with a 6-0, 6-3 demolition of France's Alize Cornet in the final of the Brisbane International on Saturday. The third-seeded Czech played almost
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A gallant Richard Gasquet led France to its second title at the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth on Saturday. The 30-year-old gave the French the lead in the tie with a brave win in
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Skipper Steve Smith is switching his focus to the difficult challenges confronting his new revamped team in India after polishing off a Test series clean sweep over Pakistan on Saturday. Australia crushed the tourists by
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Cristiano Ronaldo paraded his fourth Ballon d'Or and powered home his first goal of 2017 as Real Madrid equalled Barcelona's Spanish record 39-game unbeaten run with a 5-0 demolition of lowly Granada on Saturday. The
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Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney spoke of his pride after equalling the great Bobby Charlton's club scoring record on Saturday with his 249th United goal. Rooney, 31, set United on the way to a 4-0
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Australia clinched a series clean sweep with an emphatic 220-run win over Pakistan in the third Test in Sydney on Saturday. The tourists were all out shortly before tea on the final day for 244
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