Archive for the September 16, 2019
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US money market fund assets have hit their highest level since October 2009, as investors piled more cash into these low-risk products despite a lessening of concerns about US-China trade tensions, a private report released
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US money market fund assets have hit their highest level since October 2009, as investors piled more cash into these low-risk products despite a lessening of concerns about US-China trade tensions, a private report released
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Analysts trimmed forecasts for the Australian and New Zealand dollars in the latest Reuters poll as both currencies languish near multi-year lows amid escalating trade wars and collapsing interest rates. The median one-month forecast for
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The Canadian dollar will strengthen less than previously thought against its US counterpart over the coming year, held back by global trade uncertainty and expected interest rate cuts by the Bank of Canada, a Reuters
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With US-China trade tensions roiling markets, investors are counting on support for stocks coming from a Federal Reserve willing to keep cutting interest rates to help the US economy avoid a severe downturn. But traders
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At least 12 people drowned and dozens were missing after a tour boat capsized on an Indian river Sunday, police and local media reports said, as rescuers searched frantically for survivors. The Royal Vashishta vessel
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West African leaders have pledged $1 billion to combat the spiralling threat of Islamist militancy in the region, the head of the regional ECOWAS bloc said on Saturday. Groups with links to al Qaeda and
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Tunisian voters turned out Sunday to choose from a crowded field of candidates after a divisive campaign in the country's second free presidential poll since the 2011 Arab Spring. Prominent candidates, in the absence of
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Hong Kong riot police fired tear gas and water cannon at hardcore pro-democracy protesters hurling rocks and petrol bombs on Sunday, tipping the violence-plagued city back into chaos after a brief lull in clashes. Tens
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday declared Britain would break out of the European Union just like the comic book hero "The Incredible Hulk" and hailed "huge" progress towards getting a divorce deal. The Conservative
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