Archive for the February 20, 2019
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the review petitions of former President Asif Ali Zardari and others in the fake bank accounts case and said the apprehensions and presumptions of parties have no connection with
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The United States threw its support behind India on Tuesday and pressed Pakistan to punish those behind a suicide attack in occupied Kashmir that killed 40 Indian security personnel. "We have been in close communication
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Copper prices touched their highest in more than two months on Tuesday due to a weaker dollar and hopes that the United States and China would forge a trade deal. A new round of talks
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An unexplored 7,000 square kilometre (2,700 square mile) swathe of the British North Sea, previously thought to contain empty chambers left by three extinct volcanoes, may hide oil and gas instead, the University of Aberdeen
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Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday as concerns about global crude oil demand and uncertainty over the latest round of US-China trade talks countered investor optimism around tightening supplies. Brent crude slipped 5 cents to
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Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) futures, which set the tone for rubber prices in Southeast Asia, surged to their highest in nearly 9 months on Tuesday, driven by hopes that Sino-US trade talks were making progress,
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Malaysian palm oil futures reversed earlier gains to fall over 1 percent in evening trade on Tuesday, as output declines remained slower than in previous years and stocks in key buying markets stayed high. Palm
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European wheat futures in Paris fell on Tuesday as weakness in Chicago and uncertainty over export prospects kept prices near a seven-month low. May milling wheat, the most active contract on the Paris-based Euronext, was
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Raw sugar futures on ICE rose on Tuesday, lifted by the potential for a decline in supplies from the world's two biggest producers, Brazil and India; while arabica coffee tumbled to 2019 lows. May raw
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Gold prices hovered near 10-month highs on Tuesday as optimism around US-China trade discussions dimmed the dollar's appeal, while palladium struck a record high on supply concerns. Spot gold was little changed at $1,326.48 per
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