Archive for the February 19, 2019
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The dollar fell versus a basket of its peers on Monday as rising expectations of a US-Sino trade deal led investors to shift away from the safety of the greenback into riskier assets. Both the
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The euro rallied and riskier currencies like the Australian dollar strengthened on Monday as optimism over a breakthrough in talks to end a US-China trade war encouraged investors. The euro has been stuck in a
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Most Asian currencies strengthened against the dollar on Monday on renewed hopes of progress in US-China trade talks and optimism that regional economies will get a boost from central bank stimulus measures. The United States
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South Africa's rand weakened in late afternoon trade on Monday as investors awaited Wednesday's budget, when the finance minister is expected to unveil plans to shore up state-owned power utility Eskom. Stocks rallied, with the
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South Africa's rand weakened in late afternoon trade on Monday as investors awaited Wednesday's budget, when the finance minister is expected to unveil plans to shore up state-owned power utility Eskom. Stocks rallied, with the
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Sterling gained on Monday after registering three consecutive weeks of losses as investors waited for the outcome of Brexit talks between Britain and the European Union. A split in Britain's opposition Labour Party - with
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Australia on Monday said a "sophisticated state actor" had hacked the country's main political parties and parliament, just weeks before a closely fought election. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told lawmakers that investigators looking into a
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With an eye on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Japanese researchers are developing a new system to accurately forecast torrential downpours - known in Japan as 'guerilla rainstorms' - 30 minutes before they strike. Scientists have
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The sailor pictured kissing a woman in Times Square as people celebrated the end of World War II has died at age 95, his daughter told the Providence Journal. George Mendonsa had a seizure Sunday
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Facebook has blocked a popular page run by Russian state TV channel RT, the channel's editor said Monday, criticising the move as an attack on media rights. "We had a subsidiary project in English, In
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