Archive for the October 5, 2019
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The dollar stepped back on Friday after a soft US service sector survey inflamed worries that pressure from US trade disputes with China and other countries could spill over into the broader US economy and
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The dollar steadied on Friday but was on track to post its first weekly drop in a month before monthly US jobs data as weak data this week raised concerns the US economy was losing
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The dollar slipped on Friday after earlier posting gains following a US jobs report that underperformed expectations but was solid overall, as investors remained cautious about political risk in the United States and ongoing trade
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The dollar fell to a four-week low against the yen and a one-week trough versus the euro on Thursday, as investors fretted that weakness in both the US manufacturing and service sectors signals a slowdown
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A hackers' congress in Prague on Friday hailed the new cryptocurrencies as a tool to break free from the constraints of modern life and move towards a freer "parallel society". "Opt out of the system,"
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South Africa's rand rose on Friday, lifted by improved appetite for riskier currencies amid steady US jobs growth. At 1615 GMT, the rand was 0.8% firmer than its previous close at 15.04 per US dollar.
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Asian currencies strengthened against the dollar on Friday, with South Korea's won leading the pack, as bets increased that the US Federal Reserve would cut rates further after a host of weak data deepened fears
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The pound fell on Friday and was struggling to mark its first weekly gain in three weeks, as concerns over whether Britain can agree a Brexit deal with the European Union at a summit later
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Venezuela's government should "immediately" cease labour violations, including detentions of workers who do not support President Nicolas Maduro, a UN agency commission said on Friday. The Commission of Inquiry carried out by the International Labour
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At least three people died when a transport plane crashed Friday while coming in to land in western Ukraine, emergency services said. The Antonov-12 with eight people on board crash-landed 1.5 kilometres (just over a
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