Archive for the January 19, 2019
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The dollar was firm against the yen on Friday as growing optimism of progress in Sino-US trade talks supported broader appetite for risk. A Wall Street Journal report on Thursday that US Treasury Secretary Steven
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The dollar held firm against its rivals on Friday and is poised for its first weekly gain in five weeks as investors trimmed some of their excessive short bets against it after some weak eurozone
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The dollar held firm against its rivals on Friday and was poised for its first weekly gain in five weeks, boosted by optimism about trade talks between China and the United States. US Treasury Secretary
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The US dollar was left flat in Thursday afternoon trade after first rising on a report that US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had considered easing tariffs imposed on Chinese imports, then retracing those gains after
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The Australian and New Zealand dollars got a fillip on Friday as a report of progress in the Sino-US trade dispute buoyed risk sentiment, though both currencies still nursed losses for the week. The blip
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Most Asian currencies traded within a tight range on Friday as optimism on possible progress in the US-China trade war was offset by strength in the dollar. The greenback firmed after the Wall Street Journal
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The pound weakened on Friday as investors took profits after a stellar rally that set the currency up for its biggest weekly gain against the euro in more than a year on growing confidence that
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Oxford University has decided to forgo further funding from Chinese tech giant Huawei as scrutiny grows in Europe over the telecom company's relationship with the Beijing government. Huawei has been under fire in recent months
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Singapore has chosen the F-35 warplane to replace its ageing fighter jets, opting for the US aircraft over European and Chinese models, the defence ministry said Friday. The affluent city-state, which has one of Asia's
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DR Congo rebuked the African Union on Friday over its calls to suspend the announcement of final results from presidential elections, insisting that the Constitutional Court assessing the vote's legality was impartial. The court is
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