Archive for the October 4, 2019
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Eurozone shares made small gains on Thursday after their worst sell-off in two months a day earlier, as a rebound in Airbus and spirits makers outweighed the latest round of weak economic data from the
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Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Thursday, as the United States widened its trade war with tariffs on European Union goods, adding to fears over a global economic slowdown. The World Trade Organization gave Washington
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Britain's FTSE 100 index touched an eight month low on Thursday after sluggish US services data cemented fears of a global slowdown triggered by a string of weak manufacturing data, while the UK appeared to
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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 US manufacturing and service sectors could lead to a
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The dollar rebounded from a near one-month low versus the Japanese yen on Thursday in choppy trading, with markets dogged by risk aversion before US data later in the day. "We are not seeing a
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Most Asian currencies edged up on Thursday as weak US economic data renewed hopes that the Federal Reserve will resume making rates cuts to prop up growth rate in the United States. Soft manufacturing and
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The Australian and New Zealand dollars stayed weak against the safe haven yen on Thursday while two-year bonds hit record highs as disappointing US data fuelled worries about a sharper global slowdown, driving investors away
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Sterling jumped to an eight-day high on Thursday after the head of a group of eurosceptic lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party said the government's latest Brexit proposals offered the possibility of a
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Thousands of protesters clashed with riot police in Iraq's capital and across the south on Thursday, the third day of mass rallies that have left 28 dead. Defying curfews, tear gas and live rounds, they
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Facebook on Wednesday was dealt a major blow in the EU's top court, which ruled that national courts in Europe can order online platforms to remove defamatory content worldwide. The decision will be seen as
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