• July 31, 2024

Safe-haven gold heads for monthly gain on Mideast worries, Fed

By Sherin Elizabeth Varghese (Reuters) - Gold prices firmed on Wednesday following the killing of a Hamas leader in Iran, on track for a monthly gain driven by optimism about potential U.S. inter...

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• July 31, 2024

Boeing taps Kelly Ortberg as new CEO, reports wider-than-expected Q2 loss and revenue miss

Boeing ( BA ) on Wednesday named former Rockwell Collins CEO Kelly Ortberg its new president and CEO, replacing outgoing head Dave Calhoun. The troubled airplane-maker also reported a wider-than-e...

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• July 31, 2024

Chip stocks boost Nasdaq futures before Fed verdict; Microsoft lags

By Ankika Biswas and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -Futures tied to the Nasdaq index rose on Wednesday after a bullish forecast from Advanced Micro Devices drove chip stocks higher even as Microsoft...

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• July 31, 2024

Dow, Nasdaq 100 and Dax make gains in early trading

​​​Dow recovery goes on ​The index continues its recovery, with the smaller weighting of tech stocks acting for now as a help, rather than the hindrance it has been for most of the year. ​A...

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• July 31, 2024

Nigerians are frustrated by economic hardship but authorities fear planned protests could turn ugly

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation . And wi...

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• July 31, 2024

Fed expected to hold rates steady, open door to September cut

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at the end of a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, but also indicate that a reductio...

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• July 31, 2024

Stock market today: World stocks are higher, while oil prices jump $2 after Hamas leader was killed

Global stocks advanced Wednesday and oil prices jumped more than $2 a barrel after Hamas’s top political leader Ismail Haniyeh died in an air strike. Haniyeh died in a predawn airstrike in the ...

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• July 31, 2024

BoJ Hikes Rates to 0.25% and Outlines Bond Tapering, Yen Strengthened

Bank of Japan, Yen News and Analysis Bank of Japan hikes rates by 0.15%, raising the policy rate to 0.25% BoJ outlines flexible, quarterly bond tapering timeline Japan...

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• July 31, 2024

Latin America Risks Squandering Opportunity for Deeper Rate Cuts Created by Fed

(Bloomberg) -- Just as the Federal Reserve seems ready to clear the way for Latin American central banks to keep cutting interest rates, growing political problems at home are set to disrupt — if no...

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• July 31, 2024

Australia’s Cooler Core Inflation Opens Door to Rate Cut

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s core inflation unexpectedly decelerated last quarter, supporting the Reserve Bank’s view that prices will gradually ease and prompting money markets to boost bets on an in...

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