NEW YORK, New York – U.S. stocks weakened on Friday as U.S. Treasury yields continued to point higher while some investors began worrying about a potential government shutdown. “Investors are staring at the ground right now worried about a shutdown,” Jamie Cox, managing partner at Harris Financial told CNBC Friday. “Markets are just sort of […]

ABU DHABI, 21st September, 2023 (WAM) — UAE stock markets Thursday continued to capitalise on improved investor sentiments, defying US Fed’s decision to keep interest rates steady on Wednesday, while projecting an increase by year-end. Blue-chip real estate, banking, and energy stocks lead the gainers in the Capital’s bourse, as giant property Emaar drove DFM […]

Maruti Ciaz has a relatively sober profile in comparison to other midsize sedans such as Hyundai Verna, Honda City, Skoda Slavia and Volkswagen Virtus. Ciaz is preferred for its practical design as well as affordability and reliability. Ciaz fans who may want to see the sedan in a more glamorous form will surely be delighted […]

NEW YORK, New York – U.S. investors fretted Tuesday while the U.S. central bank deliberated on whether to hike interest rates another time. The decision will not be known until the Federal Reserve’s regular two-day monthly meeting wraps up on Wednesday. “We know that we’re closer to the end of the hiking cycle than the […]

© Provided by Xinhua A combination of factors, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the Ukraine conflict, have presented a series of complex and intersecting crises, says Dennis Francis. UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — A two-day SDG Summit opened on Monday at the UN headquarters in New York to galvanize […]

The UK capital may lose its crown as a top financial center, a poll conducted by Lloyds Bank shows London may surrender its lead as one of the world’s finance capitals, a status it shares with New York, according to a majority of executives at corporate majors polled by Lloyds Bank. The bank’s financial institutions […]

GENEVA, 16th September, 2023 (WAM) – As world leaders head to New York for the UN high-level week to discuss how to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new World Economic Forum report highlights the challenges facing developing countries, with six in 10 economists surveyed warning of a deepening trade-off between development and climate […]

NEW YORK, New York – U.S. stock markets retreated despite a general global uptrend on Friday. Inflation concerns linger ahead of next week’s monthly Federal Reserve monetary meeting. “There was initial investor enthusiasm around inflation data coming in not too far out of expectations. On one hand, the inflation data was hotter than expected, but […]

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 15 (ANI): The Odisha Government has asked district health authorities to increase the surveillance for seasonal upsurge of Scrub Typhus and Leptospirosis in the state. This came in the wake of five deaths reported recently from Bargarh District, according to an official statement from Odisha’s Health and Family Welfare Department on […]

NEW YORK, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) — The U.S. dollar edged up in late trading on Wednesday, after a slightly hotter-than-anticipated consumer price index (CPI) report for August. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, rose 0.06 percent to 104.7727 in late trading. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest […]