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Noida International Aiport to be made functional by 2024, provide employment to over 1 lakh people: Yogi Adityanath

Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 24 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that Noida International Aiport, whose foundation stone will be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow, will be made functional by 2024 and it will provide employment opportunities to over 1 lakh people. PM Narendra Modi is scheduled […]

Updated: Nov 23, 2021
U.S. stocks do swan dive in final half hour of trading

NEW YORK, New York – Stocks in the United States rallied for most of the day and then did a swan dive in the last half hour. The Dow Jones which had been up more than 200 points earlier finished the day ahead just 17.27 points, or 0.05 percent, at 35,619.25. The Nasdaq Composite took […]

Updated: Nov 22, 2021
Home Depot makes most of still robust U.S. housing market

ATLANTA, Georgia: Home Depot announced Q3 earnings on November 16 that have surpassed analyst projections. An almost ten-percent rise in Home Depot sales was recorded, as compared to 2020, to reach $36.8 billion, which also exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. Craig Menear, Home Depot’s chief executive officer, attributes the robust figures in the financial statement to […]

Updated: Nov 21, 2021
Japan may help US battle high oil prices

Japan is considering tapping into its national oil reserves, the country’s PM has confirmed, after Washington reportedly urged top oil consumers to release their reserves to tackle high crude prices. Speaking to reporters during his visit to the southern Japanese city of Matsuyama on Saturday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country is exploring the […]

Updated: Nov 20, 2021
Covid resurgence fears jolt U.S. stocks, Dow tumbles 269 points

NEW YORK, New York – A resurgence of Covid-19 in Europe resulting in a national lockdown to commence in Austria on Monday has investors on edge. A spike in infections in Austria, Germany, Portugal, and the UK has officials worried. Even in Ireland where 89.1 percent of people over 12 are fully vaccinated, the country […]

Updated: Nov 19, 2021
U.S. stocks end mixed after choppy day of trading

NEW YORK, New York – U.S. stocks were all over the place on Thursday as investors weighed up a number of positives and negatives. “For a second consecutive session, the underlying price action is a lot weaker than the headline indices make it seem with a handful of large stocks masking selling elsewhere,” Adam Crisafulli […]

Updated: Nov 18, 2021
U.S. agricultural futures rise

CHICAGO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures rose across the board on Wednesday, led by soybean. The most active corn contract for December delivery rose 4.25 cents, or 0.74 percent, to settle at 5.7525 U.S. dollars per bushel. December wheat gained 12 cents, or 1.48 percent, to settle at 8.2225 […]

Updated: Nov 17, 2021
Scott Morrison has mastered the art of lying

Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, a person who finds the truth a creature best beaten, shunned and ignored, is now moving into what looks like campaign mode. At COP26 in Glasgow, he sold the world a climate change model that kept company with countries where fumes linger stubbornly and the fossil fuels burn bravely. He […]

Updated: Nov 16, 2021
Investors hit dead end on Wall Street, stocks directionless

NEW YORK, New York – U.S. stocks were directionless on Monday, with all the indices struggling to make ground. The main action was on foreign exchange markets, where the U.S. dollar surged against the European and British currencies but was held at bay by the commodity bloc. “The dollar may be in the early stages […]

Updated: Nov 15, 2021
Steep fall in Pakistani rupee against US dollar reveals deeper economic problems: Report

Islamabad [Pakistan], November 15 (ANI): Pakistan rupee has recorded a fall against the US dollar in the inter-bank currency market for months, a rising concern for the Imran Khan government indicating that the country is facing a deeper economic problem, reported local media. Currency depreciation is not something to be worried about, in normal conditions. […]

Updated: Nov 14, 2021