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Dollar edges higher ahead of non-farm payrolls data on Friday

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar gained slightly on Thursday but hasn't strayed too far from a recent two-month low as traders weighed how pivotal U.S. jobs data coming out during a holiday

Asian stocks slide, bond yields depressed as recession worries weigh

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks and U.S. equity futures sank on Thursday while bonds and the safe-haven U.S. dollar and Japanese yen were bid as mounting evidence of a U.S. slowdown

Oil prices ease as weak economic data clouds demand prospects

By Katya Golubkova TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices eased in early Asian trade on Thursday after weak U.S. job openings data signalled cooling economic conditions which may hit demand. West Texas

US dollar rises after days of losses, but weak outlook intact

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar advanced on Wednesday, recovering from two-month lows hit the previous session, as investors lightened their short positions to book profits

Oil steadies as economic fears counter OPEC+ cuts, US stock draw

By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - Oil prices settled largely unchanged on Wednesday, despite greater-than-expected draws in U.S. crude and fuel stockpiles, as the market weighed worsening economic

S&P 500 dips, Treasury yields fall as weak data fuels recession fears

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks lost ground on Wednesday and Treasury yields extended their decline as a batch of data fueled worries that restrictive central bank policies could push

Gupta seeks extension to challenge freezing order in Trafigura case

LONDON (Reuters) - Prateek Gupta's lawyers are seeking an extension of a deadline to challenge a $625 million global freezing order imposed by a London Court on the Indian businessman and his firms

Oil falls as economic fears outweigh OPEC+ cuts, US stock draw

By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices inched lower on Wednesday, despite greater than expected draws in U.S. crude oil and fuel stocks, as the market weighed worsening economic prospects against

Dollar gains after days of losses, but outlook still bleak on Fed pause view

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar edged higher on Wednesday, recovering from two-month lows hit the previous session, as investors lightened their

S&P 500 dips, Treasury yields fall as soft data fuels recession worries

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were lower on Wednesday and benchmark Treasury yields softened as a batch of data fueled looming worries that restrictive central bank policies could

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Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?