Hopes
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Brent Down to $97.18 On Ceasefire Hopes, Easing Pressure On Markets Briefly
Brent, WTI crude prices fell on ceasefire hopes in West Asia. Brent dropped below $97.18, WTI below $86.72 intraday Wednesday. Decline offers short-term relief for India’s inflation and current account.…
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Nancy Guthrie’s Pacemaker Stopped Syncing with Her Apple Watch on Sunday Morning as Hopes of Survival of Savannah Guthrie’s Abducted Mom Start Fading
Abducted Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker stopped communicating with her Apple Watch in the early hours of Sunday morning, law enforcement sources said. Police sources said the 84-year-old’s pacemaker stopped transmitting data…
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Amazon has big hopes for wearable AI – starting with this US$50 gadget
[NEW YORK] Several months after Amazon.com bought artificial intelligence (AI) hardware startup Bee, the company said that it’s working to make its US$50 always-listening wearable more proactive, and indicated a…
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Chevron, Oil Services Stocks Jump On Hopes Of US-Led Revival Of Venezuela Crude
Energy stocks surged Monday as investors welcomed President Donald Trump’s stated intent to tap Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, raising expectations that US energy companies could eventually return to one of…
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Oil flat as Russia-Ukraine peace hopes fade, Yemen tensions rise
[HOUSTON] Oil was steady after a choppy session on Tuesday as investors weighed dented hopes of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal and rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East around Yemen. Brent…
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Oil settles up over 2% on dented peace hopes in Ukraine, tensions in Yemen
Strong Chinese waterborne crude imports are also helping tighten oil markets, said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo [BENGALURU] Oil prices settled more than US$1 a barrel higher on Monday (Dec 29)…
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Oil falls 2% on looming supply glut, hopes of Ukraine peace deal
[HOUSTON] Oil prices settled more than 2 per cent lower on Friday (Dec 26) as investors weighed a looming global supply glut, while also keeping an eye on a potential…
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Asian markets rally again as rate cut hopes bring Christmas cheer
EQUITIES extended a global rally on Tuesday, while gold and silver hit fresh records as optimism for more US interest rate cuts and an easing of AI fears helped investors…
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Chinese airlines see hopes dim for profit return with Japan spat
China’s “Big Three” have racked up combined losses of 206.4 billion yuan (S$37.7 billion) from 2020 to 2024 THE standoff between China and Japan threatens to exacerbate a seasonally weak…
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Asia: Markets rally with Wall Street as rate hopes rise, AI fears ease
ASIAN markets rallied on Monday and gold hit a record high as the latest round of US data boosted hopes for more interest rate cuts, while worries over AI spending…
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Gold hits all-time high, propelled by US rate-cut hopes, safe-haven appeal
[BENGALURU] Spot gold surged to a record high of US$4,383.73 per ounce on Monday, lifted by expectations of further US Federal Reserve rate cuts after last week’s quarter-point reduction, sustained…
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Emerging markets bring high hopes for 2026 after stellar year
This year’s capital rush into the sector is a sign more investors are allocating to a sector that’s been out of favour after years of lacklustre performance [LONDON] Emerging markets…
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Asian markets drift as US jobs data fails to boost rate cut hopes
ASIAN equities fluctuated on Wednesday as mixed US jobs data did little to boost expectations for another interest rate cut next month, while oil rallied after Donald Trump ordered the…
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Indexes end near flat, supported by Fed hopes but dragged by Amazon
Markets are pricing in an 87% chance the central bank will cut rates by 25 basis points this month [BENGALURU] US stocks closed near the unchanged mark on Thursday (Dec…
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Silver jumps to record high on supply tightness, rate-cut hopes
Markets are fully pricing in a quarter-point rate cut on continued weakness in the American labour market and a series of dovish comments by Fed officials [SINGAPORE] Silver jumped more…
