Hopes
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Oil settles lower as hopes dim for US-China trade and supply worries ease
[NEW YORK] Oil prices fell by more than US$1 a barrel on Wednesday as investors doubted that upcoming US-China trade talks will result in a breakthrough, while hopes for an Iran-US nuclear…
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US: Wall St opens higher on China trade de-escalation hopes, Fed decision
Published Wed, May 7, 2025 · 09:54 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Wednesday (May 7) as investors hoped for a de-escalation in trade tensions…
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Gold slips on US-China trade talk hopes; traders eye Fed policy
Published Wed, May 7, 2025 · 09:29 AM [BENGALURU] Gold prices fell on Wednesday (May 7) as optimism over potential US-China trade talks weakened demand for safe-haven assets, while investors…
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Palantir sales forecast falls short of Wall Street’s hopes
[SAN FRANCISCO] Palantir Technologies dropped more than 8 per cent in late trading on Monday (May 5) after its results failed to live up to investors’ loftiest expectations for a…
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Palantir sales forecast falls short of Wall Street’s hopes
[SAN FRANCISCO] Palantir Technologies dropped more than 8 per cent in late trading on Monday (May 5) after its results failed to live up to investors’ loftiest expectations for a…
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Singapore dollar surges against US dollar as Asia currencies rally on trade hopes
[SINGAPORE] Asian currencies rallied on Monday (May 5) on hopes of a thaw in the US-China trade war and regional tariff deals with the Trump administration. Taiwan led the charge,…
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Japan’s Nikkei posts first monthly gain for the year on trade talk hopes
[TOKYO] Japan’s Nikkei share average gained on Wednesday (Apr 30) as investors awaited developments in US-Japan tariff talks, helping the benchmark to register its first monthly gain since December. The…
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Japan’s Nikkei notches best week in 3 months on trade deal hopes
[TOKYO] Japan’s Nikkei share average rose 1 per cent on Friday (Apr 18) to clock its best week in three months, as investors turned more hopeful that US President Donald…
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Oil posts weekly gain on trade deal hopes, new Iran sanctions
[NEW YORK] Oil prices settled more than 3 per cent higher on Thursday (Apr 17), supported by hopes for a trade deal between the United States and the European Union…
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EU Hopes Trump Tariffs Can Nudge Mercosur Deal Past Finish Line
The spectre of a transatlantic trade war is also fuelling hopes of a silver lining in Europe: that a commerce deal with four South American countries could get a final…
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Musk Recruits Women to Impregnate on His Social Media App in Hopes to Create a ‘Legion’ of Children for the ‘Apocalypse’: Report
Billionaire Trump ally and Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly recruited potential mothers for his future children through his social media app X, attempting to have a “legion” children in preparation…
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US: Wall Street opens sharply higher on hopes of tariff talks
[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened sharply higher on Tuesday (Apr 8) after a bruising selloff that has wiped out trillions of dollars since last week, as investors await…
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Tokyo: Nikkei ends 6% higher on market recovery hopes
[TOKYO] Japan’s Nikkei share average closed 6 per cent higher on Tuesday (Apr 8), recovering from a 1½ -year low hit in the previous session, as investors scooped up stocks,…
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New App Hopes To Empower Artists Against AI
In 2008, scriptwriter Ed Bennett-Coles said he experienced a career “death moment”: he read an article about AI managing to write its first screenplay. Nearly two decades later, he and…
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France’s Le Pen Seeks To Keep Presidency Hopes Alive After Election Ban
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen fought Tuesday to keep alive her dream of winning the French presidency after a court handed her a five-year ban on running for office. The…
