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Global stocks slide on US election, tech worries

Global stocks slid Thursday as investors digested disappointing tech results and remained risk-adverse ahead of a coin-toss US election.Data showing the US Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure cooled further last month and now sits just above its long-term target — a positive sign for future interest-rate cuts — failed to boost sentiment.Microsoft and Facebook-parent Meta …

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Hong Kong economic growth misses forecast in third quarter: data

Hong Kong’s economic growth in the third quarter missed analyst estimates as private consumption weakened, according to government figures released Thursday.Real gross domestic product (GDP) between July and September grew by 1.8 percent year-on-year, well down from a forecast of 3.1 percent growth from economists surveyed by Bloomberg.Hong Kong’s economic recovery after the pandemic has …

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Samsung Q3 operating profits soar to $6.6 bn, miss forecast

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics said Thursday that its operating profits soared 277 percent on-year to $6.6 billion but missed expectations as it struggled to leverage demand for chips used in artificial intelligence servers.The world’s largest memory chip maker posted an operating profit of 9.18 trillion won ($6.6 billion) “largely due to one-off costs”.It also warned …

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