By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares extended losses for the third session in a row on Wednesday, dragged by IT stocks and the lack of any fresh triggers to offset the downbeat sentiment after a lacklustre start to the earnings season. The Nifty 50 closed down 0.23% at 17.618.75, while the S&P BSE …
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By Anushka Trivedi MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee closed at a more-than-two-week low against the dollar on Wednesday as the greenback staged a recovery on firmer U.S. Treasury yields. The rupee finished at 82.2250 to the U.S. dollar, its lowest level since April 3. The currency’s previous close was 82.04. Technically, 82.20 is a …
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By Helen Coster and Jack Queen WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Fox Corp and Fox News on Tuesday settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, averting a trial putting one of the world’s top media companies in the crosshairs over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 U.S. election. The settlement, …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Residents in an affluent district of Khartoum feared there would be trouble when they found their new neighbour was a commander from a paramilitary force that protesters blamed for cracking down on them in the past. Those concerns proved well-founded this week when people were forced to …
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By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman BOCA CHICA, Texas (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s SpaceX called off the highly anticipated debut launch of its newly combined Starship cruise vessel and Super Heavy rocket in the final minutes of countdown due to a frozen valve, delaying the uncrewed test flight for at least two days. Â Â Â The two-stage …
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By Siyi Liu and Mai Nguyen BEIJING/HANOI (Reuters) -A suspension of mining in Myanmar could lead to further tightening of global supplies of tin, China’s Yunnan Tin, the world’s top refined tin producer, said on Tuesday. On Monday, Myanmar’s ethnic minority Wa militia said that from August the Wa region – a key tin producer …
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By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks rose for a second straight day on Tuesday to reach its highest since early February as the pace of U.S. earnings season picked up, while Treasury yields dipped after three straight sessions of gains. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 closed roughly unchanged. …
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By Brendan O’Brien and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -An Ohio grand jury voted against indicting eight Akron police officers who fatally shot an unarmed Black man last year, the state attorney general said on Monday, as the city prepared for a fresh round of protests against alleged police misconduct. The officers pursued Jayland Walker, 25, on …
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By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as upbeat economic data in No. 2 oil consumer China offset concerns that possible increases in U.S. interest rates could dampen growth in the top consuming country. Brent crude settled 1 cent, or 0.01%, higher at $84.77 a barrel, while West Texas …
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By M. Sriram and Tanvi Mehta MUMBAI (Reuters) -About 300 people queued at Apple’s store in Mumbai on Tuesday, as fans took selfies with Chief Executive Tim Cook, who inaugurated the first retail store run by the tech giant in India, underscoring the importance of its market. “The energy, creativity, and passion in Mumbai is …
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