HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested a 24-year-old man at the city’s airport early Thursday on suspicion of stabbing an officer during protests against a new Beijing-imposed national security law in downtown financial. Chinese national flags are seen on the ground during a march against national security law …
Read More »GLOBAL MARKETS: Asian stocks near 4-month highs in vaccine hopes, eyes on US payrolls
* MSCI ex-Japan goes up, all major Asian indices in black * Shanghai copper at 6-month highs for fear of supply * Investors focus on US employment data to be released later in the day * Coins tread water By Swati Pandey and Imani Moise. SYDNEY / NEW YORK, July …
Read More »Advocacy groups in the US and the EU warn against the purchase of Fitbit by Google
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty advocacy groups from the United States, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement on Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Google’s $ 2.1 billion offer by fitness tracker company Fitbit. Inc (FIT.N) for privacy and competition reasons. FILE PHOTO: The Fitbit Blaze watch is …
Read More »Russian Vladimir Putin is already one of the oldest leaders in the world.
The early results of the referendum showed overwhelming support for Putin’s proposed constitutional reforms, including one that resets the clock to the limit of the president’s term. If he wins the 2024 and subsequent elections, six years later, Putin could hold onto power until he is 84 years old, bringing …
Read More »Stocks rise above US employment data.
LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks rose for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday as encouraging testing of the coronavirus vaccine kept investors’ spirits above what was expected to be a record rebound in job numbers in America later. FILE PHOTO: The DAX chart of the German Stock Price Index is …
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