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Tentative Greece agreement dowses exit fears

Jul 14, 2015 04:01 am UTC| Commentary

Discussions on extending the maturities of Greeces debt or providing longer grace periods on payments would begin once a first review of the programme has been approved, likely to be later this year. However, all...

China to cap global rates

Jul 14, 2015 03:29 am UTC| Commentary

A sharp Chinese slowdown in H2 would easily send world GDP growth to the lowest level since the recovery began. The impact of a Chinese slowdown on the rest of the world will be uneven. Countries like Korea and Australia...

US federal government posts budget surplus in June

Jul 14, 2015 03:21 am UTC| Commentary

CBO analysis notes that the US June 2014 figures were affected by the time-shifting of payments, without which, the monthly surplus would have been an estimated $35.0bn.The US federal government reported a monthly budget...

Singapore's Q2 GDP softness

Jul 14, 2015 02:39 am UTC| Commentary

The advance estimate for Q2 GDP showed a deeper contraction of 4.6% q/q saar (+1.7% y/y), well below expectations (Consensus: -1.5% q/q saar). The fall reversed a 4.2% gain in Q1. The Q2 contraction was driven by a 14% q/q...

India: Brighter macroeconomic fundamentals

Jul 14, 2015 02:39 am UTC| Commentary

Two years ago, Indias macroeconomic situation was a cause for concern. Economic growth was slowing, and the countrys external imbalances were getting worse. Today, it is in much better economic and financial shape. Its...

The slowdown continues in Indonesia

Jul 14, 2015 02:03 am UTC| Commentary Economy

In Q1 2015, GDP growth continued to slow to only 4.7% yoy (down from 5% in Q1-2014), the slowest pace since the 2009 crisis. Household consumption remained relatively robust, but exports continued to contract for the...

US June retail sales to release tonight

Jul 14, 2015 00:47 am UTC| Commentary

RBC Capital Markets notes: Tonight we get the first key release for the week out of the US-retail sales for June. Expectations are for some moderation of the very strong gains in May, and RBC is slightly below...

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Economy

European Stocks Rise as Oil Prices Fall Ahead of US CPI

European stock markets edged higher on Monday as falling oil prices supported investor sentiment, while uncertainty surrounding geopolitical developments and upcoming corporate earnings kept gains modest. The pan-European...

Oil Prices Fall as Trump Ceasefire Claim Shifts Market Focus to U.S. CPI

Oil prices declined on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, while investors awaited key U.S. inflation data and corporate earnings amid ongoing Middle...

European Auto Stocks Rise as EU-China Trade Deal Targets Hybrid Imports

European automaker stocks climbed on Monday after the European Union and China reached a preliminary trade agreement aimed at significantly reducing Chinese hybrid vehicle exports to Europe over the next four years....

S&P 500 Rally Masks Losses for Over 40% of Stocks in 2026

The SP 500 rally in 2026 has pushed the benchmark index up 14% to record highs, but gains remain heavily concentrated among artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor stocks, leaving more than 40% of its constituents...

Global Stocks Mixed as Oil Falls Ahead of US Earnings

Global stock markets traded unevenly on Monday as investors prepared for major corporate earnings and key US inflation data, while oil prices declined amid uncertainty surrounding a proposed Russia-Ukraine energy...

Politics

Mahmoud Abbas Postpones Palestinian Elections to September 2027

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed legislative elections scheduled for November 2026 to September 11, 2027, citing Israeli restrictions and deteriorating security conditions in the Palestinian territories. A...

Panama Declares Emergency After 7.7 Earthquake Triggers 200 Aftershocks

Panama has declared a national state of emergency after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday, causing widespread damage to homes, roads, and bridges across the countrys central provinces. Authorities have...

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles as Tensions With South Korea Escalate

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its eastern coast on Monday, October 12, as military tensions with South Korea continued to intensify following a series of weapons tests and border...

Pakistan Declares Emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Suspends Imran Khan’s PTI Government

Pakistan has declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, suspending the provincial government controlled by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party amid escalating political...

Djibouti Migrant Boat Capsizes, Killing 139 and Leaving 84 Missing

At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, have died after a boat carrying 305 people capsized off Djibouti while traveling to Yemen, according to the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM)....

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Arthur Hayes Announces FLOP Testnet Launch Within Weeks

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has announced that Flop Labs plans to launch its FLOP testnet within weeks, introducing a blockchain network designed to support artificial intelligence (AI) computing. The upcoming 90-day...

Samsung, SK Hynix Shares Fall as China's CXMT Advances DRAM Technology

Shares of South Korean semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix dropped more than 3% on Monday after Chinese memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) announced progress in advanced DRAM technology,...

Apple Supplier Luxshare Faces US Patent Probe, Sees Limited Impact

Chinese electronics manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry, a major supplier to Apple, expects minimal disruption to its business from a US patent infringement investigation involving data centre power supply technology....

TSMC Profit Set to Surge 65% as AI Chip Demand Drives Record Earnings

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the worlds leading advanced chipmaker, is expected to report another record quarterly profit as surging artificial intelligence (AI) investments fuel demand for...

Moonshot AI Executives Seek Settlement Ahead of Hong Kong IPO

Executives at Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI are reportedly negotiating a settlement with Recurrent.ai over allegations of misconduct, as the company prepares for its planned Hong Kong initial public...