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AFP/APP  Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Thursday after hotter-than-expected US inflation data drove down Wall Street shares, while the yen briefly hit a 34-year low. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.07 percent, or 425.06…

AFP/APP  Washington: US consumer inflation continued to accelerate last month, according to government data published Wednesday, reducing the chances of an early interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve in a tense election year. …

AFP/APP  London: Wall Street stocks slumped on Wednesday after data showed US consumer inflation continued to accelerate last month, reducing the chances of an early interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. The annual consumer…

AFP/APP London: US and European stocks retreated on Tuesday as investors awaited this week's US inflation data, the eurozone central bank meeting, and corporate results. Investors will be poring over US consumer price data to be…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday as investors took heart from Wall Street rallies on strong job data. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 1.01 percent, or 392.88 points, at 39,384.96 in early trade, while the…

APP Islamabad: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation came down to 20.7 percent during the month of March 2023 as compared to 23.1 percent recorded during February 2023, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported Monday.…

AFP/APP New York:  Wall Street stocks mostly fell Monday after fresh inflation data raised questions about US monetary policy, while gold prices shot to a fresh record. The Institute for Supply Management's March survey is the first…

APP Islamabad: The per-tola price of 24 karat gold witnessed an increase of Rs2,800 and was sold at Rs237,600 on Monday as compared to its last-day rate of Rs234,800. The price of 10 grams of 24 karat gold increased by Rs2,401 and was…

AFP/APP San Francisco: Former top executives of Twitter sued Elon Musk on Monday, saying he had failed to pay them nearly $130 million since the billionaire took over the social media company and dismissed them. "Musk doesn't pay his…

AFP/APP New York: Both the Dow and S&P 500 notched fresh records Monday, with the buoyant session kicking off a heavy news week that includes tech titan earnings and a Federal Reserve interest rate decision. The Dow Jones Industrial…