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AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday after US shares dropped, with a jump in the yen sparking speculation that the Japanese government had intervened in the market for the second time this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225…

AFP/APP Jakarta: Microsoft's chief executive officer met the president of Indonesia on Tuesday, pledging a $1.7 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing to help develop the archipelago's AI infrastructure. …

AFP/APP London: US stocks rebounded Friday on the back of buoyant big tech earnings while London hit another record peak as investors tracked a series of takeover bids for UK companies. Wall Street opened higher as traders shrugged…

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…

AFP/APP New York: Wall Street equities tumbled while Brent oil prices finished above $90 a barrel for the first time since late October as markets took stock of rising political tensions in the Middle East. After an upbeat morning…

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.…