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An alarmed bond market gets the Trump administration to act again 0
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- August 20, 2026
NEW YORK — Normally quiet, the bond market can occasionally send warning signals loud enough to hit stock markets worldwide and even grab the attention of U.S. presidents and other world leaders. After the bond market’s alarm bells rose in volume through the summer, the Trump administration announced on Wednesday a move that could help
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Global shares mostly rise after buying of AI-related shares and oil prices fall 0
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- August 13, 2026
TOKYO — Global shares were mostly higher on Thursday, powered by gains for AI-related stocks including computer chips. France’s CAC 40 edged up 0.1% in early trading to 8,685.40, while the German DAX added 0.4% to 26,445.93. Britain’s FTSE 100 shed 0.4% to 10,791.07. U.S. shares were set to drift moderately higher with Dow futures
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Falling oil prices help calm worries about inflation, and Wall Street rallies 0
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- August 3, 2026
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are easing on Monday and helping to calm Wall Street’s worries that inflation could get even worse. That has U.S. stock indexes rallying, though sharp swings are continuing to roil underneath the surface. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% following its wild July, where it swung up
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Strong iPhone sales propel Apple’s fiscal Q3 results past Wall Street’s expectations 0
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- August 1, 2026
Apple posted a solid fiscal third quarter on Thursday, climbing past Wall Street’s expectations thanks to strong sales of the iPhone and MacBook computers. Apple raised the prices of its Macs and iPads last month, citing a memory-chip shortage brought on by the artificial intelligence boom. The company had called the demand spike an “unprecedented
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South Korea’s Kospi stock index falls 6% and other Asian stocks mixed as oil prices rise 0
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- July 29, 2026
TOKYO — Asian stocks were mixed, while South Korea’s Kospi stock index fell 6% on Wednesday, as doubts over massive investments in artificial intelligence once again led investors to dump chipmaker stocks. American futures hardly changed. The latest decline in Seoul was led by a drop in shares of chipmaker SK Hynix after its operating
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Oil prices rise as fighting breaks out in the Middle East 0
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- July 14, 2026
Bangkok– Oil prices rose early Tuesday as fighting intensified in the Middle East, while Asian stocks were mixed as markets in Tokyo and Seoul recovered from early losses. The price of Brent crude oil rose more than 2.3% to $85.18 a barrel after soaring nearly 10% on Monday. U.S. benchmark crude oil rose 2.5% to
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