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It's not about the iPhone 17 this time — Bank of America Securities has confidence that new products will power growth through the end of the decade, and has dramatically hiked their Apple stock targe…
Following Goldman Sachs' upward revision of the TOPIX target, Citi has also joined the bullish camp for the Japanese stock market. Citi believes that Japanese equities may temporarily peak in the shor…
Kuwait Oil Company Signs US$ 16.0 Billion Infrastructure Partnership Involving Its Crude Oil Pipeline Network With a Consortium Comprising Blackstone, Brookfield and KKR
SAO PAULO, July 25 (Reuters) – Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, on Saturday formally launched his bid to challenge President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva…
Rihanna took centre stage on Sunday at the Super Bowl 2023 halftime show. The highly anticipated concert was the singer's first performance in seven years.
NVIDIA Corporation operates as a data center scale AI infrastructure company in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Europe, and internationally. It operates through Compute & Networking, and …
Shares of Trip.com Group plunged sharply on Thursday after China’s top market regulator said it had opened an antitrust investigation into the online travel services provider, triggering the company’s…
President Donald Trump says Friday that the United States will open a formal investigation into the European Union's trade practices, claiming the bloc has unfairly levied billions of dollars of fines…
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) remains a dominant force and a key focus in the technology sector as of October 21, 2025, largely due to its unparalleled leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) and high-perf…
The EUR/JPY consolidates around 186.00, edges down by 0.06% amid a souring of risk appetite amid the escalation of the US-Iran war, and strengthens safe-haven assets like the Japanese Yen.
Commerzbank reports that South Korea’s advance Q2 GDP rose 0.6% quarter-on-quarter and 3.7% year-on-year, beating expectations. Robust AI-related semiconductor demand and resilient domestic spending u…
Bank of America’s Koji Ikeda, a leading analyst covering the software sector, has pinpointed five infrastructure software companies that he expects will maintain their momentum through the latter half…
DBS Group Research economist Chua Han Teng argues that Malaysia’s financial markets reflect confidence in the country’s solid domestic fundamentals despite lingering Middle East geopolitical risks. Th…
OCBC’s Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong note that the Thai Baht (THB) is trading near its weakest level in more than a year against the US Dollar (USD), as volatile oil prices, a firmer USD and high…
OCBC’s Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong expect the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to leave the Singapore Dollar (SGD) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (S$NEER) policy unchanged at Monday’s mee…
The upcoming week will be dominated by monetary policy decisions from the Federal Reserve (Fed), Bank of England (BoE) and Bank of Japan (BoJ). United States (US) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Pers…
Pakistan and Iran are exploring a possible path toward renewed negotiations with the United States (US) as part of a new diplomatic initiative supported by China, Reuters reported, citing several sour…
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret say broad US Dollar (USD) gains are moderating as United States (US) yields retreat and risk appetite improves after a tech-led selloff. High-beta…
UOB Global Economics & Markets Research notes that Bank Indonesia kept its policy rate at 5.75%, opting to let earlier tightening filter through. Despite the pause, the team still expects three furthe…
Gold price (XAU/USD) drifts higher on Friday as the Greenback stands firm, even as growing speculation that the US-Iran war may last longer than expected could, in the end, hurt the prospects of the y…
MUFG’s Lloyd Chan expects MAS to keep policy unchanged at the July meeting while maintaining a tightening bias, distinguishing between energy-driven and domestically generated inflation. Strong Singap…
Commerzbank’s Marco Stoeckle argues that the AI trade is at a crossroads, with ‘Mag 7’ euphoria fading and hyperscalers facing cash flow and leverage concerns. In contrast, semiconductor and memory st…
Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced that Brent Sabatini, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed Interim Principal Financial Officer, effective July 23…
EUR/USD trades lower near the 1.1370 area on Friday, struggling despite stronger-than-expected Eurozone business-activity figures. The US Dollar Index (DXY) remains firmer near 101.50, offering limite…