Nasdaq ends down 1% as tech shares fall; Treasury auction weak
U.S. stocks ended lower on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq falling 1% as technology shares declined and weak demand in a 10-year Treasury auction stoked
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U.S. stocks ended lower on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq falling 1% as technology shares declined and weak demand in a 10-year Treasury auction stoked
August 07, 2024Uganda's central bank reduced its key lending rate by 25 basis points to 10.00% on Wednesday, saying a recovery in the shilling currency had led to an
August 07, 2024Ukraine's military intelligence agency confirmed on Wednesday that its forces had conducted a raid on the Russian-controlled Tendra Spit in the northwest of the Black Sea, saying they
August 07, 2024Hotel operator Hilton Worldwide raised its forecast for 2024 profit after beating second-quarter estimates on Wednesday as robust demand for international travel offset
August 07, 2024Shares of AI high-flier Super Micro Computer tumbled to a six month low on Wednesday as a faster-than-expected contraction in the server maker's gross margin overshadowed a
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August 07, 2024Air Canada said it would redeploy capacity to Asia Pacific routes on softer European demand, after reporting a lower second-quarter profit that came in ahead of analysts' estimates on
August 07, 2024Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee to succeed U.S.
August 07, 2024Lyft's shares tanked 16% on Wednesday after a soft forecast for the key summer quarter stirred worries that it may be losing ground to rival Uber.
August 07, 2024A Polish man was sentenced to four months in prison on Wednesday for punching Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen while she walked through Copenhagen
August 07, 2024Pope Francis's weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday was briefly interrupted by two women from an animal rights group, who shouted and held up signs against
August 07, 2024Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the popular opposition Move Forward party over its campaign to amend a royal insults law that protects the
August 07, 2024A Russian military blogger has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in a penal colony after being found guilty of spreading false information about the armed forces, state
August 07, 2024K-pop star Suga, a member of the boy band supergroup BTS, apologised on Wednesday after police in Seoul, the South Korean capital, fined him and revoked his licence for drunk driving
August 07, 2024Ukraine's air force shot down all 30 drones launched by Russia overnight over seven regions, it said in a statement on Telegram messaging app.
August 07, 2024Thousands of police and anti-racism protesters gathered on streets across Britain on Wednesday to challenge expected far-right
August 07, 2024A strong comeback by banks on Wednesday helped Europe's main stock index log its biggest one-day gain since November, even though the continent's largest
August 07, 2024The Paris Olympics is giving a much-needed lift to the French economy thanks to increased consumer spending, according to a report from U.S bank card and financial transactions firm
August 07, 2024An investor has filed a petition in a Chinese court to liquidate a major onshore unit of heavily indebted property developer China Evergrande, a stock filing by the
August 07, 2024Britain's economy grew more strongly than previously thought in 2022, according to revised official data that gave more weight to the oil and gas sector which was buoyed by high
August 07, 2024Glencore could consider buying more steelmaking coal assets at right price, good quality and in the right location, the London-listed miner's Chief Executive Gary Nagle said in a
August 07, 2024Maersk expects global container shipping growth to slow from a strong start to the year, when customers soaked up goods to prevent them from being held up by
August 07, 2024Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group said on Wednesday it plans to buy back a hefty $3.4 billion of its shares, an action called for by shareholders including
August 07, 2024Japan's Honda Motor reported a 23% increase in first-quarter profit on Wednesday as the automaker benefited from a weaker yen, higher pricing and growing hybrid vehicle sales in the
August 07, 2024Bottler Coca-Cola HBC boosted its annual operating profit and revenue forecast on Wednesday, as the Swiss group posted higher first-half revenue, helped by measures to mitigate the impact
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