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BIS chief warns soaring debt, market changes could complicate future crisis response - www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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BIS chief warns soaring debt, market changes could complicate future crisis response
Central banks will remain at the heart of managing future financial crises, but rising public debt and other key changes could make their task more difficult and controversial, the head of the ​Bank f...
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US commodities regulator proposes new federal crypto oversight rules - www.reuters.com/world/us-com...
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US commodities regulator proposes new federal crypto oversight rules
The US commodities regulator proposed on Monday a ‌new federal framework for cryptocurrency exchanges that offer leveraged digital asset trading, seeking to bring parts of the spot crypto market under...
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US says foreign financial institutions doing business with Iran may be sanctioned without notice - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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US says foreign financial institutions doing business with Iran may be sanctioned without notice
The US Treasury Department said on Monday ​it was alerting foreign financial institutions that continue to do business ‌with Iran or its financial sector that they may be sanctioned by Washington with...
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French bond contagion fears are rattling the euro - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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French bond contagion fears are rattling the euro
A sliding euro is the latest alarm bell for policymakers facing a surge in French borrowing costs that has started to spill over into the broader euro ​area.
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Data centre operator DayOne reveals revenue surge in US IPO filing - www.reuters.com/legal/transa...
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Data centre operator DayOne reveals revenue surge in US IPO filing
Data center operator DayOne Data Centers filed for an initial public offering in the United States ​on Monday, testing investor appetite for data-center listings amid challenging ‌market conditions.
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Vance says details of proposed Alaska LNG pipeline need to be worked out - www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Vance says details of proposed Alaska LNG pipeline need to be worked out
US Vice President JD Vance said ​on Monday that a long-planned liquefied natural gas pipeline ‌in Alaska was going to happen, but there were still some details that needed to be worked out with South ...
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AMD plans to substantially increase supply in 2027, CEO says - www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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AMD plans to substantially increase supply in 2027, CEO says
AMD plans to substantially increase chip supply in 2027 as the US chipmaker races to meet booming demand from artificial intelligence, CEO ​Lisa Su said on Tuesday.
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Japan’s Massive Bond Rotation Is France’s Nightmare
A great asset migration is taking place in Japan. Yet as investors reallocate their overseas capital from bonds to stocks and unwind yen-funded carry trades, they’re also deepening France’s sovereign ...
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India’s Gen Z Faces Down the Artificial Intelligence Future
It took India 250 years to catch a break after its textile ­artisans lost out to new technology in the 18th century. How long will it take for the country to find the next growth frontier in the age o...
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What Anthropic’s ‘Existential Risks’ Tell IPO Investors
Anthropic PBC’s public listing prospectus warned investors of “existential risks to humanity.” Why? Being long or short the artificial intelligence lab’s shares will not matter to investors wiped out ...
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Nvidia Heads for $6 Trillion Value With Chipmaker Back at Record
Nvidia Corp. is on the verge of becoming the first company with a $6 trillion market capitalization as investors rotate back into the artificial-intelligence chipmaker.
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Trump Plans to Ease Limits on Tax-Exempt Diesel Variety
President Donald Trump is preparing to ease limits restricting the use of a tax-exempt variety of diesel, his latest bid to pare costs for the essential fuel ahead of the November midterm elections.
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Saudi-Led Forces Claim Yemen Ground Advances Against Houthis
Yemen’s internationally-recognized government, backed by Saudi Arabia, claimed to have regained territory from the Houthis, as fighting in the region near the Bab el-Mandeb strait intensifies.
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AMD CEO Sees Very High Chip Demand, Urges AI Firms to Cooperate
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s Lisa Su predicted “very high” chip demand continuing for the next few years, even as the industry faces challenges such as concerns over AI’s safety.
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Petronas CEO Warns of LNG ‘Bloodbath’ Risks as Prices Surge
Surging LNG prices risk destroying demand for the super-chilled fuel and triggering a “bloodbath” in global markets, according to Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd. Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Ta...
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Mideast Oil Chiefs Warn World Needs to Share Iran-War Costs
The heads of two of the Middle East’s biggest oil producers warned that the rest of the world will have to share the burden of paying for the Iran war and the need for infrastructure spending that it ...
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Ebola Spreads ‘Like Wildfire’ as Health Workers Battle Exhaustion
Experts in the Democratic Republic of Congo are struggling to keep up as the virus spreads to new areas, stretching the human and financial resources available to fight it.
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Revolut’s Head of Commercial Real Estate Lending Exits Fintech
Revolut Ltd.’s chief of commercial real estate lending, Duncan Batty, has departed less than two years after joining the fintech firm.
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Luxury Condos Seized in Singapore’s Biggest Money-Laundering Case Find Few Buyers
Over 80 properties confiscated in the city state’s biggest money-laundering case are being auctioned off. Yet interest in the scandal is failing to translate into sales.
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DeepSeek to Raise at Least $12 Billion in Tencent-Backed Funding
DeepSeek is close to securing at least 80 billion yuan ($12 billion) in its latest round of funding, blowing past its own capital-raising target ahead of a landmark initial public offering in early 20...
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High Earners Stop Maxing Out 401(k)s, Betting They Can Outsmart Retirement Savings
Armed with a flood of online investing advice, savvy savers are on the hunt for better ways to grow their money.
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Ray Dalio Warns China, Japan May Pull Back From US Treasuries
Billionaire Ray Dalio warned that Treasuries are vulnerable to a pullback of demand from China and Japan, two of the US’s largest foreign creditors, highlighting a potential pain point for a market th...
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Citi Takes Top Spot in Global IPO Underwriting Through September
Citigroup Inc. took top spot for underwriters in global initial public offerings for the year through September after working on some of the biggest share sales in Asia and the US.
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LS Power Gets $6 Billion for Largest Flagship Fund Amid AI Boom
LS Power, a privately-held developer and investor in power infrastructure in North America, has raised $6 billion for its flagship fund, its largest to date, amid a surge in electricity demand driven ...
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Wall Street Eyes Record Bonuses as Profit Heads Past $90 Billion
A blockbuster year for New York’s trading and investment-banking firms is poised to deliver record earnings for the industry, with profit on pace to exceed $90 billion, and bonuses expected to reach a...
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How Total Return Swaps Pile on Risk For Bondholders
Some governments in need of money have been turning to an obscure financial product typically used by hedge funds, exposing bond investors to new risks.
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CFTC Proposes Registering Crypto Exchanges Offering Leverage
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiled a proposal Monday to regulate digital asset transactions and markets, drawing on the agency’s existing authority after crypto market structure legisla...
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Crypto Elite Gather in Singapore as Bitcoin’s Rally Buoys Bulls
Crypto’s movers and shakers are gathering in Singapore for one of their biggest conferences of the year as a Bitcoin-led rally revives hopes that a new bull market is taking shape.
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Crypto Custodian BitGo Bets on Prime Brokerage for Growth
BitGo Holdings Inc., the US crypto custodian that went public this year, wants prime brokerage to become the main engine of its business as it expands its trading, financing and settlement services, c...
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Chevron’s Wirth Warns US Diesel Curbs Could Send Prices Higher
A US ban on diesel exports could result in higher prices in some parts of the country as well as causing issues with other nations that rely on American supplies, Chevron Corp. Chief Executive Officer...
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SEBI Says Jane Street’s Appeal for More Details a Delaying Ploy
India’s markets regulator called Jane Street Group LLC’s demand for additional documents a “dilatory” tactic, a day after the Wall Street trading giant pressed for more information about the origins o...
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JPMorgan Tops Global AI Banking Index for Fifth Straight Year
JPMorgan Chase & Co. held its spot as the world’s most advanced bank in artificial intelligence for a fifth straight year, widening its lead over rivals in an annual ranking that shows AI deployme...
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Norway Wealth Fund Kept Turkish Stocks After Manipulation Probes
Norway’s $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund held on to shares in three Turkish companies this year even after regulators found in 2025 that the stocks had been manipulated.
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UBS Exits Fund Administration Unit Inherited From Credit Suisse
UBS Group AG agreed to divest from a fund administration unit it inherited through the takeover of Credit Suisse as it continues to integrate its former rival.
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Mideast Oil Flows Are Near 80% of Prewar Levels, Shell CEO Says
Oil flows from the Middle East are at about 80% of pre-conflict volumes, the chief executive officer of Shell Plc said, offering one of the most authoritative assessments yet of how the region’s expor...
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China Refiners Flock to Iraqi Crude as US Chokes Iran Supply
China’s independent refiners are turning to Iraqi crude after a US blockade choked supplies from top source Iran, while competition from state-owned rivals priced most of them out of Russian barrels.
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Record $1,500 Heating Bills in Maine Upend a Key Race for Senate Control
Nazi symbols, sexual assault allegations and months of internal Democratic conflict have churned through the US Senate race in Maine. But with the election four weeks away, it’s the explosion in housi...
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Trump’s Firing of US Attorneys Is Another Power Grab
The Trump administration’s latest effort to evade the Senate confirmation process and upset the constitutional balance of power is focused on the fifth floor of a federal office building in downtown S...
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Oil Inventories in the West Have Been Exhausted, Vitol CEO Says
Oil inventories in western countries have been exhausted as a result of the Iran war, the boss of the world’s largest independent oil trader said, warning that fuel markets are likely to remain tight ...
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Rubio Says US and Iceland Can Deepen Defense Cooperation
The US and Iceland are keen to foster closer cooperation on security and defense, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
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France’s Drought Strains Drinking Water for 1 Million People
France’s historic drought is stressing the country’s drinking-water system, forcing tens of thousands of people in some areas to rely on bottled water and tanker truck deliveries as dry conditions lin...
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Hong Kong’s bridge of gold completes China’s yuan ambition www.scmp.com/opinion/hong...
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Opinion | Hong Kong’s bridge of gold completes China’s yuan ambition
With Shanghai pricing the contracts and Hong Kong handling offshore vaulting, Beijing is building a gold-backed route to currency internationalisation.
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Nvidia-backed US start-up unveils AI model to challenge China’s open-weight lead www.scmp.com/tech/tech-tr...
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Nvidia-backed US start-up unveils AI model to challenge China’s open-weight lead
Reflection says its Beam model requires three to four times less inference compute than comparable open models to reason through problems.
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China taps oil reserves 6,000 metres deep as global energy turmoil persists www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
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China taps oil reserves 6,000 metres deep as global energy turmoil persists
Advanced drilling technology and offshore expansion are fuelling plans to boost domestic supply by 2030.
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Why India is getting serious about ending the Ukraine war www.scmp.com/week-asia/po...
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Why India is getting serious about ending the Ukraine war
US tariff threats and drone strikes on an Indian-owned factory are pushing Delhi to shift from passive advocacy to active peacemaking.
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Saudi offensive in Yemen raises risk of direct war with Iran www.scmp.com/week-asia/po...
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Saudi offensive in Yemen raises risk of direct war with Iran
Backed by Western and regional allies, Riyadh’s renewed campaign against the Houthis threatens to blow Tehran’s proxy war wide open.
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China tried 3 times to talk crime families out of scam business in Myanmar: CCTV www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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China tried 3 times to talk crime families out of scam business in Myanmar: CCTV
Series outlines how joint operations brought down major border compounds amid warning criminal syndicates are relocating near Thailand.
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Hong Kong remains world’s freest economy as Switzerland overtakes Singapore www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
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Hong Kong remains world’s freest economy as Switzerland overtakes Singapore
Annual Economic Freedom of the World report compiled by Canada’s Fraser Institute ranks city first among 165 jurisdictions.
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Top crypto group to pour millions into bipartisan slate of House races www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/05/c...
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Top crypto group to pour millions into bipartisan slate of House races
A top cryptocurrency campaign organization is unveiling a bipartisan list of House members that it will support in the November midterms, as one of the biggest-spending interest groups looks to flex i...
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