Month: August 2024

Stock futures are little changed as investors await key inflation data: Live updates
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor on August 08, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures rose early Tuesday as investors await this week’s key inflation data. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures climbed 81 points, or 0.21%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed […]
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Australia’s second-quarter wages rise at slowest pace in a year
Shoppers walk around Pitt Street Mall on June 07, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. Brendon Thorne | Getty Images Australian wages rose at their slowest pace in a year in the June quarter, falling short of expectations, while softer gains in the private sector suggest the labor market was easing. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday showed its wage price index […]
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Japan stocks lead gains in Asia as Nikkei climbs more than 2% in return from holiday
Colorful old shophouses in Cross Street, Chinatown. Pictures From History | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Japan’s major indexes gained more than 2% in Tuesday morning trading as they returned from a holiday. The benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 2.53% higher and breached 36,000 for the first time since Aug. 2. The Topix followed suit, gaining […]
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Elon Musk, Donald Trump event on X crashes site, Tesla CEO blames cyberattack
Elon Musk (L) and Donald Trump (R). David Swanson | Vincent Alban | Reuters Elon Musk’s much-hyped interview of former President Donald Trump on the social media platform X was quickly derailed by technical glitches in the first minutes of the scheduled start time on Monday evening. Social media users trying to log on to […]
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Podcast: Japan’s quest for the most powerful microchip leads semiconductor revival
In the 1980s, Japan was the dominant player in the semiconductor market. But huge shifts in the way the chip supply chain operated eroded that leading-edge. Countries like Taiwan with TSMC, the world’s largest and most advanced semiconductor manufacturer, began to dominate in the production of chips. The U.S. is key in areas like design. […]
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Trump plans to file a $100 million lawsuit against the Justice Department over Mar-a-Lago search and ‘witch hunts’
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward the stage to speak at a rally at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. Michael Ciaglo | Getty Images News | Getty Images An attorney for former President Donald Trump has filed a legal notice announcing that his […]
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