Year: 2025

Trump says 50% tariff on copper will begin Aug. 1
Politics

Trump says 50% tariff on copper will begin Aug. 1

Copper wires at a recycling facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Niki Chan Wylie | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that the 50% tariff on copper imports, which he announced earlier on Tuesday, will begin on Aug. 1. The decision was made after he […]

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Asia-Pacific markets mixed after Trump slaps 50% tariff on Brazilian imports
World

Asia-Pacific markets mixed after Trump slaps 50% tariff on Brazilian imports

Opening calls from sunny Singapore Good morning from Singapore! Asia-Pacific markets are set to open mixed. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was set to open higher, with the futures contract in Chicago at 39,925 while its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 39,910 against the index’s Tuesday close of 39,821.28. Futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index stood at 23,863 […]

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‘Hard to ignore’: 3 stocks to play the undervalued UK market, according to an asset manager
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‘Hard to ignore’: 3 stocks to play the undervalued UK market, according to an asset manager

The opportunities on offer in the U.K. stock market — long stereotyped as unloved, unexciting and full of “old economy” firms like mining and oil majors — are “becoming hard to ignore,” portfolio managers at Ninety One say. London firms have broadly been undervalued for more than a decade, worsened by the vote to leave […]

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AI rollout rattles Teleperformance, but some say the stock could double
World

AI rollout rattles Teleperformance, but some say the stock could double

When CEO Daniel Julien took the stage in New York for a pivotal investors’ relations day in June, he knew the stakes were high. Julien’s company, the French outsourcing giant Teleperformance , had lost more than 75% of its value from its 2022 high. He was tasked with convincing his audience — investors and Wall […]

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Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 posts first winning session in three: Live updates
World

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 posts first winning session in three: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 08, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Stock futures were relatively unchanged on Wednesday evening after the S&P 500 recouped some of its losses from this week’s tariff-fueled slide. S&P 500 futures traded just above the flatline, […]

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Bitcoin rises to fresh record above 2,000, helped by Nvidia-led tech rally
Technology

Bitcoin rises to fresh record above $112,000, helped by Nvidia-led tech rally

The logo of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin can be seen on a coin in front of a Bitcoin chart. Silas Stein | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Bitcoin hit a fresh record on Wednesday afternoon as an Nvidia-led rally in equities helped push the price of the cryptocurrency higher into the stock market close. The price […]

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Bishop of major Catholic diocese exempts parishioners from Mass over fears of ICE raids
Politics

Bishop of major Catholic diocese exempts parishioners from Mass over fears of ICE raids

Reverend Alberto Rojas, Bishop of the Diocese of San Bernardino Ordaining Prelate and Principal Celebrant, leads the Ordination to the Priesthood mass at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Chino Hills on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Will Lester | Medianews Group | Getty Images A Catholic bishop in California has issued a rare decree […]

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Trump announces 50% tariff on Brazil in retaliation for Bolsonaro trial, trade deficit
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Trump announces 50% tariff on Brazil in retaliation for Bolsonaro trial, trade deficit

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions during a multilateral lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House July 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. will slap a 50% tariff on Brazil’s imports, partly in retaliation for the ongoing prosecution […]

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Amazon Web Services is building equipment to cool Nvidia GPUs as AI boom accelerates
Technology

Amazon Web Services is building equipment to cool Nvidia GPUs as AI boom accelerates

The letters AI, which stands for “artificial intelligence,” stand at the Amazon Web Services booth at the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in Hannover, Germany, on March 31, 2025. Julian Stratenschulte | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Amazon said Wednesday that its cloud division has developed hardware to cool down next-generation Nvidia graphics processing units […]

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Cereal maker WK Kellogg shares jump 50% on report of possible  billion deal with Ferrero
Business

Cereal maker WK Kellogg shares jump 50% on report of possible $3 billion deal with Ferrero

Boxes of various Kellogg’s cereals are displayed on shelves at a Walmart Supercenter on May 6, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Shares of WK Kellogg soared more than 50% on Wednesday following a report that chocolate maker Ferrero is close to a roughly $3 billion deal to buy the cereal company. […]

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