Asia-Pacific markets are expected to open lower, tracking losses on Wall Street as investors weighed weaker-than-expected economic data as well as fresh tariff comments from U.S. President Donald Trump.
“We’re going to be announcing [tariffs] on semiconductors and chips, which is a separate category, because we want them made in the United States,” Trump said on Tuesday stateside, adding that he’ll announce the new plan “within the next week or so.”
Protesters cheer atop Madagascar military vehicle during a nationwide youth-led protest over frequent power outages and water shortages, in Antananarivo., Madagascar, on Oct 11, 2025. Zo Andrianjafy | Reuters An attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, the country’s president said on Sunday, a day after members of an elite army […]
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The Snowflake Inc logo, the American cloud computing-based data company that offers cloud-based storage and analytics services, is on their pavilion during the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Investors are looking beyond the prolonged U.S. government shutdown and remain optimistic about growth […]
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The latest earnings season is set to kick off in earnest, and the stakes are high. More than 30 S & P 500 companies are slated to release their calendar third-quarter results this week. Among them are Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. Johnson & Johnson are also on deck. Analysts on average […]
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