Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) met with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to discuss increasing trade and Pacific cooperation in their meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit, in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday. Based on a press release from his office on Tuesday, Jokowi congratulated PM Luxon on his...
The Indonesia stock market has moved higher in three straight sessions, gathering almost 130 points or 1.8 percent along the way. The Jakarta Composite Index now rests just above the 7,250-point plateau and it\'s got a green light again for Monday\'s trade. The global forecast for the Asian markets is upbeat on an improved outlook...
French stocks slipped into the red on Monday after a survey showed Frances manufacturing activity contracted at its fastest pace since January in August as a result of a sharp fall in output and new orders. The HCOB France Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, dropped to 43.9 from 44.0 in July....
The manufacturing sector in New Zealand continued to contract in March, and at a faster pace, the latest survey from BusinessNZ revealed on Friday with a Performance of Manufacturing Index score of 47.1. That\'s down from the downwardly revised 49.1 ((originally 49.3) in February, and it moves further beneath the boom-or-bust line of 50 that...
Controversy is swirling around an upcoming Donald Trump-linked crypto project, which appears to have ties to a major DeFi hack, as well as other unsavory characters. Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump and his sons have teased for weeks that they will soon launch a DeFi project called World Liberty. .@worldlibertyfi pic. .com/mwhVIzPJyq — Donald J....
NEW YORK - Intelligent Group Limited, a Hong Kong-based financial public relations company, has set the price for its initial public offering (IPO) at $4 per ordinary share. The shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market today under the ticker symbol NASDAQ:INTJ, with the offering anticipated to close on March 22,...
Indian shares are likely to open on a muted note Friday as investors react to signs of weaker GDP growth and stubborn inflationary pressures in the U.S. Technology stocks could be in focus after 10-yr U.S. bond yield rose sharply to a fresh five-month high of 4.73 percent. On the positive side, a blowout first...
The U.S. dollar weakened against its major counterparts on Monday with investors awaiting the minutes from the Federal Reserves July meeting, and Fed Chair Jerome Powells speech at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. The dollars weakness is due to rising expectations of an interest rate cut by the U.S. central bank in September. According...
The Russian crypto mining industry could be set for a $4 billion boost, representatives claimed at a media event in Irkutsk, Siberia. Per the media outlet SIA, however, the sector cannot expand if Moscow approves plans to impose prohibitive new tariffs on crypto miners. Russia Crypto Mining Industry: Ready to Invest in New Facilities? The...
Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s leading cryptocurrency, continues its bearish trend, remaining below the $68,000 mark and hitting an intraday low of $67,147. Major altcoins like Ethereum (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE), Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Litecoin (LTC) also edged lower, with the Market Fear & Greed Index at 63 (greed). However, the decline in BTC may...