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TOKYO Asian shares were on the defensive on Monday, undermined by fears that the strength in the U.S. dollar and rising U.S. bond yields since Donald Trump’s election to president could accelerate fund outflows from emerging markets. MSCI’s broadest dollar-based index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS dipped 0.1 percent, staying near four-month lows. In local currency terms, many markets are up slightly. Japan’s Nikkei .N225 rose […]

The Malaysian central bank’s moves to curb what it describes as “speculative and damaging” offshore trading in the ringgit are causing disquiet among investors and raising concerns about the regulator’s handling of the markets. Bank Negara Malaysia has asked foreign banks to commit to stop trading the ringgit — Asia’s worst-performing currency against the US dollar in 2015 — in the offshore non-deliverable forwards market. Malaysian debt […]

Photo Giants tight end Will Tye beat Bears safety Adrian Amos for a 9-yard touchdown in the third quarter. Credit Seth Wenig/Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was a sloppy game and far from the Giants’ best performance on offense, defense or special teams, but on Sunday they prevailed over the Chicago Bears, 22-16, to improve their season record to 7-3. It is the team’s best […]

A new Allrecipes Alexa skill can now help around the kitchen, bringing 60,000 recipes to try out. Users can search recipes based on the name of the dish, the ingredients they have or the time it would take, and Alexa will read the instructions out loud.  ( Allrecipes | YouTube ) A neat new skill from Allrecipes turns Amazon’s Alexa into a knowledgeable foodie, with a vast […]

For the past year, Deutsche Bank was one of the most stubbornly pessimistic banks. Then, overnight, everything changed for one reason: Donald Trump. The German bank laid out its 180-degree change in opinion in a 30-page Friday note titled “Trump: the huge picture for stocks”, in which it revealed that it now expects the S&P to easily rise to 2,250 by Trump’s inauguration, and then rise to […]

Here are the questions being asked at FT markets as a new trading week begins after the pronounced swings in equities, bonds and currencies that followed Donald Trump’s election victory in the US. Are the dollar bulls running too fast? When currencies start motoring, forget speed limits. The dollar has accelerated markedly since election day. Pressure on emerging markets is rising, while the euro slid through $1.06 […]

The political comeback of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy ended abruptly on Sunday when he conceded he would not be reaching the run-off of the centre right primaries to fight the presidential campaign next year. A late surge of support for François Fillon caused a major upset, as about 4m voters headed to the polls in the first step of a process expected to give France its […]

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Qatar could see an increase in interest rates next year as the central bank follows the US in its “gradual tightening cycle” in the coming months, according to new research. The QCB is likely to follow the US Federal Reserve in its strategy, hiking interest rates by 25 basis points (bps), or 0.25 percent, in 2017, BMI Research said. The expected increase will bring the policy rate […]

Stay here for live scores and updates from N.F.L. Week 11. Photo The Cowboys’ Dak Prescott, right, rushed for yardage in the second quarter against the Ravens. Credit Tom Pennington/Getty Images After looking lost amid a sea of fast-approaching purple jerseys for much of the first half, Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys faced one of the tougher situations of his young career. He responded by showing […]

The global bond market rout triggered by Donald Trump’s US election victory looks overdone, according to bond investors now betting that the sell-off was too violent and that borrowing costs will remain contained into the start of the new year. Mr Trump is expected to unveil a large, inflation-fuelling economic stimulus package of infrastructure spending and tax cuts, which has stoked fears of an end to the […]

GOES-R, the most advanced weather satellite of the United States was launched on Nov 19, Saturday. The rocket, carrying the satellite lifted off with jets of orange and yellow flames aiming to enter an orbit that is 22,000 miles above the Earth. Launched atop an Atlas V rocket, GOES-R is a collaborative mission between NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The four-satellite program (GOES-R/S/T/U) is seeking […]

ABU DHABI // Nepalese expatriates are worried that friends and family at home are being caught up in the currency crisis engulfing India. India and Nepal share a border and travel between them is free and easy, meaning many Nepalis who earn or accept Indian rupees are struggling to exchange their 500 and 1,000 notes since the bills were withdrawn on November 8. “We don’t have big […]

newslide Man convicted of fraud over Kung Fu Panda drawings A Massachusetts man has been found guilty of backdating drawings he relied on as evidence in his lawsuit against DreamWorks Animation. It was claimed he had invented the title character in the 2008 film Kung Fu Panda and a jury in Boston convicted 51-year-old Jayme Gordon on four counts of wire fraud and three counts of perjury. […]

Angela Merkel has said she will seek a fourth term as German chancellor, less than two weeks after Donald Trump’s election in the US left her as the west’s pre-eminent liberal leader. The German news agency DPA reported that she had told the leadership of her CDU party, which is meeting in Berlin, that she would stand again as a candidate for chancellor and party leader. The […]

Video The Syrian Boy Pulled from the Rubble in Aleppo Omran Daqneesh, 5, was rescued after an airstrike in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Within hours, a photo of his dust- and blood-covered face captured the world’s attention. This is the story behind the image. By MEGAN SPECIA, YARA BISHARA and NEIL COLLIER on Publish Date August 18, 2016. Photo by Mahmoud Raslan/Aleppo Media Center. Watch in […]

Source: politico.com It has been almost two  weeks since Donald Trump has been voted into the White House and the mass media is finally getting their heads around his victory. Most analysts (well, actually all of them) predicted a victory for Trump would be excellent for the precious metals prices, but even though the gold price increased to almost $1350 when the votes were being counted, we […]

By David Henry | NEW YORK NEW YORK JPMorgan Chase & Co is once again facing questions about who will succeed its larger-than-life chief executive after Jamie Dimon was courted by the incoming U.S. president for the role of Treasury secretary. Dimon, 60, has been running the largest U.S. bank for more than a decade and has faced questions about his longevity in the role before: when […]

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Photo Andre Ward, left, improved to 31-0 and dealt Sergey Kovalev his first defeat in 32 fights as a professional. Credit Al Bello/Getty Images LAS VEGAS — A few days before Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev stepped into a boxing ring here to battle it out for light heavyweight supremacy, Kovalev’s promoter said that this would be the super fight that everyone wanted between Floyd Mayweather Jr. […]

DUBAI // Fair weather is forecast for Sunday with partial cloud keeping conditions cool. Temperatures will range between 16°C and 32°C along the coast with lows of 13°C and highs of 33°C forecast inland In the mountains — in the north-easternmost part of the country- temperatures will be at their lowest, varying between 12°C to 24°C. The lowest temperature recorded across the country on Sunday morning was […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| Dubai residential prices further slipped by 2.6 percent during the third quarter, taking the average residential values down 7.4% during the past twelve months, reports real estate consultants Cluttons. The rate of decline is, however,  expected to slow heading into 2017 before reaching a new base towards the end of next year, it forecasts. Cluttons’ Dubai Winter 2016/2017 Property Market Outlook report highlights that values slipped […]

In late October, when it was still conventional wisdom that Hillary was “guaranteed” to win the presidency, the WaPo explained that among the neo-con, foreign policy “elites” of the Pentagon, a feeling of calm content had spread: after all, it was just a matter of time before the “pacifist” Obama was out, replaced by the more hawkish Hillary. As the WaPo reported, “there is one corner of […]

Sony’s recently launched PlayStation 4 Pro promises to bring 4K gaming to more players, as the updated video game console expands the capabilities of the original version. It seems that the technology is not the only thing being offered to PlayStation 4 Pro owners, as those who purchased the console are said to be receiving credits for the PlayStation Network worth $10 out of nowhere. This is […]

By Samuel Shen and John Ruwitch | SHANGHAI SHANGHAI Scores of Hong Kong-listed companies – many small – are on a roadshow blitz in China to whet the appetite of mainland investors ahead of the launch of a cross-border investment link between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Mainland investors are enthusiastic, viewing the cross-border channel as a way to buy relatively cheap growth companies and hedge against a […]

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