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Heathrow unveils £49 bn expansion plan for third runway
London (AFP) - London's Heathrow Airport on Friday unveiled a £49-billion ($65 billion) expansion plan, including the costs of building...
Global stocks mostly fall ahead of big Trump tariff deadline
New York (AFP) - Global stocks mostly fell Thursday despite strong earnings from US tech giants Microsoft and Meta as...
Trump’s global trade policy faces test, hours from tariff deadline
Washington (AFP) - The clock was counting down Thursday to Donald Trump's midnight deadline for unleashing fresh tariffs on US...
AI gives stocks a lift, dollar mixed tracking Fed, tariffs
London (AFP) - Investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence kept Wall Street buoyant Thursday as Microsoft surfed a tech wave to...
Trump says tariffs are making US ‘great & rich’ again
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the sweeping tariffs he has imposed on nations around the...
Firms in Vietnam walk tightrope as Trump’s transshipping rule looms
HAI PHONG (Vietnam) (AFP) - As Donald Trump's eye-watering tariffs on Chinese products passing through Vietnam are set to kick...
Stocks, dollar mixed tracking Fed, tariffs, results
London (AFP) - Major stock markets and the dollar traded mixed Thursday as traders weighed a cautious Federal Reserve, strong...
Renault profits slump as competition intensifies
Paris (AFP) - French automaker Renault said Thursday that the tough retail and commercial van market in Europe had squeezed...
Trump announces new tariffs as deadline nears
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs to punish or favor major trading partners Wednesday, as governments...
Firms in Vietnam walk tightrope as Trump’s transshipping rule looms
HAI PHONG (Vietnam) (AFP) - As Donald Trump's eye-watering tariffs on Chinese products passing through Vietnam are set to kick...
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