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Stocks diverge as traders eye Nvidia earnings
Paris (AFP) - US shares fell and European stock markets mostly closed higher Wednesday as investors cautiously waited to see...
Telegram founder in French court to face possible charges
Paris (AFP) - Pavel Durov, the founder and chief of Telegram, was appearing in a French court Wednesday to face...
PetroSaudi execs get Swiss jail terms over $1.8 bn 1MDB fraud
Bellinzona (Switzerland) (AFP) - A top Swiss court sentenced two PetroSaudi executives to jail terms on Wednesday after finding them...
Stocks mostly up as traders eye Nvidia earnings
Paris (AFP) - European and Asian stock markets mostly rose Wednesday as investors eagerly awaited the latest earnings results from...
Chinese EV giant BYD posts 24.4% rise in profit
Beijing (AFP) - Leading Chinese automaker BYD posted on Wednesday a 24. 4 percent rise in net profit for the...
A new hope? France’s Ubisoft banking on new ‘Star Wars’ game
Paris (AFP) - Laser pistols loaded, hover bikes revved up, lizard-faced aliens in the crosshairs -- the latest "Star Wars"...
China’s solar sector blazes trail in commitment to renewables
Yinchuan (China) (AFP) - Hundreds of rows of gleaming panels blanket swathes of scrubby sand at sunset in a remote...
In Germany’s industrial east, old traumas boost far right
Zwickau (Germany) (AFP) - In the relatively well-off city of Zwickau, in Germany's former communist east, economic uncertainty and a...
Markets tread water as traders eye US rate cut, Nvidia results
New York (AFP) - Stock markets were little changed Tuesday as investors awaited clues on how much US interest rates...
Markets diverge as traders eye US rate cut, Nvidia
Paris (AFP) - Stock markets diverged Tuesday in directionless trading as investors awaited signs on how much interest rates might...
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