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US extends hiring cooldown while unemployment highest since 2021
Washington (AFP) - The US jobs market cooled much more than expected in July with unemployment reaching its highest rate...
AI and cloud in spotlight as big tech earnings roll out
San Francisco (AFP) - US tech giants saw their shares fluctuate this week as investors tried to gauge whether artificial...
Nintendo first-quarter net profit sinks as Switch sales slow
Tokyo (AFP) - Nintendo said Friday that first-quarter net profit more than halved as sales for the seven-year-old Switch slowed...
Tokyo spearheads equities selloff on US recession fears
London (AFP) - Tokyo tanked Friday as it led losses across Asia due to a stronger yen and expectations for...
Slow down to save the planet, says Japan’s rock star philosopher Saito
Tokyo (AFP) - As Tokyo's millions put in another day's work on the coalface of capitalism, celebrity Marxist philosopher Kohei...
Snapchat gains users but continues to lose money
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Snap shares plunged more than 16 percent on Thursday when a disappointing financial outlook...
AI and cloud in spotlight as big tech earnings roll out
San Francisco (AFP) - US tech giants saw their shares fluctuate this week as investors tried to gauge whether artificial...
Stocks flash red as economic worries weigh on markets
London (AFP) - A US stocks rally fizzled out Thursday as economic data strengthening the case for a September US...
Wall Street stocks rise on Meta results, US rate cut hopes
London (AFP) - Wall Street's main indices rose Thursday as investors welcomed strong earnings by tech titan Meta and basked in...
Stocks dip before UK interest rate call, amid earnings barrage
London (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets retreated Thursday as dealers continued to digest hotter-than-expected eurozone inflation, although London losses...
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