WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Thursday that a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, but many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remained to wind down the war in the Palestinian territory. Neither Hamas nor Israel gave immediate indication that they had agreed. The White […]
A consulting firm just planted a flag in Dubai. On its own, that’s someone following the work, nothing more. But the real story is underneath: the retail CFD and FX industry has quietly shifted its centre of gravity to the Gulf, and the people running these firms are following. For a decade, London and Cyprus […]
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The US stock market witnessed a sharp buying trend overnight as investors digested the US Federal Reserve’s rates decision and welcomed quarterly results of several companies under the “Magnificent 7” ambit. However, overall, July looks like a bearish month for the Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P 500. While the last trading day, July 31st, could […]
The Bank of England has kept interest rates at 3.75% for the fifth time in a row as policymakers weighed easing inflation against the risk of renewed price pressures from higher energy costs. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted six to three to hold Bank Rate, with three members preferring a 0.25 percentage point increase […]
Holcim upgrades 2026 outlook after strong Q2 profit growth
Business Published: Friday, July 31, 2026, 10:31 [IST] The Indian rupee surged for the fourth consecutive trading session on Friday, opening 29 paise higher against the US dollar and climbing to a near three-week high. The USD INR pair is at 95.5460, up 0.04% from the previous session. As per data from Trading Economics, “The […]
World Finance Published: Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 16:02 [IST] US stock market futures edged up as traders waited for the Federal Reserve rate decision due later. At 1300 IST, S&P 500 futures gained 0.21%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose more than a percent. However, crude oil prices stayed a key risk. Higher energy costs […]
As AI reshapes the tech workforce, Amazon is making a billion-dollar bet that one engineering job is only becoming more valuable. The company said on Thursday in its second-quarter earnings report that it will invest $1 billion to build AWS Forward Deployed Engineering, a new team of AI engineers who will work directly inside customer […]
High-net-worth UK families are increasingly turning to the Channel Islands as a “near-shore, offshore” base following the abolition of non-domiciled status, according to figures from wealth manager Rathbones. The shift comes as HMRC released its final batch of statistics under the previous regime, revealing a drop in the number of non-domiciled and deemed-domiciled taxpayers to […]