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Strange sell-off in the dollar raises spectre of investors losing trust in US under Trump

AgenciesAmong the threats tariffs pose to the U.S. economy, none may be as strange as the sell-off in the dollar.Currenc...

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World economy to avoid recession despite tariffs: IMF

AgenciesThe U.S. central bank is expected to opt for a pause in rate cuts on Wednesday as policymakers look to continue ...

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Firms Cancel $8 Billion in Renewables Investment on Trump Policies

Rising market and policy uncertainties forced companies to cancel $8 billion in investments in U.S. clean energy project...

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How to use AI tools to simplify personal finance - Diana Clement

OPINION: AI can help analyse budgets and investments without needing tech skills....

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Ukraine Agrees To Putin's Easter Truce, But Zelensky Says He 'Cannot Be Trusted'

Ukraine Agrees To Putin's Easter Truce, But Zelensky Says He 'Cannot Be Trusted' Russian President Vladimir Putin announ...

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Donald Trump Just Unveiled 10,000 Pages on RFK Assassination — Here's What They Show

Approximately 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.) have been mad...

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KATHY LETTE wrote her debut novel aged just 19 - and it still pays the bills

She has gone on to publish 18 'feminist but funny' novels, including her latest, The Revenge Club....

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TONY HETHERINGTON: My pension and lump sum were hacked back... just as I retired

It told me to expect a lump sum of £146,000 and an annual pension of £22,198. However, the lump sum I ended up receivi...

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Foreign Secretary urged to intervene in HSBC pensions scandal

McDougall called on Lammy to meet members of the British National (Overseas) community whose savings have been frozen by...

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Households face higher bills due to row over gas storage hub

There are fears that the clash between the company and ministers could leave Britain without sufficient gas reserves for...

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Bookings boom at online travel agent Loveholidays

Loveholidays offers travellers a multitude of package holiday combinations....

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How to spot the next Banksy or Hockney - for as little as £500

The most successful area of the market is not multi-million-pound pieces by world famous artists - it's works that cost ...

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Labour may axe green levies to save steel

Demand for steel is set to soar as Britain rearms and seeks to be more self-sufficient to avoid tariffs....

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How UK steel can rise from the ashes

Green taxes hobbling the steel industry may be scaled back after the Government's rescue of Scunthorpe's blast furnaces....

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HAMISH MCRAE: Bear markets are a familiar beast

Common sense will prevail, and growth and trade will pick themselves up, dust themselves down - and get back to business...

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Conservative pension funds forced to merge

The Government wants to boost growth by creating a series of pension 'mega-funds' in the biggest overhaul of the £400 b...

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Vallejo, Benicia coffee roasters hit with tariffs in ‘perfect storm’

Vallejo resident and former mayoral candidate Ravi Shankar has been coming to the tastings for 11 years. He said, “I h...

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US and Iran say talks over Tehran's nuclear program make progress and set plans for more

ROME (AP) — Iran and the United States plan to meet over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program again next week,...

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Stocks That Weathered Past Recessions: Expert Shares Picks That Withstood Every Downturn

Stock market expert Jon Erlichman recently shared a review of stock returns during the last six U.S. recessions, highlig...

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Will trade war lead to import surge in India? | Explained

Which sectors are likely to be affected because of President Trump’s tariffs and retaliatory measures taken by countri...

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Saudi finance firms lending surges to $26bn in 2024

article author: Dayan Abou TineAuthor: Sat, 2025-04-19 23:17RIYADH: Credit provided by finance companies in Saudi Arabia...

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Sam’s Club reveals plan to eliminate checkout lanes completely with major change

The retail giant plans to phase out traditional checkouts across its 600 stores....

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Recession? Not So Fast, Says IMF — Even After Trump Tariff Chaos

The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, has expressed concern over escalating trade tensions sparked by new U.S. tariff...

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Is Risk-Off Positioning Signaling A Market Low?

Is Risk-Off Positioning Signaling A Market Low? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,Last week, we dis...

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Japan considers relaxing car safety rule for imports in US tariff talks

The representational image shows employees assembling cars at Dongfeng Honda’s plant in Wuhan, central Hubei province....

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AI-powered telemedicine reshapes Saudi healthcare landscape

article author: Miguel HadchityAuthor: Sat, 2025-04-19 23:05RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is fast positioning itself as a regiona...

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US says nuclear talks with Iran made 'very good progress' as the next round is set

ROME (AP) — Iran and the United States plan to meet over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program again next week,...

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Trump May 'Take a Pass' on Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Without Progress

President Donald Trump has signaled a potential end to efforts in mediating peace between Russia and Ukraine, stating th...

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Is Eli Lilly Stock a Buy Right Now?

The pharmaceutical sector could be the next industry to face sweeping tariffs from the Trump administration....

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MENA startup funding drops 76% in March

article author: Nour El-ShaeriSat, 2025-04-19 22:55RIYADH: Startup investment in the Middle East and North Africa region...

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'It's Offensive And Just Plain Wrong'—Trump's Budget Proposal To Eliminate Head Start, Affecting Over 1 Million Parents

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to eliminate all federal funding for Head Start in his 2026 budget proposa...

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What Investors Should Know About the Impact of Tariffs on Shopify's Business

The road forward for Shopify will likely be different today than a year ago....

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Why Trump’s Treasury sec would have zero interest in using ‘forever bonds’ to refinance the nation’s staggering debt

Some of the crazier stuff being discussed at the fringes of the Trump economic team these days is the issuance of “for...

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Want your own personal satellite? Here’s how and what it’ll cost

The Las Vegas-based company that would operate the future Las Vegas Spaceport west of the city is offering wealthy custo...

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BOI holds dialogue on US tariffs and the way forward

The Chairman of the BOI, Arjuna Herath, invited the top 50 exporters of the BOI in last week to an open dialogue to seek...

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Trump’s shifting tariffs keep world guessing

Leading smartphone and electronics businesses in Sri Lanka and elsewhere in the world are in a dilemma about the future ...

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US Tariffs Rate Return To FDR-Era Levels, But Goldman Says Economy Far Stronger Than In 1930s

US Tariffs Rate Return To FDR-Era Levels, But Goldman Says Economy Far Stronger Than In 1930s The last time the U.S. fac...

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CSE opens branch in Bandarawela

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) opened its Bandarawela Branch to the public, further strengthening its islandwide prese...

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Tesla Woes Continue To Pile Up

Tesla is being battered by a number of problems from low demand for the Cybertruck to a lawsuit about faulty odometers. ...

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‘The Tale of a City’

The Sinhala and Tamil New Year in Sri Lanka is marked on a grand scale each year bringing business activities across the...

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Pre-Spring Meetings: CBN, JPMorgan, NGX, Others Host High-Level Global Forum

Ahead of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) Spring Meetings scheduled to begin Monday, Apr...

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Asiri Central Hospital launches paediatric cardiothoracic surgery program

The Asiri Central Heart Centre, on completion of a successful decade of saving hearts, has launched its paediatric (cong...

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Zuckerberg's Leaked Emails Show His Rivals Lived Rent-Free in His Mind

In the ongoing antitrust trial against Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), decade-old emails from CEO Mark Zuckerberg have ...

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Could American Tariffs Hand China A Semiconductor Advantage?

Imagine a future scenario unfolding through 2025, where global semiconductor alliances—long carefully coordinated by t...

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Right-size empty nester homes help ease property crunch

Most of Hobart’s empty nesters have no intention of selling their large homes — but experts say it would help the ho...

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Bankruptcies for North Dakota and western Minnesota published April 19, 2025

Bankruptcy filings from the past week in all of North Dakota and Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman...

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What the Easter Egg Hunt and the Stock Market Have in Common

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading TipsYou’d rather have just 10 people in competition with you...