Global Economy
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PC Shipments Fall 20.1% in Q3 2026 as Early Stockpiling and High Prices Cut Demand
NEW YORK, October 11 — Global personal computer (PC) shipments plunged by a staggering 20.1 percent in the…
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Carlos Ghosn: The Auto Titan Who Fled Japan to Escape Trial
“The 30 minutes waiting in the box on the plane, waiting for it to take off, was probably…
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US-China Trade Imbalance: How Tariffs Failed to Close a Decades-Old Gap
SEOUL — The bottom line: the U.S. and China agreed to a $30 billion tariff deal at a…
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Venezuela’s Oil Revival Now Depends On Pipelines And Refineries Too
CARACAS, July 13 — The technical reality of Venezuela’s oil industry is that it cannot simply flip a…
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China’s US Treasury Holdings Fall to $618 Billion, an 18-Year Low
WASHINGTON, September 17 — China’s holdings of US Treasury securities have fallen to their lowest level in 18…
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Why the US Dollar Remains the World’s Reserve Currency, Vanguard Economists Say
WASHINGTON, September 12 — The dollar is involved in roughly 88% of all foreign exchange transactions and accounts…
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Canada Tariffs Lift Domestic Ice Cream Sales Amid US Trade Tensions
OTTAWA, September 12 — Canada’s new counter-tariffs cover nearly C$28 billion (about US$20 billion) of American products, with…
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Rising Bond Yields Signal Higher Borrowing Costs, Inflation Fears
WASHINGTON, September 3 — Interest rates on government bonds are rising again around the world, making borrowing more…
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Asian Markets Tumble as Iran Strikes Lift Oil, Yields
SINGAPORE, September 2 — Asian stock markets tumbled on Wednesday after renewed U.S. airstrikes on Iran, launched Tuesday,…
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Early End to Korea Drills Puts Alliance Economics on the Table
Almaty, August 21 — The early end to U.S.-South Korean military drills has sparked immediate economic scrutiny as…
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Strait of Hormuz Toll: Legal Basis, Enforcement, and Shipping Impact
MANAMA, July 13 — Against this backdrop of rising tensions in the Persian Gulf, the United States has…
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Dow Falls 1% in Worst Day Since June 10 as Oil Jumps on US-Iran Tensions
NEW YORK, July 9 — The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its worst single-day performance in four weeks…
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Brent Crude Hits Wartime High Above $120 on Iran Blockade Fears
NEW YORK, July 9 — On January 3, 2020, crude oil prices surged over 4 percent, marking the…
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Hormuz Closure Dwarfs Earlier Oil Shocks as Brent Hits $143.67, Analysis Finds
MOSCOW, July 8 — The spectre of a major oil supply disruption is again hanging over global energy…
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2008 Crisis & Dodd-Frank: How US Reshaped Wall Street
WASHINGTON, July 8 — Sixteen years after the Dodd-Frank Act became law, the technical reality of its regulatory…
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Yen Hits 162 Against Dollar, Level Last Seen in 1986
It was 1986. Halley’s Comet swung by Earth for the first time in 76 years. Fujifilm sold the…
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BIS Annual Report Warns of Four Rising Risks, Including Sustainability of AI Investment
The Bank for International Settlements dropped its annual economic assessment Monday. The timing is specific. Financial markets are…
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Nifty Holds Near 24,200 at Midday as Auto and Pharma Lead Gains and IT Drags
The Nifty 50’s breach of the 24,200 mark on Wednesday was not a surprise to anyone watching crude…
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CKGSB Economic Symposium Tackles China’s Shifting Global Economic Role
BEIJING, June 22 — Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), a leading business school in China, hosted…
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Ninepoint 2026 Mid-Year Outlook Covers Rates, Energy, Metals and Crypto
Investors navigating the second half of 2026 now have a fresh reference point. Ninepoint, the Toronto-based investment firm,…
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Brent Falls 11% to $97 as Trump Talks Up Iran Deal and Hormuz Reopening
Persian Gulf region, May 25, 2026 — infopulsetoday.com — Asian markets saw a 5 percent drop in oil…
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Foreign Buyers Retreat From US Treasurys, Leaving a Trillion-Dollar Gap
In 2012, foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds owned roughly half of all outstanding US Treasury debt.…
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How BHP’s 2001 Merger, 2015 Demerger and 2022 Unification Reshaped the Mining Giant
Melbourne. August 1885. A company called Broken Hill Proprietary is born in the silver, lead, and zinc fields…
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Dollar’s Role as World Reserve Currency: Mechanics Explained
LONDON, July 8 — What makes a currency the world’s default? It is a question that sounds abstract…
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