President Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that the United States will strike a trade agreement with Britain, according to three people familiar with the plans. Mr. Trump teased a new trade agreement in a social media post on Wednesday night, though he did not specify which nation was part of the deal. “Big…
Shares of Chinese defence manufacturing companies rallied on Wednesday, as the escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan boosted the outlook for exporters. Pakistan, which has imported a bulk of the defence equipment, claimed to have shot down Indian jets. This led to speculation that Chinese platforms may have been deployed in the conflict. Source…
The Federal Reserve is expected to keep its key rate steady on Wednesday, after a series of cuts that lowered rates by a full percentage point last year. That means consumers looking to borrow are likely to have to wait a bit longer for better deals on many loans, but savers will benefit from steadier…
MUMBAI: India’s two leading exchanges – the NSE and the BSE– have curtailed website access by entities from abroad after millions of cyberattacks were detected in the last few days. Only some IP addresses of clients of the two bourses have been white-listed to allow access from abroad, sources said.The two exchanges are also in…
On a recent afternoon in Philadelphia, an air traffic controller began shouting that he had lost his radar feed for planes flying in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport. Some of his colleagues still had radar but their radios went dead, prompting frantic calls to their counterparts in New York urging them to keep…
NEW DELHI: Around 140 flights were cancelled to and fro Delhi airport on Wednesday after India carried out strikes on terror targets in Pakistan.Both domestic and international airlines were affected.The disruptions included 65 incoming and 66 outgoing domestic flights, news agency PTI said quoting sources. Additionally, two international arrivals and two international departures were cancelled…
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged for a third meeting in a row on Wednesday, as officials stuck to a wait-and-see approach amid heightened uncertainty about how significantly President Trump’s tariffs will raise inflation and slow growth. The unanimous decision to stand pat will keep interest rates at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent. Rates…
Gold rate today post Operation Sindoor: Gold prices rallied sharply on Wednesday, jumping Rs 1,000 to cross the Rs 1 lakh per 10-gram mark in the national capital as escalating tensions between India and Pakistan prompted investors to rush toward safe-haven assets.According to the All India Sarafa Association, gold of 99.9% purity rose to Rs…
Clarence O. Smith, who convinced skeptical mainstream advertisers of the power and worth of the Black female consumer market as a founder of Essence, the first general-circulation magazine directed at Black women, died on April 21. He was 92. Mr. Smith, who lived in Yonkers, N.Y., died in a hospital after a short illness, his…
The resilience of the Indian stock market is due to underlying economic strength. In contrast, the Pakistan economy is in a dire state. (AI image) Indian stock markets vs Pakistan stock markets – it’s a telling and contrasting story of strength and resilience versus jitters and weakness! In the last two weeks since the Pahalgam…
