Today: November 07, 2026
Today: November 07, 2026

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AI stocks halt their brutal, worldwide sell-off as Wall Street trims its loss for the week

AI stocks bounced back and recovered some of their sell-off from earlier in the week

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New York files GM driver privacy settlement

New York on Friday filed court papers related to General Motors' $220 million settlement of allegations that the automaker without authorization sold drivers' private

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Analysts and investors react to AI market rout

Wall Street recovered some ground on Friday, a day after fears about tighter US regulation of AI wiped trillions of dollars off world stock markets and triggered a dash for

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BOJ to hike in December, seek terminal rate of 2%, says ex-central bank top economist

The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates in December and keep lifting borrowing costs next year until they reach 2% to combat mounting

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Paraguay's Peña resigns as bank collapse triggers political crisis

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña resigned on Thursday following the collapse of a prominent digital lender to which he had former

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Key proposed measures in Canadian federal budget

The Canadian government released its proposed budget on Thursday, the second by Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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Standard Chartered sees another BOE rate hike in February after hawkish tone

Standard Chartered said it expects the Bank of England to deliver an additional 25-basis-point rate hike in February due to the central bank's hawkish tone following its first

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BoE joins the rate hike club, Australia may be done already

Several major central banks have raised interest rates this week, though they appear at very different stages of the tightening

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Germany proposes extra €100 million for Ukraine infrastructure

Germany is proposing to set aside an extra €100 million ($113 million) to help restore Ukrainian water, energy and transport infrastructure and bolster resilience against

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BoE hikes rate for first time in 3 years; retreating oil prices may allow for more options ahead

The Bank of England is raising interest rates for the first time in more than three years in an effort to tackle an inflation shock stoked by the Iran war

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What are the main issues and policies in New Zealand's election?

New Zealanders vote on November 7 in an election dominated by the cost of living, housing, jobs, public services and how to deal with a more uncertain world. 

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CVS to split into two companies, in major breakup of its $117 billion healthcare empire

CVS to split into two companies, in major breakup of its $117 billion healthcare empire

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Euro zone economic growth slows to four-month low in October, PMI shows

The euro zone's economic expansion slowed sharply but did remain resilient in October as demand — a key gauge of underlying momentum — came close to stalling while rising

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Block lifts profit outlook on Cash App strength, reaches preliminary DOJ settlement

Block on Tuesday raised its full-year gross profit outlook after strength in its Cash App unit lifted the firm's quarterly earnings, while also

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Dollar choppy but little changed as Mideast, US midterms weighed

The dollar seesawed between modest gains and losses on Tuesday as investors gauged uncertainty over a possible US-Iran deal and the outcome of US

Arts|Technology

October dive for AI-related shares tests broader US stock market's resilience

A steep decline in the prices of US AI and technology stocks is testing investors' enthusiasm to shift into other equity areas, a rotation that has

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Crypto exchanges call for quick moves to bolster defenses after Binance heist

Crypto exchanges are taking quick action to bolster their defenses and urging greater industry-wide information-sharing after a record $6.3 billion hack of Binance

Economy

White House hearing on Fed's Cook delayed to December, Hassett says

The White House has delayed until December a planned hearing into allegations of mortgage fraud by Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, President Donald Trump's top economic advisor

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Canada's budget deficit over first five months of 2026/27 almost halves to C$5.36 billion

Canada recorded a substantially lower C$5.36 billion ($3.84 billion) budget deficit for the first five months of the 2026/27 fiscal year as government revenues grew faster

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India's April-September fiscal deficit at 42.1% of 2026/27 target

India's fiscal deficit in the months of April to September stood at 7.15 trillion rupees ($75.24 billion), or 42.1% of the target for the financial year ending March,

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China's big banks post fastest quarterly profit growth in years as margins stabilise

Five of China's largest state-owned banks reported quarterly profit growth of between 6% and 11%, supported by stabilising net interest

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Singapore third-quarter layoffs at highest level since 2020

Singapore's retrenchment rate in the third quarter of 2026 hit its highest level since the height of the COVID pandemic in late 2020, driven by business reorganisations,

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Central banks take a breather, though more hikes are to come

Major central banks took a break from interest rate rises this week, but they are by no means done, with energy prices near multi-

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Wendy's, struggling with beef prices and growing competition, gets a buyout offer

Shares of Wendy’s jumped after noted investor Nelson Peltz made an offer to buy the struggling burger chain