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© Reuters. Investing.com – The U.S. dollar traded largely unchanged in early European trade Tuesday ahead of the latest inflation data that could determine the path of U.S. monetary policy, while sterling gained as U.K. workers continued to receive healthy wage increases.  At 03:10 ET (08:10 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded largely flat at 105.516.  U.S. CPI to drive trading sentiment Trading has been largely range bound Tuesday as traders warily await the release later in the session of the October U.S. , a number that is likely to…

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The White House dismissed a reporter asking Monday whether President Biden was “embarrassed” about San Francisco’s need for a “total makeover” ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s, along with other world leaders, planned visit there for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this week.The exchange came during the White House press briefing when National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan attempted to avoid the question about the liberal city’s effort to remove homeless encampments for the summit before flat out refusing to respond.”The president is incredibly proud of the record that the United States will bring as hosts to this summit. And…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A consortium led by Glencore has struck a $9bn deal for the coal business of Canada’s Teck Resources, paving the way for the break-up of the Swiss mining and trading giant as it doubles down on the fossil fuel.Glencore has agreed to pay $6.9bn in cash for a 77 per cent stake in Teck’s coal business that supplies the steel industry. Japan’s Nippon Steel and South Korea’s Posco will own the rest.The acquisition marks the end of Glencore’s long and fractious…

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© Reuters. A staff member of the foreign exchange trading company Gaitame.com watches a monitor displaying a graph of the Japanese yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar after Japan intervened in the currency market for the first time since 1998 to shore up the b A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee With investors’ focus squarely on U.S. inflation data, due later on Tuesday, markets have had a muted Asian session, although traders remain transfixed by the battered yen’s relentless march towards a three-decade low. European bourses too look set for a…

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Foxconn logo is seen in this illustration taken, May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo TAIPEI (Reuters) -Apple Inc supplier Foxconn reported on Tuesday a surprise 11% increase in third-quarter profit, boosted by strong demand for smartphones ahead of the year-end holiday shopping season in Western markets. Net profit for the July-September quarter rose to T$43.1 billion ($1.3 billion), beating market estimates for an 11% drop. The world’s largest contract electronics maker said, however, that it expects revenues for the fourth quarter and the full year would log slight declines, though the fourth quarter would be a…

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A bitcoin is seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – miners are making hay while the sun shines. The business has been yanked out of the doldrums by the cryptocurrency’s recent rally – and now mining companies are racing to lock in profits before bitcoin’s “halving”, when rewards for producing the tokens are cut in half. The next halving is expected in April 2024, a process designed to slow the release of bitcoin, whose…

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Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal to avert a government shutdown at the end of the week ran into increasing opposition on Monday from hard-line Republicans. But with Democratic opposition softening, it appeared the plan could be headed toward bipartisan approval within days.The shifting alliances came as the House planned to take its first action on the bill as early as Tuesday. The legislation would fund federal agencies into early 2024 with two staggered deadlines, allowing lawmakers time to try to finish off the annual spending bills and putting off a debate over wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine.It was reminiscent of…

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Lauren Sanchez said she was crying and holding Jeff Bezos’ mom during Blue Origin’s first manned spaceflight. Bezos was on the Blue Origin’s spaceflight, which took place in 2021.Sanchez and Bezos got engaged in May. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app In 2021, Blue Origin completed its first manned spaceflight. Jeff Bezos was onboard the flight, making for an emotional viewing for his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez.”They were cracking jokes in the capsule, while I’m literally crying, holding his mother,” Sanchez told Vogue’s…

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