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Amid record gold prices, people selling old gold jewellery and booking profits: WGC

Amid record gold prices, people selling old gold jewellery and booking profits: WGC

New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Retail buyers in India are opting to exchange old gold jewellery for new, rather than making...

Tiger Woods, Jay Monahan meet with Donald Trump over LIV merger

Tiger Woods, Jay Monahan meet with Donald Trump over LIV merger

(Photo credit: Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK) PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, Tiger Woods and Adam Scott met...

Reports: PGA, White House officials meet to discuss LIV merger

Reports: PGA, White House officials meet to discuss LIV merger

(Photo credit: Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK) PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, Tiger Woods and Adam Scott met...

Report: PGA, LIV leaders to meet with President Trump on Thursday

Report: PGA, LIV leaders to meet with President Trump on Thursday

(Photo credit: Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK) PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and leaders of LIV Golf are in...

Why the Middle East is the perfect setting for Russia-US talks

Why the Middle East is the perfect setting for Russia-US talks

Saudi Arabia has maintained a neutral stance, promoting dialogue based on the pragmatic interests of all participants ...

Trump says he has not seen the Egyptian counter to his plan for Gaza

Trump says he has not seen the Egyptian counter to his plan for Gaza

WASHINGTON —  U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening he has not seen the proposal being discussed by Arab leaders as an...

Trump says he has not seen Egyptian counter to his plan for Gaza

Trump says he has not seen Egyptian counter to his plan for Gaza

WASHINGTON —  U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening he has not seen the proposal being discussed by Arab leaders as an...

Rebuilding ties, restoring peace: Key takeaways from Russia-US talks

Rebuilding ties, restoring peace: Key takeaways from Russia-US talks

Sergey Lavrov has described the meeting with the US delegation as useful Russia and the US have taken the first steps towards normalizing...

Not easy, but possible expert on restoring US-Russia economic ties

Not easy, but possible  expert on restoring US-Russia economic ties

The Russian market is interesting, large, and promising for American companies, Igbal Guliyev has told RT The re-entry of American...

Shutting the EU and Ukraine out of the talks is the only way to peace

Shutting the EU and Ukraine out of the talks is the only way to peace

With Russia and the US finally sitting down for negotiations, we now live in a slightly more normal world It is already certain that...

US hails Russia meeting

US hails Russia meeting

The State Department has called talks in Saudi Arabia an important step towards resolving the Ukraine conflict The US State Department...

Washington hails Russia meeting

Washington hails Russia meeting

The State Department has called talks in Saudi Arabia an important step towards resolving the Ukraine conflict ...

Russia and US agree on Ukraine peace talks Lavrov

Russia and US agree on Ukraine peace talks  Lavrov

Moscow and Washington have agreed to start the conflict settlement process, according to the Russian foreign minister Russia and...

Moscow calls for joint Russia-US projects in the Arctic

Moscow calls for joint Russia-US projects in the Arctic

The head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund has called for revival of economic cooperation between Moscow and Washington ...

US firms lost $300 billion by leaving Russia Moscow

US firms lost $300 billion by leaving Russia  Moscow

The Wests sanctions war has backfired on American companies, the head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund has said US companies...

US firms lost $300 billion by leaving Russia RDIF

US firms lost $300 billion by leaving Russia  RDIF

The Wests sanctions war has backfired on American companies, the head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund has said US companies...

US-Russia talks begin in Saudi Arabia

US-Russia talks begin in Saudi Arabia

The high-level meeting in Riyadh seeks to lay the groundwork for settling the Ukraine conflict Russian and US delegations have begun...

Russia and US hold talks in Saudi Arabia: Live updates

Russia and US hold talks in Saudi Arabia: Live updates

Moscow and Washington seek to restore bilateral ties and pave the way for a settlement of the Ukraine conflict ...

Russia and US agree to continue Ukraine talks: Live updates

Russia and US agree to continue Ukraine talks: Live updates

Moscow says negotiations were not bad, and that the two sides have agreed to contacts in due course Top Russian and US diplomats...

Russia and US agree to continue Ukraine talks: As it happened

Russia and US agree to continue Ukraine talks: As it happened

Moscow says negotiations were not bad, and that the two sides have agreed to contacts in due course Top Russian and US diplomats...

ADDED issues resolution to regulate establishment, licencing of endowment companies

ADDED issues resolution to regulate establishment, licencing of endowment companies

ABU DHABI, 17th February, 2025 (WAM) -- Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED), in collaboration with The Endowments...

Dubai Future District Fund's results highlight stronger alignment with Dubai's D33 Agenda

Dubai Future District Fund's results highlight stronger alignment with Dubai's D33 Agenda

DUBAI, 3rd February, 2025 (WAM) -- Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF) Oversight Committee convened for its annual review, marking significant...

Dubai Holding Asset Management unveils Nad Al Sheba Mall, set to open in April 2025

Dubai Holding Asset Management unveils Nad Al Sheba Mall, set to open in April 2025

DUBAI, 30th January, 2025 (WAM) -- Dubai Holding Asset Management, the owner and operator of one of Dubai's most extensive retail portfolios...

Middle East families to experience $1 trillion transfer of generational wealth by 2030

Middle East families to experience $1 trillion transfer of generational wealth by 2030

DUBAI, 28th January, 2025 (WAM) -- DIFC Innovation Hub, the region's largest innovation ecosystem; Julius Baer, the global Swiss wealth...

Sharjah Asset Management showcases premier projects at Acres 2025

Sharjah Asset Management showcases premier projects at Acres 2025

SHARJAH, 23rd January, 2025 (WAM) -- Sharjah Asset Management, the investment arm of the Government of Sharjah, is participating in...

Saudi Arabia: Public Investment Fund Meeting Whitewashes Abuses

Saudi Arabia: Public Investment Fund Meeting Whitewashes Abuses

(Beirut) - Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) is sponsoring an investment conference in Miami and further whitewashing the...

Hedge Group partners with Lead IAS Academy to innovate on competitive exam training

Hedge Group partners with Lead IAS Academy to innovate on competitive exam training

SMPL Kerala [India], December 30: Hedge Group has made an investment in Lead IAS Academy, the largest civil services training institute...

Russia, US Need to Clean Up Legacy of Biden Administration: Lavrov

Russia, US Need to Clean Up Legacy of Biden Administration: Lavrov

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Moscow and Washington need to clean up the legacy of former US President Joe Biden's administration, which ruined the...

Kazakhstan to launch guarantee funds to support businesses

ALMATY, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan will create two guarantee funds in 2025 to support businesses, the government's press service...

1st LD-Writethru: China prosecutes over 1,000 for securities-related crimes from 2022 to 2024: top procuratorate

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese procurators prosecuted 1,011 people for securities-related crimes from 2022 to 2024, an annual...

ADB approves 125 mln USD loan to modernize water supply in Uzbekistan

MANILA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday said it has approved a loan of 125 million U.S. dollars to...

Lunate expands public markets offering with launch of Chimera iBoxx US Treasury Bill ETF

ABU DHABI, 10th February, 2025 (WAM) -- Lunate Capital LLC, an Abu Dhabi-based global investment management firm regulated by the Securities...

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U.S. stocks tumble as Trump policies startle investors
U.S. stock markets sour, Dow Jones dives 749 points

NEW YORK, New York - Concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's startling diversions from his country's long-held policies, and the...


Southwest Airlines cuts 1,750 corporate jobs in first-ever layoffs
Southwest Airlines slashes 15% corporate workforce, first in 15 years

DALLAS, Texas: Southwest Airlines is laying off 1,750 employees, or 15 percent of its corporate staff, in the company's first significant...


Australian central bank cuts interest rates for first time since 2020
Australian central bank cuts first benchmark interest rate since 2020

MELBOURNE, Australia: Australia's central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than three years, signaling...


Brazil joins OPEC+ ahead of key UN climate summit
Brazil to join OPEC+, group of major oil-exporting nations

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U.S. stock markets in sharp retreat Thursday
Wall Street tumbles Thursday, Dow Jones dives 451 points

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday as profit-takers moved in to take the cream off the substantial gains that have...


China’s Xi Jinping reassures private sector on policy stability
China's Xi assures businesses, including Jack Ma, of country's stability

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