Morgan Stanley’s Rajeev Sibal says central banks of Asian economies at the forefront of the AI-led investment and growth will be more likely to raise interest rates,
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Still,
Last month, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced an $80 billion equity capital raise to fund its aggressive artificial intelligence (AI)-related ambition. Part of that was a $10 billion private placement with Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA) (NYSE: BRKB). This comes after the conglomerate initiated a position in Alphabet in the third quarter of 2025 and added even more shares in the first quarter of 2026,
The Iran War Has Oil-Rich Alaska Freaked Out About $9 Gas
Trump’s energy agenda is poised to boost the industry, but Alaskans are reeling from war-driven price increases.
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Oil Futures Slip While Holding Near Pre-Conflict Level
Oil futures settled lower while largely shrugging off developments that would usually be bearish for prices.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet almost half the central bank’s policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year.
The unexpectedly aggressive tilt toward higher rates would disappoint President Trump and suggests heightened concerns about persistent inflation among Fed officials.
US stock futures edged down on the heels of a record-setting day on Wall Street.
Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) rose 0.1% while contracts on the S&P 500 (ES=F), and the Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) fell 0.1% and 0.6% respectively.
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Market on Monday | Nifty closes above 24,400, Sensex climbs 521 pts
Indian equity markets extended their winning streak for the fourth consecutive session, supported by broad-based buying amid improving monsoon prospects, renewed FII inflows, easing geopolitical concerns, and softer crude oil prices.
At close,
Indian equities beat emerging-market peers in June by the most in seven months, global funds bought a record $4.4 billion of index-eligible government debt and foreign outflows from stocks were the smallest in four months.
The Nifty posted 38 sessions with moves of 1% or more in either direction in the first six months of 2026,
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Last year’s three interest rate cuts were a “mistake” and the Reserve Bank of Australia “failed” to bring inflation down, a top economist has said as price rises plague households.
Data platform Trading Economics shows Australia has the equal second-highest trimmed mean inflation rate among all advanced economies.
Australia’s trimmed mean inflation rate of 3.6 per cent is equal to the Netherlands’ rate,
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