Massive escalation in trade war: Why Trump announced 100% tariff on Chinese imports
US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese goods, “over and above any tariff that they are currently paying”, effective on November 1 or sooner.
In a social media post, Trump expressed frustration with new export controls placed on rare earth elements by China and said there seems to be no reason to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea.
Read MoreNvidia-backed AI stock’s monster run gets CoreWeave jolt
Nvidia (NVDA) is clearly the poster child of the AI boom.
It’s got a hold on chipmaking, the software stack, and invests in virtually any startup or business whose fingerprints are on breakout.
Consequently, as Big Tech continues to build out its GPUs, Nvidia-backed upstarts are grabbing headlines of their own.
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Read MoreDow Dives 878 Points on Trump's China Warning: Stock Market Today
Stocks opened comfortably higher Friday but fell off a cliff mid-morning after President Donald Trump’s dire warning on China. Uncertainty surrounding the ongoing government shutdown – which will delay a key inflation update – did little to shift sentiment.
Around 11 am Eastern Standard Time, President Trump posted on Truth Social that “very strange things”
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Read MoreNA Question-Hour: Cryptocurrency not being used for illegal purposes, says minister
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry informed the National Assembly on Friday the government has established the Pakistan Crypto Council under the direction of the prime minister to formulate a regulatory and operational framework for cryptocurrency in the country.
Read MoreMutual funds invest ₹6,420cr in IPOs during Q3 2024
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Oct 11, 2025
Indian mutual funds invested ₹6,420 crore in IPOs during July-September 2024—a 13% rise from the previous quarter.
With 46 IPOs launched in Q3 2024, the market is buzzing with activity and investor interest.
MFs’s role in IPOs
Mutual funds act as anchor investors in IPOs,
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Read MoreThe Burst
How a $300 Mistake Opened a $1 Billion Market
Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical giant behind weight-loss blockbusters Ozempic and Wegovy, just let a key patent on semaglutide lapse in Canada because it forgot to pay a routine maintenance fee, the pharmaceutical equivalent of forgetting to renew your car registration.
As a result, generic versions of semaglutide, the active ingredient in both drugs,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Why Nuclear’s Next Frontier Could Be 240,000 Miles Away
This year, nuclear energy stocks have been some of the market’s best performers. Small modular reactor (SMR) developers like NuScale Power (SMR) and Oklo (OKLO) have been announcing a steady stream of partnerships, and Donald Trump, has pushed fresh executive orders aimed at accelerating the sector’s development.
Investors have plenty of reason to be excited but a surprising new catalyst has emerged,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Vanguard’s Hidden Opportunity in a Beaten-Down Sector
Vanguard is known for its low-cost, no-fuss ETFs and when it comes to equity investing, they offer a lineup of about 50 stock-focused funds that make it easy to diversify with a single ticker.
One of the more cyclical areas of the market is consumer discretionary and it’s been getting hit hard in 2025.
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