US and LATAM markets open cautiously
Wall Street opened Thursday’s session on a tentative note, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fluctuating in early trade as ...
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Month: February 2026
Asia closes mixed amid policy and tech focus
Asian markets closed with divergent performances as investors digested policy signals and technology sector developments. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 ...
African bourses close broadly steady
African markets ended the session largely stable, with selective gains in financial and telecom stocks offsetting weakness in commodities-linked counters. ...
European equities end mixed as investors digest global signals
European markets closed on Thursday with a mixed tone, as investors weighed corporate earnings, bond yield movements and fresh geopolitical ...
Federal judge blocks Trump policy deporting migrants to ‘third countries’
A US federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of deporting certain immigrants to so-called “third countries” is ...
Iran-US nuclear deal ‘within reach’ as third round of talks begin in Geneva
Geneva — Iran and the United States have reopened indirect nuclear negotiations amid cautious optimism that a diplomatic deal could ...
Bitcoin tops $69.5K as equities rebound on strong earnings
Bitcoin climbed above $69,500 on Thursday, extending gains as global equity markets rebounded and robust corporate earnings data fuelled renewed ...
‘A devastating force’: How Mediterranean storms became serial tragedies
A succession of violent storms has battered the Mediterranean basin this year, prompting scientists to describe an ‘atmospheric machine-gun’ pattern ...
What Africa’s banks can steal from China’s playbook
In 1994, a relatively modest development lender was launched in Beijing with $4.3bn in capital. Within two decades, it had ...
Is traditional banking dead? The branch fights back
For more than a decade, analysts have forecast the extinction of the traditional bank branch, arguing that digital channels would ...