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(RTTNews) - GDP for the second quarter, Jobless Claims as well as Corporate Profits might influence the investor sentiments on Thursday.

The Ghanaian, Kenyan and Nigerian currencies are likely to remain under pressure against the U.S. dollar next week, but Uganda's is expected to firm. Tanzania and Zambia's currencies are seen holding steady.

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(RTTNews) - Canadian shares look headed for a positive start Thursday morning, tracking higher commodity prices.

Israel on Thursday indicted a senior leader of the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad movement whose arrest led to a brief conflict in Gaza earlier this month and whose detention is likely to fuel tensions.

There are many pieces of advice saying essentially the same thing. Some go as far back as 23 B.C., when the Roman poet Horace wrote carpe diem -- an exhortation to seize the day.

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If someone were to ask me for two keys to retiring in financial comfort, my first answer would be starting to save early and letting time work its magic. My second answer would be taking advantage of retirement accounts and the tax breaks that come with them.

Ever since Exxon Mobil found vast deposits of oil off Guyana's coastline in 2015, government leaders have pledged that black gold would transform the fortunes of one of South America's poorest countries.

The spot price of benchmark Australian thermal coal is continuing to hold near record highs above $400 a tonne, but the price for Asia's other main type of the coal used to generate electricity isn't performing nearly as well.

(RTTNews) - Lancaster Colony Corporation (LANC) reported fourth quarter net income per share of $1.06 compared to $1.15, last year. The restructuring and impairment charges reduced net income by $0.29 per share, during the quarter. Net income decreased to $29.0 million from $31.7

Slovenia's Talum has cut production of primary aluminium to around 20% of its smelter capacity, a spokesperson said, joining other European firms forced to reduce output by sky-high energy costs.

Major stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Thursday, tracking gains in oil prices and Asian shares, with the Dubai index outperforming the region buoyed by Emaar Properties.

Some of China's state-backed financial institutions are pushing back on Beijing's calls to support the embattled property sector due to concerns about the impact of such exposure on their balance sheets, seven people with knowledge of the matter said.

Australia will have to invest in renewable energy and carbon capture and storage at unprecedented speed and scale in order for the economy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, modelling released on Thursday showed.

(RTTNews) - 89bio, Inc. (ETNB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of the treatment of liver and cardio-metabolic diseases, will present the topline results of Phase-2 ENTRIGUE trial of Pegozafermin for the treatment of severe Hypertriglyceride

A Pakistani court on Thursday extended former Prime Minister Imran Khan's pre-arrest bail in a terrorism case for one week, his lawyer said, shortly after the former premier appeared in court in person amidst tight security.

Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc revealed its first quantum computer on Thursday and is ready to make it available to external users, joining the global race to apply the technology to practical uses.

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates vying to be Britain's next prime minister, said it was a mistake to have "empowered" scientists during the coronavirus pandemic and that the downsides of lockdowns were suppressed.

Indonesia's finance ministry said on Thursday it had sold 40.4 trillion rupiah ($2.73 billion) worth of local bonds to the central bank as part a deal agreed between the two institutions to help the government finance this year's fiscal deficit.