The average price of U.S. retail gasoline fell below $4 per gallon on Thursday for the first time in months, giving some relief to drivers in the world's largest consumer of the fuel.
South Africa's rand was flat in early trade on Thursday ahead of monthly mining and manufacturing figures that could give clues on the health of the local economy.
European shares opened higher on Thursday to extend gains from the previous session after data showed signs of U.S. inflation cooling, while Dutch insurer Aegon climbed after raising its full-year forecast.
A Somali TV panel discussion on Sunday on powerful neighbour Ethiopia's long entanglement in the country segued into a discussion of how the government in Mogadishu should address rising tensions between China and Taiwan.
Turkey's central bank said on Thursday the country's current account deficit in June narrowed to $3.458 billion.
The figure is more than a Reuters forecast for a deficit of $3.4 billion.
In May, the current account deficit was $6.568 billion.
In 2021 Turkey's current account deficit was $14.882 billion.
((Reporting by Istanbul newsroom; +90 212 350 7000))
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The stakes have never been higher. The state is losing its grasp of control over the people and it is doubling down on utter incompetence and nefariousness.
Google has grave reservations about developing a self-regulatory body for the social media sector in India to hear user complaints, though the proposal has support from Facebook and Twitter, sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.
(RTTNews) - Coca-Cola HBC AG (CCH), a Consumer Packaged Goods business and bottling partner of Coca-Cola Co. (KO), reported that its net profit after tax attributable to owners of the parent for the six months ended 1 July 2022 dropped to 152.9 million euros or 0.418 euros per ba
Coca-Cola HBC AG said on Thursday it incurred a one-time hit of 190 million euros ($195.36 million) in the first half due to costs related to its Russian business after it stopped sale of Coca-Cola drinks in the country following the Ukraine war.
(RTTNews) - Australian telecom giant Telstra Corp. Ltd. (TLSYY.PK, TLS.AX, TLS) reported that its net profit after tax for fiscal year 2022 was A$1.8 billion, a decrease of 4.6% from the prior year, largely due to decline in nbs one-offs. Earnings per share were 14.4 cents down 7
Remy from Ratatouille isn't the only rodent that's cooking these days at Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS). Shares of Disney moved higher on Wednesday afternoon after the House of Mouse delivered encouraging financial results and announced new pricing for its Disney+ streaming service.
(RTTNews) - The Australian stock market is significantly higher on Thursday, recouping the losses in the previous session, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 breaking above the 7,000 mark, following the broadly positive cues from global markets overnight, with the gains led by resour
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After going through a rough patch, shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) finally turned higher on Wednesday, gaining as much as 6%. When the market closed, shares were still up 5.9%.
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has moved lower in three straight sessions, tumbling almost 600 points or 3 percent along the way. The Hang Seng now rests just above the 19,600-point plateau, although bargain hunting is likely in order on Thursday.
Australian shares hit a more than two-month high on Thursday, boosted by banking and mining stocks, a day after signs of sharply decelerating U.S. inflation raised hopes the Federal Reserve will become less aggressive on interest rate hikes.
(RTTNews) - The China stock market on Wednesday ended the four-day winning streak in which it had gathered almost 85 points or 2.6 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just above the 3,230-point plateau although it's expected to open higher again on Thursday.
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