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Protests in Lebanon turned
violent for a second night on Wednesday, with dozens injured
after Lebanese security forces used batons and tear gas to
forcefully break up demonstrations.
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Posted at 22:21h
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Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin say weak funding pledge will make power-sharing tougher
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Posted at 21:50h
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South African Airways (SAA)
could have to suspend some flights and delay salary payments if
the government can't come up with a plan soon to provide the 2
billion rand ($139 million) it promised the airline last month,
a trade union official said on Wednesday.
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Posted at 21:46h
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Puerto Rico will be allowed access to
$8.2 billion in delayed disaster-aid funding by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the island's
non-voting member of the U.S. Congress said.
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Posted at 21:28h
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* Indexes: Dow +0.31%, S&P 500 +0.19%, Nasdaq +0.08%
(Updates with close)
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Posted at 21:27h
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Australian shares are set to rise on
Thursday and possibly even cross 7,000 points for the first
time, after the United States and China inked a Phase 1 trade
deal, with many hoping it will defuse an 18-month row between
the world's two largest economies.
Investors...
Posted at 21:10h
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U.S. central
bankers on Wednesday expressed confidence they have borrowing
costs at the right level to sustain growth and lift inflation to
healthier levels, despite what businesses say is a lingering
drag from uncertainty over U.S. trade policy.
Posted at 21:00h
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State-owned South African
Airways (SAA) urgently needs the government to provide the 2
billion rand it promised the airline last month or it could have
to suspend some flights and delay salary payments, a senior
trade union official said on Wednesday.
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Posted at 20:58h
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The Federal Reserve's policy of
low interest rates, combined with its efforts to calm money
markets by increasing the central bank's balance sheet, could be
pumping up the valuations of risky assets, Dallas Fed Bank
President Robert Kaplan said Wednesday in New York.
Posted at 20:26h
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The long-awaited
U.S.-China trade deal unveiled on Wednesday touted new wins for
U.S. companies looking to access China's $40 trillion financial
market, but many of the changes were already in the works even
before the trade war ignited.