Coffee Break World at a glimpse 5th May 2023
- The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage
- There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
- We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
- I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.
Asian Markets Scroll down (data go to www.truedata.in)
- Indonesia's economic growth held steady in the first quarter, as improving consumption and government spending offset a slowdown in exports and investment in Southeast Asia's largest economy.
- Philippine annual inflation was on track to settle within the government's 2% to 4% target in the fourth quarter after it eased further in April owing to lower food prices, officials said on Friday, building the case for pausing interest rate hikes.
- Australia central bank frets over upside risks to inflation as it warns on rates
- China's services activity expands as consumers return - Caixin PMI
- US debt crisis standoff could cause a recession - a bad one
- Bank of Canada may hike rates further if inflation gets stuck, Macklem says
- ECB slows rate hike pace but signals more to come
- Hundreds of people line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort
- US jobs market softening; slumping productivity boosts labor costs
- Global issuance of mortgage-backed securities falls to a 23-year low
- Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London
- UK businesses raise prices to pass on higher wage costs
- Hong Kong follows Fed rate hike, banking liquidity at fresh 2008 lows
- Hong Kong March retail sales jump 40.9% in fourth month of growth
- Taiwan central bank may keep raising interest rates, minutes show
- Fed's hiking pause may not signal all-clear for US stocks
- Spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Frankfurt
- Upturn in German services sector activity continues in April
- Day four of Italy's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, in Rome
- Italy's service sector grows in April at fastest rate since Aug 2021
- Shadow of Kenya's borrowing binge to hang over next president
- Kenya private sector activity falls in April
- IMF sees uncertainty over Japan's monetary policy, spillover globally
- Shares rise, dollar weakens on bank sector fears
- Exclusive: U.S. officials assessing possible 'manipulation' on banking shares –source
- U.S. federal and state officials are assessing whether "market manipulation" caused the recent volatility in banking shares, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as the White House vowed to monitor "short-selling pressures on healthy banks."
- China protests Canada's possible expulsion of diplomat
- Short selling comes under fire as regional banks sell off
- Pressure grows for regulatory intervention as US bank rout deepens
- Russia says high waters threaten dam near Ukrainian nuclear plant - Tass
- U.S. bankers urge SEC to probe short sales, reduce 'abusive' trading
- Icahn Enterprises to give $2 per depositary unit days after Hindenburg report
- Oil ticks up, but set for third week of losses over demand concerns
- Ecuador frees cash for Galapagos conservation with $1.6 bln bond repurchase
- Lyft shares tumble as cheaper rides to hurt second-quarter margin
- DoorDash rides on delivery demand to raise 2023 core profit forecast
- Customers queue at the Apple Fifth Avenue store for the release of the Apple iPhone 14 range in Manhattan, New York City
- Apple iPhone sales inch up, bolstering results amid shaky economy
- Fed data shows failed bank First Republic was key central bank borrower
- Dallas disrupted by hackers - courts closed, police and fire sites offline
- Exclusive: Israel seized Binance crypto accounts to 'thwart' Islamic State, document shows
- Florida legislature approves bill allowing board to cancel Disney deals
- Kremlin drone incident gives Putin cover to deepen Ukraine war
- The humiliating spectacle for Russia of two drones flying over the walls of the Kremlin, its historic seat of power, has spawned conflicting theories about who did it and why - but for Vladimir Putin the incident could yet prove useful politically.
- Drones attack Ukrainian capital, Moscow says US behind Kremlin drone
- Fear recedes for Ukraine's volunteers, for whom war is 'just a job'
- Burkina Faso interim leader hails Russia as a strategic ally
- When China sailed one of its two active aircraft carriers, the Shandong, east of Taiwan last month as part of military drills surrounding the island, it was showcasing a capability that it has yet to master and could take years to perfect.
- Taiwan says F-16 deliveries delayed, working to minimise damage
- Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu on Thursday denied a Beijing official targeted a Canadian lawmaker and his family for his anti-China stance and denounced Ottawa's statement that it was considering expelling a Chinese diplomat.
- India’s Foreign Minister Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang pose for a photograph in Goa
- China assures Russia, India of deepening 'cooperation'
- Eight dead in second Serbian shooting, police hunt killer
- At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rife with potential conflicts
- Elon Musk’s brain-implant venture has filled an animal-research oversight board with company insiders who may stand to benefit financially as the firm reaches development goals, according to company documents and interviews with six current and former employees.
- Hollywood insiders predict writers strike to drag on through summer
- Members of the Writers Guild of America protest in California
- Crypto exchange Coinbase posts smaller loss on cost cuts, more revenue sources
- Bumble posts robust quarterly revenue on sustained user spending
- U.S. jury sides with Ed Sheeran in copyright trial
- Exclusive: Indonesia quietly engaging key stakeholders in Myanmar crisis - foreign minister
- U.S. President Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with Australian PM Albanese, in San Diego
- Australia PM says 'frustrated' over continued detention of Julian Assange
- Marcos says U.S. access to Philippines bases not meant for 'offensive action'
- Afghanistan aid donors struggle with crackdown on women, less money
- Proud Boys members convicted of seditious conspiracy during trial at U.S. District Court in Washington
- Jury convicts Proud Boys members of seditious conspiracy in US Capitol attack
- Former U.S. President Donald Trump indicted by a Manhattan grand jury
- Trump asks federal court to take over NY hush money criminal case
- Atlanta judge denies bail for suspect in medical building shooting
- State senators debate bill limiting abortion in North Carolina
- North Carolina's Republican-led legislature passes 12-week abortion ban
- Recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by soldiers at the hangar belonging to the office of the Attorney General in Mexico City
- Sons of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' deny trafficking fentanyl in rare letter
- Migrants cross the border in Yuma, Arizona
- Colombia cancels flights returning migrants from US, cites mistreatment
- Demonstrators rally against Imperial Oil’s ongoing tailings pond leak, in Ottawa
- Canada opens formal investigation into Imperial's oil sands tailings leak
- China approves safety of first gene-edited crop
- With a gulp and burp, a bloated star swallows a Jupiter-sized planet
- Joint commission meeting between South Korea and Indonesia at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul
- Kellogg buys key ingredient from conflict-ridden Sudan but sees no shortage now -CEO
- Novo Nordisk cuts some US supply of obesity drug Wegovy to cope with demand
- TD pulls $13.4 billion First Horizon purchase, leaves US bank in limbo
- Peloton identifies defect in seat posts after reports of injuries
- Exclusive: UBS weighs options for sale of Credit Suisse's Swiss unit
- Wall Street ends down as PacWest fuels fears of deeper bank crisis
- PacWest stock plunges as US regional banking woes worsen
- Analysis: Delta's pilot deal turns up the heat on rival airlines' union negotiations
- Biden meets Microsoft, Google CEOs on AI dangers
- Shares rise, dollar weakens on bank sector fears
- Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang assured his Russian and Indian counterparts of deepening bilateral ties, promising that "coordination and cooperation" will only grow stronger, in a show of solidarity with two of China's biggest neighbours.
- India amends power policy draft to halt new coal-fired capacity
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers meet in Goa
- Eurasian foreign ministers gather in India on regional security
- India, Russia suspend negotiations to settle trade in rupees
- Disheartened Go First pilots rush to Air India's jobs drive
- Financials, metals boost Indian shares amid earnings rush
- Gold flat; set for weekly jump on hopes of Fed pause, banking woes
- Indian army helicopter makes 'hard landing', one dead
- India's United Breweries posts slump in Q4 profit on higher input costs
- India's United Breweries Ltd reported a 94.03% slide in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by higher raw material costs.
- India's Tata Power posts 55% profit jump on strong distribution growth
- HDFC Bank to open more than 675 branches in semi-urban, rural areas in fiscal year 2024, bank official says
- India's CEAT reports five-fold jump in Q4 profit on lower raw material costs
- Indian tyremaker CEAT Ltd reported a more-than-five-fold increase in its fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, aided by low raw material costs and strong domestic demand.
- India tribunal allows bankruptcy proceedings against Future Lifestyle
- A company court on Thursday admitted Bank of India Ltd's petition to begin insolvency proceedings against Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd on an alleged loan default of 4.96 billion rupees ($60.69 million).
- India's TVS Motor posts 50% jump in fourth-quarter profit as scooter demand surges
- TVS Motor Co Ltd reported a near-50% jump in quarterly profit on Thursday, as people bought more of its scooters and electric two-wheelers even after Indian manufacturers raised product prices.
- India's Wadia-owned Bombay Dyeing posts bigger fourth-quarter loss as costs soar
- India's Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd reported a bigger March-quarter net loss on Thursday, as increasing costs continued to hurt the retail and textiles company.
- India's Adani Enterprises says fourth-quarter profit surges on coal trading boost
- Indian army steps in to quell violence in north-eastern state of Manipur
- Index????????????????????????Last???????????????????????????% Change
- ASX All Ordinaries??7,405.80???????????????????+0.24%
- Hang Seng??????????????20,031.60????????????????+0.42%
- Nikkei 225???????????????29,157.95????????????????+0.12%
- Shanghai SE ???????????3,325.41???????????????????-0.75%
- Future ???????????????????????Last???????????????????????????% Change
- Brent Crude Oil???????72.99????????????????????????+0.68%
- Gold??????????????????????????2,048.00???????????????????????????????--
- Copper?????????????????????738.55??????????????????????????????????--
- CBOT Soybeans?????1,452.00??????????????????? +0.24%
- EUR/USD?????1.1033???????????+0.20%
- GBP/USD?????1.2594???????????+0.17%
- JPY/USD??????0.0075???????????+0.16%
- CNY/USD?????0.1447???????????-0.06%
- Name ???????????Yield??Change
- US 10Y?????????3.384?+0.032
- DE 10Y?????????2.186?-0.011
- UK 10Y?????????3.655?+0.001
- JP 10Y??????????0.42???-0.001
