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5 days ago | 
gurutrade.com | Che Pan |Brenda Goh |Jacqueline Wong |Edwina Gibbs
SMIC revenue rises 28% in Q1, misses expectations
SMIC says impact on chip sector mitigated by tariff exemptions
Company says "hard landing" could still be in store for industry
Shares slide 6.8%
BEIJING, May 9 (Reuters) - China's top foundry, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), said first-quarter revenue surged and profit more than doubled, helped in part by rush orders from U.S. customers seeking to beat hikes in tariffs.
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1 week ago | 
gurutrade.com | Yoruk Bahceli |Tom Westbrook |Jacqueline Wong |Clarence Fernandez
U.S.-China to discuss trade in Switzerland
Dollar down a fourth day, European stocks fall
U.S. stock futures rise
Fed expected to hold interest rates
LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - World stocks held on to most of their recent gains on Wednesday and oil prices rose on news of a forthcoming meeting between top U.S. and Chinese trade officials.
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1 week ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Jacqueline Wong |Arun Koyyur |Jody Godoy |Anil D'Silva
(Reuters) -Apple's plans to add AI-powered search options to its Safari browser are a big blow to Google, whose lucrative advertising business relies significantly on iPhone customers using its search engine.
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1 week ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Jacqueline Wong |Steve Holland |Kristina Cooke
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay to "house America's most ruthless and violent Offenders."...
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1 week ago | 
gurutrade.com | Tom Westbrook |Shri Navaratnam |Jacqueline Wong
Yen sold as BOJ holds rates but cuts economic forecasts
Euro, yen both hit 2-week lows vs dollar
Friday's U.S. jobs data in focus
SINGAPORE, May 1 (Reuters) - A sliding yen helped the dollar higher on Thursday as the Bank of Japan lowered growth forecasts in light of U.S. tariffs and left rates on hold, while investors watched for signs of the trade war cooling and waited for U.S. employment data.
The yen dropped by about 0.8% to 144.23 per dollar, its weakest since mid-April.
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2 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Satoshi Sugiyama |Jacqueline Wong |Shri Navaratnam
Japan March factory output -1.1% vs f'cast -0.4%
Production environment remains highly uncertain, government says
U.S. tariffs rattle Japanese manufacturers, including auto
TOKYO, April 30 (Reuters) - Japan's factory output fell more than expected in March, dragged down by its key motor vehicles industry, as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies rattle manufacturers and a whole host of industries globally.
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2 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Makiko Yamazaki |Jacqueline Wong |Shri Navaratnam
Tokyo core CPI up 3.4%, above f'cast of 3.2% gain
Inflation excluding fresh food, fuel accelerates to 3.1% y/y
High inflation makes BOJ's balancing act more challenging
TOKYO, April 25 (Reuters) - Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated to a two-year high in April on surging food costs, making the central bank's quest to fully exit ultra easy policy a delicate balancing act of managing risks between higher U.S. tariffs and rising prices.
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3 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Ankur Banerjee |Jacqueline Wong |Muralikumar Anantharaman |Kim Coghill
Investors worry about the Fed's independence under Trump U.S. assets dumped, with dollar at three-year low vs euro Safe-haven currencies yen and Swiss franc surge Gold notches another record high European markets closed for Easter Monday SINGAPORE, April 21 (Reuters) - Asian equities and U.S. stock futures slid on Monday as anxiety over tariffs and criticism of the Federal Reserve by President Donald Trump shook investor confidence, pushing the dollar sharply lower and catapulting safe-haven...
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3 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Leika Kihara |Jacqueline Wong |Michael Perry
Japan does not manipulate market to weaken yen, finmin says Kato plans to visit Washington next week, may meet Bessent Kato says no date fixed yet on possible talks with Bessent Outcome of US-Japan FX talks could affect BOJ's policy path TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Japan does not manipulate the currency market to weaken the yen, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato told parliament on Friday, countering accusations from U.S. President Donald Trump that Japan intentionally depreciates its currency...
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4 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Tom Westbrook |Shri Navaratnam |Jacqueline Wong |Joe Bavier
Yen climbs into U.S.-Japan trade talks
Swiss franc continues to post gains on dollar
Bank of Canada meeting eyed, 40% chance of a rate cut
SINGAPORE/LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - The dollar resumed its descent on Wednesday, dropping across the board and losing the most ground to the Swiss franc and the euro as a new bout of tariff-induced nerves gripped markets.
