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US Dow Jones plunges over 1000 points

Its steep dive in the final minutes of trading put the Dow in correction territory.

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‘Pad Man’ movie review: Watch with your family, it’s not awkward

When “Pad Man” hits the screens on Friday, it will be the first time that actress Radhika Apte won’t be present in Mumbai for her film’s release. I hadn’t been

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Nikkei rises as Wall St rebounds after bruising sell-off; Toyota jumps

Tokyo stocks attracted hefty buybacks from the outset of Wednesday’s trading, pushing up the Nikkei average by more than 740 points by midmorning. South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.5 percent to

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European Markets Tumble Amidst Global Sell Off Concerns

One month after, for instance, the Dow was up 1.38%, on average – more than twice its average anytime one-month return of 0.63%, looking at the last 100 years’ worth

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Dow plunges 666 points amid rate-hike fears after strong jobs report

The Dow dropped almost 666 points, or 2.5 percent, just two weeks after it surpassed the 26,000-mark for the first time.

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Mnuchin defends weaker dollar comments

He said it was seen by markets as a departure from traditional US currency policy, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where other world leaders have made swipes at

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Hundreds of workers in Montreal demonstrate for better NAFTA deal

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), now changed to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after the USA withdrew, is a trade agreement between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan,

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European Central Bank holds steady course as currency war fears mount

A growing sense of anticipation and excitement was felt across financial markets on Thursday ahead of the European Central Bank’s first policy meeting of the year. Mnuchin, speaking at the

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South Korea’s Ban To Anonymous Crypocurrency Trading Leads to Bitcoin’s Price Fall

One of the things that made cryptocurrency investments lucrative, and risky, was the fact that the entire industry is still largely unregulated everywhere in the world.

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Markets Right Now: Tech losses weigh on USA stock indexes

The catalyst was a rout in the US dollar spurred by comments from Treasury Secretary Mnuchin that he wasn’t concerned about the current level of the greenback and that a

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Netflix crosses $100 billion market capitalisation as subscribers surge

With the additional revenue generated by the surge in subscribers, Netflix says it plans to spend $7.5 billion to $8 billion on content in 2018.

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Cryptocurrencies Slowly Recover After Sell-off Panic, with Ripple Bouncing Back 65%

Indeed, the currency had increased in value from under $1,000 to almost $20,000 in 2017 alone, and in 2012 was worth just $4 per coin.

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