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Brazil's bank lending accelerates in February despite high interest rates
BRASILIA, April 9 (Reuters) - Outstanding loans in Brazil rose in February despite an ongoing aggressive monetary tightening cycle, central bank data showed on Wednesday. Total bank lending increased 0.4% from the previous month to 6.487 trillion reais ($1.08 trillion), with 12-month growth...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
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France says it could eye investments in Indonesia's energy, tech, transport and AI sectors
JAKARTA, April 9 (Reuters) - France could eye future investments in Indonesia in the country's energy, tech, AI (artificial intelligence) and transport sectors, said French trade minister Laurent Saint Martin on Wednesday."There are many French companies investing in Indonesia in the energy ...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
Indices
German tech startup 1Komma5 joins Klarna in shelving US IPO plans
1Komma5 and Klarna reassess US IPO plans on market volatilityExein sticking with longer term listing plans for nowLSE warns of challenge of US listingsBy Alessandro Parodi, Gianluca Lo Nostro and Charlie Conchie April 9 (Reuters) - German unicorn 1Komma5 Grad has joined Sweden's Klarna in rea...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
Commodities
China petchem plants face shutdown as tariffs on US LPG loom
By Chen Aizhu, Trixie Yap, Mohi NarayanSINGAPORE/NEW DELHI, April 9 (Reuters) - Chinese petrochemical makers that buy $11 billion worth of U.S. liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) annually are poised to cut output or shut for maintenance in coming weeks as Beijing's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
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Context Therapeutics Doses First Patient In Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of Ct-95
April 9 (Reuters) - Context Therapeutics Inc CNTX.O:CONTEXT THERAPEUTICS DOSES FIRST PATIENT IN PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL OF CT-95CONTEXT THERAPEUTICS -ANTICIPATES SHARING INITIAL DATA FOR CT-95 PHASE 1 TRIAL IN MID-2026Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
Commodities
South Bow Responds To Pipeline Incident At Milepost 171
April 9 (Reuters) - South Bow Corp SOBO.TO:SOUTH BOW RESPONDS TO PIPELINE INCIDENT AT MILEPOST 171SOUTH BOW CORP - SHUTS DOWN KEYSTONE PIPELINE DUE TO OIL RELEASESOUTH BOW CORP: AFFECTED SEGMENT HAS BEEN ISOLATED, AND RELEASE HAS BEEN CONTAINEDSOUTH BOW CORP - ESTIMATED RELEASE VOLUME IS APPROXIMATE...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
Other
US Treasury Secretary expects bond market to calm down
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday he expected the bond market to come down after a savage selloff in U.S. bonds sparked fears that foreign funds were fleeing U.S. assets."I think that it is an uncomfortable but normal deleveraging that's ...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
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RPT-BREAKINGVIEWS-Texas market bulls run into ferocious bear case
By Jeffrey GoldfarbNEW YORK, April 9 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Everything keeps getting bigger in Texas. In a sign of anticipated corporate growth, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are galloping to Dallas to prevent a new local stock market from wrangling their customers. The city has ambition...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
Cryptocurrencies
France faces recession fears from Trump tariffs, Head of France’s Medef warns
Patrick Martin, who leads France’s influential business lobby group Medef, said Wednesday that the new tariffs could push the country into a recession. The 65-year-old French business executive is worried about the country’s economy facing President Donald Trump’s tariff-ridden market. French businesses must contend with US export levies on steel, aluminum, and other goods used […]Cryptopolitan
Wed, Apr 9
Technical Analysis
Bitcoin Price Forecast: BTC could fall toward the $73,000 mark as tariffs hit the global market
Bitcoin (BTC) price stabilizes around $76,000 at the time of writing on Wednesday after falling 3.59% the previous day. BTC could face volatility as United States (US) President Donald Trump announced tariffs go live on Wednesday, with China’s retaliatory duties on Thursday.
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Wed, Apr 9
Economic Indicator
US Treasury chief says will address debt ceiling in budget bill
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. federal government aims to lift its debt ceiling through the budget reconciliation bill making its way through the Republican-led Congress, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on Wednesday. "We are going to do debt ceiling through reconciliati...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
Stocks
US fintechs fall as escalating US-China trade war extends market rout
** Shares of U.S. fintech companies fall premarket, extending tariff-induced losses, after China said it will impose 84% tariffs on U.S. goods from Thursday, up from the 34% previously announced** Upstart Holdings UPST.O down 5%, Pagaya Technologies PGY.O falls 4.1%, and LendingClub LC.N down 3%** A...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
