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Pound trades around two-month high as investors await data
LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Sterling held steady and traded at just below its highest level in two months, as investors looked towards employment and inflation data later in the week.The pound rose around 1.4% last week as currencies recovered against the dollar due to fading expectations that U.S. P...Reuters
Mon, Feb 17
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China lauds EU ties as Trump's peace plan with Russia chills continent
China seeks closer EU ties amid U.S.- EU strainTrump's call with Putin, Ukraine peace plan sidelined EUBeijing wants to be seen as a 'stabilising factor'Recasts, adds quotes and analyst comment throughoutBy Joe Cash BEIJING, Feb 17 (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Mond...Reuters
Mon, Feb 17
Cryptocurrencies
XRP Is A ‘Centrally Controlled Security,’ Says Silicon Valley Angel Investor
In a striking set of comments posted on X, angel investor Jason McCabe Calacanis—best known for backing over 300 startups including Uber and Robinhood—characterized XRP as “a centrally controlled security,” igniting a swift and pointed response from the cryptocurrency’s community of supporters. Cala...Bitcoinist
Mon, Feb 17
Stocks
Lanvin Group to Report 2024 Full-Year Preliminary Revenues on February 28, 2025
NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lanvin Group (NYSE: LANV, the "Group"), a global luxury fashion group, today opened registration for its 2024 revenue results conference call. The Group will release its unaudited revenues for the full-year 2024 on Friday, February 28, 2025...PR Newswire
Mon, Feb 17
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Brazil Inc places cautious bet on Argentina turnaround under Milei
Brazil companies make new investments or consider ramping upEconomic change is spurring confidence in neighborSectors from consumer goods to oil cite interestBy Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian companies are scoping out acquisition targets in Argentina, while beefing up s...Reuters
Mon, Feb 17
Forex
EUR/USD: More likely to consolidate within a 1.0455/1.0515 range – UOB Group
Instead of continuing to rise, Euro (EUR) is more likely to consolidate within a 1.0455/1.0515 range vs US Dollar (USD). In the longer run, outlook for EUR is positive, with a technical target of 1.0530, UOB Group’s FX analysts Quek Ser Leang and Peter Chia note.Fxstreet
Mon, Feb 17
Commodities
Silver price today: Silver rises, according to FXStreet data
Silver prices (XAG/USD) rose on Monday, according to FXStreet data. Silver trades at $32.33 per troy ounce, up 0.48% from the $32.18 it cost on Friday. Silver prices have increased by 11.91% since the beginning of the year.
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Mon, Feb 17
Stocks
Billionaire Warren Buffett Sold 34% of Berkshire's Stake in Bank of America and Is Piling Into a Beloved Consumer Brand That's Soared 7,600% Since Its IPO
Though Wall Street is home to more than a dozen prominent billionaire money managers, none captivates the attention of professional and everyday investors quite like Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett.Investors flock to the "Oracle of Omaha" for two reasons. First, he...The Motley Fool
Mon, Feb 17
Other
Kremlin calls idea of deploying European forces to Ukraine 'a complex issue'
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that the idea of deploying European troops to Ukraine after a potential peace deal was a "complex question" that had not yet been properly discussed.Reuters
Mon, Feb 17
Stocks
The Next Big Thing Beyond Agentic AI? How Smart Glasses Could Be Meta's Masterstroke.
Are chatbots yesterday's news? Kind of. OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT in late 2023 ignited a frenzy to implement generative AI that's still ongoing. However, the future of artificial intelligence (AI) won't be limited to merely having a conversation with a computer.Anyone who listened to Meta Platforms...The Motley Fool
Mon, Feb 17
Stocks
Here's Why Retirees on Social Security Were Just Dealt a Major Blow
When the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced last October that benefits would only be rising by 2.5% in 2025, a lot of people were disappointed. And that's understandable since that 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is the smallest raise to arrive in years.Now the reality is that a...The Motley Fool
Mon, Feb 17
Other
Russia's top diplomat and Putin aide to discuss restoring US-Russia ties in Saudi Arabia, Kremlin says
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Yuri Ushakov, a foreign policy advisor to President Vladimir Putin, would on Tuesday take part in talks with U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia on restoring U.S.-Russia relations.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov t...Reuters
Mon, Feb 17
Other
Teva Pharm CEO calls for faster US generic drug approvals
TEL AVIV, Feb 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration needs to speed up generic drug approvals and exempt some drugs from funding freezes, the CEO of Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries TEVA.N TEVA.TA said on Monday. "In the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), th...Reuters
Mon, Feb 17
