Month: December 2024

The premium that buyers have usually had to pay for a brand-new house is disappearing.

Investors are piling into funds that seek to amplify the daily return of MicroStrategy shares, but the ETFs haven’t been working as intended in recent days.

Sterling rose to a one-and-a-half week high against the euro on the prospect of the French government facing a no-confidence vote over its fiscal tightening plans, ING said.

Globe Telecom secured a $51.1 million loan to fund its capital expenditures, among others, while maintaining its previous guidance of $1 billion in capital expenditures and low- to mid-single-digit year-end revenue growth.

Beijing is taking steps to ease the segregation of urban and rural populations.

Also in today’s EMEA regional roundup: BT secures seven-year emergency services contract in UK; new CEO for Raxio; spying vacuum cleaners are verboten, says German regulator.

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved SpaceX to use its Starlink broadband satellites to provide direct-to-phone service for T-Mobile customers. This marks the first collaboration between a satellite operator and a wireless carrier to receive FCC approval for supplemental cell coverage from space.“The Commission recognized that satellite-to-device connectivity can support critical public interest benefits, … Read more

Gold edged lower in early Asian trade. The precious metal’s bullish momentum has stalled, as markets come to terms with a more gradual pace of the Fed’s rate-cut cycle in 2025, OCBC said.

Japanese stocks were lower in early trade, dragged by falls in retail stocks, as uncertainty over the pace of the Bank of Japan’s rate increases continues.