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Trump says India trade deal coming soon
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he “will have a trade deal with India soon” and that he has “great respect for Prime Minister Modi,” as both nations move closer to sealing the framework for a new trade agreement. Speaking at the...
Trump live: Hot mic catches president discussing Xi talks while tribal nations warn federal shutdown will spark hunger crisis
WATCH: James Comer says Trump family enriching themselves with crypto is fine because they're admitting to it James Comer says Trump family enriching themselves with crypto is fine because they're admitting to it Kelly Rissman29 October 2025 19:45...
Nvidia shatters corporate records with first-ever $5 trillion market cap
Nvidia surpassed a $5 trillion market valuation Wednesday, achieving what no corporation has accomplished before as artificial intelligence chip demand drives the semiconductor giant to extraordinary heights. The company reached this milestone at...
Trump Announces Trade Pact With South Korea, Boosting Market Confidence
President Donald Trump confirmed a new trade agreement with Seoul, signaling an end to months of tariff uncertainty and sparking gains in South Korea’s currency. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the United...
Powered by iPhones, not AI! How Apple becomes third company to join $4 trillion club — explained in charts
Apple became the third company in history to reach a $4 trillion market capitalisation, driven by soaring iPhone sales and renewed investor confidence — not by artificial intelligence. Shares of the Cupertino-based company have rallied more than...
MP Materials To Benefit If A U.S.-China Trade Deal?
Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images Getty Images MP Materials (NYSE:MP), a rare-earth materials company, has experienced a nearly 10% decline in its stock price over the last five trading days and is down approximately 30% from its peak...
Kathmandu: City of Peace, Economies of Scale and Cultural Diversity
Kathmandu Valley holds Nepal’s capital city and its largest traditional metropolitan region. It is known worldwide for its peace ethic, freedom of religion deeply entrenched in its new secular Constitution, 2015, and related ethnic and community...
Chipmaker Nvidia becomes first $5 trillion company as AI boom fuels record surge
Nvidia has become the world’s first company to hit a $5 trillion market valuation, achieving the milestone barely three months after it crossed the $4 trillion mark. The latest surge underscores the seismic transformation being driven by the...
Nvidia makes history, becomes first company to reach USD 5 trillion market value
Nvidia on Wednesday became the first company in history to reach a market value of USD 5 trillion, marking a stunning ascent fuelled by the artificial intelligence boom that has reshaped global technology and markets. The achievement highlights...
Wheeler Bio Partners with Mitsubishi to Expand Asia Pacific Business Development
Wheeler Bio, a U.S.-based contract development and biomanufacturing organization (CDMO), has partnered with Mitsubishi Corporation to expand its commercial reach and business development activities across the Asia-Pacific region. Under this...
Why economic ties with 'bailout nation' Pakistan is a lose-lose for Bangladesh
For the first time in two decades, Bangladesh and Pakistan have held a Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting in Dhaka, marking a revival of an institutional dialogue that had been dormant since 2005. The two-day meeting, held earlier this week,...
Trump Says Nvidia's Blackwell AI Chips Will Be On Agenda In Talks With China's Xi
Nvidia shares rose in premarket trading in New York after President Trump said he plans to "discuss Blackwells" during his upcoming face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in South Korea...
Trump wants China’s ‘help’ to deal with wartime Russia. Will he get it?
Kyiv, Ukraine – Both Russia and Ukraine depend on Chinese-made components for drones, jamming systems and the fibre optic cable attached to the drones to make them immune to jamming. If Beijing wanted to end the Russia-Ukraine war, it could do so...
Why a US-China trade deal matters to the global economy
Gyeongju, South Korea – Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s first face-to-face meeting since 2019 is expected to produce a deal to lower trade tensions between the United States and China. But while Trump and Xi will be representing...
Meeting With China's Xi In South Korea Confirmed After Trump Secures Trade Deal With Seoul
Update (0915ET): The White House has just confirmed that President Trump will meet Chinese President Xi at 11am local time on Thursday in South Korea.. That is 10pm ET. "We are willing to make joint efforts with the U.S. side to work for positive...
Trump on potential trade deal with China
President Trump is in South Korea as part of his Asia trip. He spoke to CEOs at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, where he talked about meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He called a potential trade agreement "a good deal for...
Crypto News Today: China Cracks Down on $166M Crypto Laundering, Australia Moves Toward Stablecoin Licensing, and Solana ETF Launch Sees $69M Inflows
1. What was China’s $166M crypto money laundering case about? Five individuals were sentenced in Beijing for using USDT to process $166 million in illegal cross-border transactions disguised as forex trades. 2. How is Australia regulating...
Korea to Buy Gold as Nations Weigh China-Vault Offer
South Korea is preparing to reenter the gold market after more than a decade, signaling continued central bank interest in bullion as reserves strategy evolves. Authored by GoldFix GFN – SEOUL: Bloomberg notes in a story that the Bank of Korea is...
China's top trade promotion body to lead large business delegation to attend APEC meeting in S.Korea
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Photo:VCG The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), the country's top trade and investment promotion agency, will lead a large delegation of Chinese...
Fueled by AI, chipmaker Nvidia becomes first $5 trillion company
Nvidia has continued to move barriers as it became the first company ever to hit $5 trillion in market valuation, only three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker was first to break through the $4 trillion mark. Hitting the new benchmark puts...