TOKYO, (Millat + APP/AFP) – Tokyo stocks fell Thursday, dragged down by banks and automakers, as investors eye Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s weekend meeting with Donald Trump. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.53 percent, or 99.93 points, to close at 18,907.67, while the Topix index of all first-section issues fell 0.70 percent, or 10.60 […]
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Tokyo stocks fall as investors brace for US-Japan talks
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Commerzbank says net profit plunged 74 percent in 2016
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, (Millat + APP/AFP) – Germany’s second-largest lender Commerzbank booked net profits down more than 74 percent in 2016, financial results released Thursday showed, as it continues to battle through a tough restructuring. The bank’s 279 million euros ($298 million) net profit beat the 222 million forecast by analysts surveyed by Factset, but […]
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Cricket: India 86-1 at lunch in Bangladesh Test
HYDERABAD, India, (Millat + APP/AFP) – India were 86 for one at lunch on the opening day of the one-off Test against Bangladesh in Hyderabad on Thursday. The hosts, who elected to bat first, enjoyed an 84-run second-wicket partnership between Murali Vijay (45 not out) and Cheteshwar Pujara (39 not out) to steady the innings […]
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Jeff Sessions confirmed as US attorney general
WASHINGTON, (Millat + APP/AFP) – The US Senate confirmed Jeff Sessions as attorney general Wednesday, despite fierce debate about his civil rights record and Democratic concern over whether he serves as the nation’s top law enforcement officer independent from President Donald Trump. Lawmakers greenlighted the senator as the 84th US attorney general on a mostly […]
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EXCHANGE RATES FOR CURRENCY NOTES
SELLING BUYING U.S.A 105.65 103.14 S.ARABIA 28.03 26.37 U.K 132.22 129.08 JAPAN 0.9420 0.9192 EURO 112.92 110.25 U.A.E 28.76 26.37 LIBOR FOR CALCULATING INTEREST ON SPECIAL US DOLLAR BONDS LIBOR VALUE 6 Mths US Dollar 1.3441 09-02-2017 INTEREST RATES ON OLD & INCREMENTAL F.C.Y DEPOSITS Rate % p.a. USD 0.1000 GBP 0.1000 1PY 0.0000 BILL […]
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John Oliver: the British king of US political satire
NEW YORK, (Millat + APP/AFP) – In the age of Donald Trump, it is a British comic with a mild regional accent and an acerbic wit who is the most popular satirist on American television. John Oliver, 39, returns to screens this Sunday with a fourth season of HBO’s award-winning “Last Week Tonight” at a […]