Rupee posts losses for second straight day

A currency dealer can be seen counting $100 notes while Rs5,000 notes are placed on the table. — AFP/File KARACHI: The rupee extended losses for a second consecutive session, pressured by dollar demand from

Choice Hotels Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

Board Approves Dividend of $0.2875 Per Share on the Company's Common Stock NORTH BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world's leading lodging franchisors, announced that its board of

A new vocabulary in Damascus with the end of a ‘republic of fear’

For years, Syrians living in Damascus have not been able to express the full range and depth of their feelings on events in their country to the media. Since the March 2011 revolution, Damascenes have largely been quoted either voicing agreement with the Assad

China’s Spying Shows it’s Time to Close the ‘Backdoors’ in Our Technology

Reports have recently emerged that malware from the China-affiliated Salt Typhoon group has been found exploiting CALEA (Commercial Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) backdooring systems within U.S. telecom networks as a means to surveil, for China, customers

Barc scientist’s teen son held for ‘fatal push’ to mother in Gkp

Gorakhpur: A 17-year-old boy, the son of an assistant scientist posted at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, was taken into custody by the Gorakhpur police after he confessed to having pushed his mother in a fit of rage, leading

Barc scientist’s 17-yr-old son detained for mom’s death

UP boy pushes mom to death, hides truth from TN-based dad for 5 daysGORAKHPUR: The 17-year-old son of an assistant scientist with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) was arrested in UP's Gorakhpur Wednesday after he allegedly confessed to fatally injuring his

Stablecoin Market Cap Hits $200B Milestone, Could Double in 2025 as Adoption Accelerates

The booming stablecoin market hit another milestone Wednesday, crossing the $200 billion total market value mark for the first time ever as demand accelerates and adoption expands for the assets. The asset class as a whole added $10 billion market value in

T-bills yields fall by 5-100bps on rate cut bets, investors await policy meeting

A currency dealer counts Rs5,000 notes in this photo. — AFP/File KARACHI: Market Treasury Bill yields dropped on Wednesday as traders priced in a significant rate cut from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) next week due to a continued decline in inflation. The

Syrian rebels set fire to tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father

Syrian rebels have set on fire the tomb of the country’s former President Hafez al-Assad in his hometown in the northwest, a war monitor said on Wednesday. Assad ruled Syria for 30 years until his death in 2000, when his son, Bashar, succeeded him. Both ruled

Hong Kong To Fast-Track Crypto Licensing As Market Competition Escalates

Hong Kong has proposed to expedite the licensing process for virtual asset (VA) trading platforms, pushing to become a leading cryptocurrency hub. In a press release dated 11 December 2024, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region detailed

The 3 Best Alternative Assets by Returns

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Will the Price of Gold Keep Hitting Record Highs?

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3 factors will drive the price of gold 11% higher in 2025, according to Goldman Sachs

Srinophan69/Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs expects gold to reach $3,000 an ounce by the end of 2025.The metal's rally has wavered as the dollar gained ground since Donald Trump's election.But there are three reasons gold can keep rising, even if the dollar stays

South Korea’s Yoon seeks to fight on as probes mount

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol looks determined to battle on rather than step down early even as probes deepen into his martial law declaration and more members of his party say they will back impeachment. Yoon will likely fight any bid to impeach him

10 Best Cryptos to Buy and Hold For 2025 in Anticipation of Trump’s Pro-Crypto Policies

Meanwhile, altcoins have stolen the show, outperforming Bitcoin in several cases and proving their worth as serious contenders in blockchain. Ethereum, Solana, and XRP have seen record-breaking adoption across industries, while newer projects have gained

ADR rises to 48pc in November

A currency dealer can be seen counting Rs5,000 notes. — AFP/File KARACHI: The banking sector’s advance-to-deposit ratio (ADR) continued to rise, reaching 47.8 per cent as of November 29, compared with 44.3 per cent in the previous month. “The ADR had

Trump is threatening to raise tariffs again. Here’s how China plans to fight back

Stephanie Yang | (TNS) Los Angeles Times President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose new tariffs on Chinese imports when he takes office, a move that would deepen a trade war he started six years ago. Related Articles National Politics | The Trump

BNB and SUI Breaks Out of Consolidation, Rallying to Catch Up With This Altcoin Explosive Gains

After a long-standing consolidation for Binance (BNB) and Sui (SUI), both top cryptocurrencies are reflecting a triumphant victory over consolidated patterns. Binance has bolstered its new bullish formation with a new token called MOVE, signaling as one of the

Russian 'spy ring met with Just Stop Oil'

Why Investors Are Pouring Money into Bitcoin ETFs Right Now

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Path of Exile 2 – 15 Things You Should Know If You’re on the Fence

So Path of Exile 2 is out in early access for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, and even with roughly 82 percent of its 31K user reviews being positive, fans have mixed opinions. Some are blasting through the campaign, annihilating everything in their path. Others

Exchange Fund to sustain levels of crypto exposure

Cici Cao Hong Kong's Exchange Fund, which backs the Hong Kong dollar, may have some exposure to crypto though it is not a target asset, according to the government. It cannot be ruled out that there may be investments involving crypto-assets made by external

DCG To Split Foundry Digital Mining Into Two Entities: Report

Crypto venture capital firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) has decided to split its Foundry mining business into two separate entities. According to a report from Blockspace, this restructuring was unveiled in a private DCG shareholder letter shared with key

Uniswap Labs Expands On-Ramp Options With BinancePay

Uniswap Labs shared a major update to enhance user accessibility to its Ethereum-based decentralized protocol. The integration of BinancePay, Topper, and AlchemyPay into Uniswap’s Web and Wallet services is set to simplify the process of moving funds

Syrian rebels burn coffin of Assad's father

Re: Interview: How Zenless Zone Zero's Devs Have Leveraged Fan Feedback to Level Up the ...

Man I love Hoyoverse games but he's not really answering the question about balancing time commitment between their own games. I dropped Honkai 3rd Impact

Bybit P2P Expands Merchant Benefits in Africa

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 12th, 2024, Chainwire , the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, renews its commitment to merchant benefits in Kenya, South Africa, and Ethiopia in a move to boost activities on the Bybit P2P

Zara owner Inditex reports rare miss on revenues

Revenues at Inditex missed expectations as sales growth at the retailer slowed amid increasing competition from low-cost clothing retailers. The Spanish owner of Zara reported sales of €9.36 billion for the three months to October 31,

Syria's interim government pledges free-market reforms under HTS

Syria's interim government plans to overhaul the country’s economy and embrace liberal market reforms, ending decades of state control and cronyism, a leading business lobbyist told Reuters on Tuesday. The new administration, formed on Tuesday following the

When Trump lost the 2020 election, (or was cheated out of it), some of his supporters

Dear American Taxpayer: If a number of Republicans in our illustrious Congress have their way we taxpayers are about to be _eeced out of $100 Billion. This little(?) ploy urged on by the Crypto Currency lobby and some members of Congress are going to present