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Stock Markets Mostly Rise as Investors Eye Trade Talks

This is Beirut, 28/04 11:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Stocks mostly rose on Monday as investors assess how the land lies on the trade war front with countries seeking to temper Donald Trump's eye-watering tariffs. Investors were also keeping tabs on China after President Xi Jinping and other top leaders last week discussed plans to boost consumption in the world's number two economy. Markets ...

Mogul Weinstein Made Sex Attack Victims 'Feel Small,' Jury Told

This is Beirut, 24/04 17:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Prosecutors opening Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault retrial described Wednesday how he ignored his victims' pleas to stop and abused his position to make them "feel small." The trial, which began with jury selection last week, will see survivors who helped spark the "MeToo" movement testify against Weinstein once ...

Gold Hits Record above $3,500, Stocks Slip as Trump Fuels Fed Fears

This is Beirut, 22/04 10:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Bullion hit another record Tuesday while the dollar steadied and equities mostly fell as Donald Trump's latest salvo against Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell added fuel to fears about the central bank's independence. With the US tariff blitz still causing ructions on global trading floors, investors are now dealing with the added worry that the ...

Gold Hits Record, Dollar Drops as Tariff Fears Dampen Sentiment

This is Beirut, 21/04 10:54 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Gold prices hit a fresh record on Monday while the dollar weakened further and stocks were mixed amid worries about Donald Trump's tariff blitz and his bubbling row with the Federal Reserve. With several markets still closed for the Easter holiday, business was limited ahead of a week that will see the release of key data that should give an ...

Google Has Illegal Monopoly in Ad Tech, US Judge Rules

This is Beirut, 18/04 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A US judge on Thursday ruled that Google illegally wielded monopoly power in the online ad technology market, in a legal blow that could rattle the tech giant's revenue engine. The federal government and more than a dozen US states filed the antitrust suit against Alphabet-owned Google, accusing it of acting illegally to dominate three sectors of ...

From the Valley of the Saints to New York…

Johnny Kortbawi, 18/04 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Nothing is more powerful than the text Gibran Khalil Gibran wrote in The Storms, titled “Jesus the Crucified.” With striking clarity, Gibran conveys a spiritual depth that the world so often overlooks on Good Friday. Many settle for church rituals—the procession of Christ or the burial rite—or treat it merely as a time to fast until ...

Stocks Fall as US Restricts Nvidia Chip Exports to China

This is Beirut, 16/04 21:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Wall Street shares fell but European stocks diverged Wednesday after the US government imposed restrictions on exports of a key Nvidia chip to China, the latest trade war salvo between the world's biggest economies. After a relatively peaceful couple of days on markets following tariff-related volatility last week, investors were once again on ...

Harvey Weinstein Back in the Defendant’s Seat in New York

This is Beirut, 15/04 20:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Women around the world have their eyes on New York, where, shortly after 9:30 a.m. local time, the retrial of the disgraced Hollywood producer officially began. Five years after his initial conviction—which was overturned in April 2024 by the New York Court of Appeals—Weinstein is once again facing justice. The decision to vacate his previous ...

Stocks Rise on Bank Earnings, Auto Tariff Hopes

This is Beirut, 15/04 19:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Stock markets rose Tuesday as investors digested strong bank earnings and shares in several auto giants surged over hopes of tariffs relief from US President Donald Trump. Some stability has returned to markets after last week's roller-coaster ride over Trump's stop-start tariff announcements, but uncertainty remains over speculation of new ...

Lebanon Ranks 9th Among Arab Countries for Living Costs

This is Beirut, 14/04 18:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Lebanon ranked 68th worldwide and 9th among Arab countries in terms of cost of living, according to the report published in April 2025 by Numbeo, the world's largest participatory database on prices and living conditions. With an index of 38.84, Lebanon is in the top third of the global ranking, based on prices observed in 139 countries and ...

Asian Stocks Rise on Electronics Tariffs Exemption, Gold Hits New High

This is Beirut, 14/04 10:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Asian stocks rose Monday as trade war fears were tempered by Donald Trump's announcement of tariff exemptions for electronics, though the dollar weakened and safe-haven gold hit a fresh record amid fears the relief would be short-lived. After the wild gyrations witnessed last week, markets got off to a relatively stable start following news ...

Judge Says US Can Deport Pro-Palestinian Student Protester Mahmoud Khalil

This is Beirut, 12/04 05:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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An immigration judge ruled Friday that a pro-Palestinian student protester, a US permanent resident detained by the Trump administration, can be deported, his lawyer said. Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Jamee Comans, based in the state of Louisiana, said the federal government had met its burden to prove it had grounds to deport Mahmoud ...