December 6, 2023
Bitcoin has broken above $40,000 for the first time this year as it rides a wave of momentum on broad enthusiasm about US interest rate cuts and as traders anticipate the imminent approval of US-stockmarket traded bitcoin funds. The world’s biggest currency hit as high as $40,210 in Sunday trade, its highest since April 2022.
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s manufacturing activity contracted for the second month in November, indicating weakening momentum in the world’s second-largest economy despite increased government efforts to boost growth. The country’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index came in at
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Israeli forces dropped leaflets warning Palestinians to flee parts of southern Gaza, residents said Thursday, signaling a possible expansion of their offensive to areas where hundreds of thousands of people who heeded earlier evacuation orders are crowded into U.N.-run shelters and family homes. Meanwhile, soldiers continued searching Shifa Hospital in the north, in a raid
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The one worrying factor is that the Proteas have won easily setting the score but have struggled chasing so far at the World Cup. People say that when a competition hits the business end, previous results don’t matter and anything can happen on the day, but the Proteas can still take plenty of confidence into
READ MORENikki Haley claimed new momentum in the race to supplant Donald Trump as her party’s front-runner during an appearance in her home state Monday, where she formally filed to appear on the South Carolina Republican presidential primary ballot. The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador returned to the Statehouse where her political career
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s manufacturing activity unexpectedly contracted in October, damping hopes of increasing momentum in the world’s second-largest economy. The country’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index came in at 49.5 this month, missing forecasts and trailing a
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Intel forecast fourth-quarter revenue and margins above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, optimistic about a healthy rebound in personal computer sales, improvement in its data center business, and a growing lineup of customers seeking its manufacturing services. While Intel remains under heavy competitive pressure from Nvidia in the data center chip market, the easing PC
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There are dramatic finishes, and there is the madness that unfolded in the 10th inning at Zozo Marine Stadium on Monday night. The first stage of the Climax Series wrapped up with one of the best games of the entire year, with the Chiba Lotte Marines and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks dueling in the third and
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“That has helped us in the past and we have done pretty well at World Cups and we have tended to do well in Six Nations following World Cups as well.” Wales play Argentina in Marseille on Saturday with a place in the World Cup semi-final at stake, a position few thought Warren Gatland’s Welsh
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. This article is an on-site version of our Disrupted Times newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox three times a week Today’s top stories Israel ordered a “complete siege”
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