Samsung Electronics family to sell $1.2 bln stake amid share rally
Purpose of the sale of 17.7 million shares, or a 0.3% stake in Samsung Electronics, is to cover tax payments and loan repayment, company saysÂ
Gold pulls back after record high on firm dollar, Trump’s China remarks
Gold is up about 4.8% so far this week; Silver hits record high of $54.47/oz
Major U.S. business group sues over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee
Chamber of Commerce challenges the new fee as exceeding presidential authority and disrupting Congress-mandated visa rules.
UAE stocks slide as global market jitters and oil price drop weigh on sentiment
Declines in Emaar, Emirates NBD, and Aldar drag indices lower, while AI and space-tech firms offer partial support.
Embraer and Mahindra sign strategic pact to develop C-390 millennium aircraft in India
Partnership aims to make India a regional hub for manufacturing, assembly, and maintenance of the military transport aircraft.
Saudi Arabia in talks with US for defence pact, Financial Times reports
Deal under discussion is similar to the recent US-Qatar pact that pledges to treat any armed attack on Qatar as a threat to America: report
Asian shares fall, gold claims new record as banking fears weigh
Nikkei drops 1% as banking shares slide; S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures fall 0.3%, European stock futures down 0.7%, FTSE futures drop 0.9% ahead of U.S. regional bank earnings
Gold rallies beyond $4,300 per ounce, set for best week in five years
Bullion rises about 8% so far this week in what will be its best week since March 2020; Spot silver falls 0.7% to $53.86 per ounce
Oil set for weekly loss as Trump-Putin summit looms
Brent crude futures fall 8 cents, or 0.13%, lower at $60.98; US WTI futures are down by 9 cents, or 0.16%, to $57.37 a barrel
Gold extends record rally above $4,241.77 per ounce on US-China tensions, rate outlook
Yellow metal to reach $4,400 by the end of 2025, says ANZ
Asia stocks join Wall Street rally, gold at record high on trade angst
Markets split with equities buoyed by AI hopes, Wall Street bank earnings
BlackRock, Nvidia-backed group strikes $40 billion AI data center deal
Deal is first for AI Infrastructure Partnership formed last year; Aligned operates about 80 data centers with 5 GW of current and planned capacity
Oil prices up 1% after Trump says India promised to stop buying Russian oil
Brent crude futures rise 57 cents, or 0.9%, to $62.48; US WTI futures add 0.9%, or 54 cents, to trade at $58.81
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 16, toll may rise
Rescue efforts ongoing and death toll could rise
Gold hits new high near $4,200 on Fed rate cut hopes, US-China trade tensions
Spot gold rises 0.9% to $4,178.15 per ounce, U.S. gold futures up 0.8% to $4,197.50 after hitting record highs