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Bangladeshi students braved bullets to overthrow an autocratic government, but six months after the revolution, many say finding a job is proving a harder task than manning the barricades.Dhaka University student Mohammad Rizwan Chowdhury’s dreams of ample opportunities for youth have been badly dented, saying he had seen little action from the caretaker government of …

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US and European stock markets mostly pushed higher Wednesday as investors tracked earnings and President Donald Trump’s policy plans as artificial intelligence shares rallied.However, Hong Kong and Shanghai’s indices fell after Trump warned China could be included in a list of countries to be hit with tariffs on February 1.The latest batch of corporate earnings helped boost …

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Procter & Gamble is seeing encouraging signs in China, but a full recovery is still a ways off, executives said Wednesday as the consumer products giant reported solid earnings.P&G, whose brands include Tide detergent and Charmin toilet paper, saw improvement in China in the just-finished quarter in sales of SK-II, a premium skin care product.Chief …

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US and European stock markets pushed higher Wednesday as investors tracked earnings and President Donald Trump’s policy plans that are starting to impact the global economy.However, Hong Kong and Shanghai indices fell Wednesday after Trump warned China could be included in a list of countries to be hit with tariffs on February 1.Meanwhile, the dollar “struggled to …

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European stock markets rallied and Chinese indices slid Wednesday in reaction to US President Donald Trump’s policy plans that are starting to impact the global economy.Wall Street jumped Tuesday in its first reaction following Trump’s inauguration.Hong Kong and Shanghai indices retreated Wednesday after the president warned China could be included in a list of countries …

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Panama has complained to the United Nations over US President Donald Trump’s “worrying” threat to seize the Panama Canal, even as it launched an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator of two ports on the interoceanic waterway.In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the government in Panama City referred to an article of the …

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Most Asian markets extended a global rally Wednesday as investors gave a cautious welcome to Donald Trump’s first full day in office amid hopes he will take a more cautious approach on trade than initially feared.Software investment giant SoftBank soared more than 10 percent — leading Tokyo-listed chipmakers higher — after the American president said …

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Most Asian markets extended a global rally Wednesday as investors gave a cautious welcome to Donald Trump’s first full day in office amid hopes he will take a more cautious approach on trade than initially feared.Software investment giant SoftBank soared more than 10 percent — leading Tokyo-listed chipmakers higher — after the American president said …

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Most Asian markets extended a global rally Wednesday as investors gave a cautious welcome to Donald Trump’s first full day in office amid hopes he will take a more cautious approach on trade than initially feared.Software investment giant SoftBank soared more than nine percent — leading Tokyo-listed chipmakers higher — after the American president said …

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Global stock markets climbed on Tuesday as Donald Trump wasted no time in starting his second term as US president with a raft of announcements affecting the global economy.Wall Street stocks rose as markets greeted Trump’s early executive orders and comments that raised hopes new tariffs may not be as bad as feared.Oil prices slumped …

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