President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who was critical of him during his election campaign and who has little foreign policy experience, to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
WASHINGTON New orders for U.S. manufactured capital goods rebounded in October, driven by rising demand for machinery and a range of other equipment, the latest indication of an acceleration in economic growth early in the fourth quarter.
LONDON A man obsessed with Nazis and extreme right-wing ideas was sentenced to life in jail on Wednesday for the murder of British lawmaker Jo Cox in a frenzied street attack which stunned Britain a week before the European Union referendum.
BRUSSELS Microsoft is set to gain EU approval for its $26 billion buy of professional social network LinkedIn with tweaks to concessions aimed at addressing competition concerns, three people close to the matter said on Wednesday.
ERBIL/BAGHDAD, Iraq Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled Tal Afar as Shi'ite paramilitary groups close in the Islamic State-held town on the road between Mosul and Raqqa, the main cities of the militant group's self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
JERUSALEM Jerusalem's municipality has proposed building 500 more housing units in an area of the city annexed by Israel after the 1967 Middle East war, a settlement monitoring group said on Wednesday.
LONDON Retired U.S. general David Petraeus indicated on Wednesday that he would serve in President-elect Donald Trump's administration if he was offered a job, according to an interview on Britain's BBC radio.
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| Name | Yield | Change |
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| US 10YR |
+2.380
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+0.061 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.275
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-0.006 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.025
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-0.005 |
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| USD | 1 | 1.0585 | 0.0089 |
| EUR | 0.9447 | 1 | 0.0084 |
| JPY | 112.5300 | 117.4600 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
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| Gold |
1,213.80
USD
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+2.80
Exp: Nov2016
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| Copper |
2.60
USD
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+0.06
Exp: Nov2016
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| Crude Oil |
48.04
USD
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+0.01
Exp: Dec2016
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