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Nuvei stock soars as Montreal payments company confirms ‘potential’ takeover talks
Nuvei Corp.’s NVEI-T +31.82%increase stock soared Monday after confirming news reports that the Montreal digital payments processing company, which counts celebrity actor Ryan Reynolds as a shareholder and spokesman, is in talks that […] This post is only…
Mar 18 – The close: Wall Street higher as investors juggle Fed nerves with AI enthusiasm; TSX slips
Wall Street’s main indexes advanced on Monday, with megacap growth stocks such as Alphabet and Tesla supporting a rebound in technology-heavy Nasdaq while investors also waited for the U.S. Federal […] This post is only…
China kicks off the year on strong note as retail, industrial data tops expectations
Retail sales rose 5.5%, better than the 5.2% increase forecast in a Reuters’ poll, while industrial production increased 7%, compared with estimates of 5% growth.Fixed asset investment rose by 4.2%, […] This post is only…
India to hold the world’s biggest election starting April in over a month-long exercise
The seven-stage election process will start from April 19 and last till June 1, 2024, according to the schedule announced by the Election Commission of India. The country has about […] This post is only…
Calendar: Mar 18 – Mar 22
Monday March 18China retail sales, industrial production, and fixed asset investment dataEuro area consumer price index830 am ET: Canadian industrial product price and raw materials indexes for February.830 am ET: […] This post is only…
At midday: Stocks slide as traders assess U.S. data (Mar 14)
Major North American stock indexes slipped on Thursday as hotter-than-expected producer prices data likely muddied bets around the timing of the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut and high-flying chip stocks […] This post is only…
Canadian manufacturing sales rose 0.2% to $71.1-billion in January
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 0.2 per cent to $71.1-billion in January, led by strength in the motor vehicle and chemical subsectors.The federal agency says sales were up in […] This post is only…
March 13: Oil prices up on strong U.S. demand, Fed signals in focus
Oil prices rose on Wednesday on expectations of strong global demand, including in the world’s top consumer the United States, and as even somewhat sticky U.S. inflation did not dent expectations the Fed might […] This post is only…
Shareholder payouts hit a record $1.7 trillion last year as bank profits surged
Around 86% of listed companies around the world either increased dividends or maintained them at current levels in 2023, Janus Henderson said. Banks delivered record payouts as high interest rates […] This post is only…