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Regional banks pared their early gains to trade lower in premarket trade Wednesday, after Bloomberg reported that Bank of America had received more than $15 billion in customer deposits recently following the failure of three banks in the space of a week. Meanwhile, in Europe, Credit Suisse  shares fell to a new record low, pressuring the broader market and the rest of the European banking sector and Dow futures YM00 tumbled more than 500 points. First Republic Bank FRC was down 1%, shedding early gains. Читать дальше...

UK Export Finance to lend to Indian companies that buy goods or services from the UK

Austrian police warn of the danger of an 'Islamist-motivated attack' targeting churches in Vienna

President Emmanuel Macron is forging ahead with plans to raise the legal age of retirement to 64, from 62, despite strikes, wide public opposition and a two-month showdown with labor unions.

Thai police have detained a senior police officer who fired multiple gunshots from his home in Bangkok, ending a standoff of over 24 hours after his colleagues tried to take him to a mental institution

Harrow's research over the years told of how long-term antipsychotic use is associated with worse outcomes, even after controlling for psychosis severity.

German police have conducted a major raid against a group of suspected people smugglers

Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan are staging a new round of strikes and protests as a joint committee of senators and lower-house lawmakers examines the contested bill

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"They will learn nothing from this": Tech-industry leaders remain staggeringly oblivious to the true lessons of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse.

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Zvamaida Murwira in Midrand, South Africa All the conflicts and wars haunting the African continent including sanction-induced challenges in Zimbabwe are foreign-sponsored by powerful Western capitals bent on exploiting natural resources endowed in the continent, an African Union Human Rights expert has said. He said Africa was saddled with several conflicts and wars that include […]

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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sent a cataclysmic shock through the U.S. banking system, prompting extraordinary measures from both the Treasury Department and FDIC, as well as a vicious blame game as to the person (or institution, or ideology) at fault. Here's a look at where some have pointed the finger thus far:

‘They do have a strong interest in embarrassing America,’ Chris Patten says Beijing.

Equity MFs have seen the highest inflows in 9 months at Rs 15,685 crore

(Telecompaper) Vodafone PNG has opened a new store in Mt Hagen, Western Highlands, bringing job opportunities and services to the province, The National reported...

India has long been home to online scammers targeting victims in far richer nations such as the United States. Now India is itself a target.

After kidnappings of Americans, Mexico faulted the U.S. for ignoring the "serious problem of social decay." But U.S. lawmakers would rather talk about invading.

Crucial's X8 portable SSD offers excellent performance in a convenient, totable form factor - and now the 2TB model is down to £123.61 from Crucial's UK store, a new low price for this RPS-recommended external SSD.

Barlett School of Architecture professor Robin Wilson has shared with Dezeen a selection of eclectic brutalist buildings in Paris that are featured in his latest book, Brutalist Paris. Published by Blue Crow Media, the Brutalist Paris book is made up of seven essays detailing over 150 buildings completed in the 1950s through to the 1980s.