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US oil prices slide below $70 a barrel; mixed day for global stocks
Dec 07, 2023
NEW YORK — US oil prices finished below $70 a barrel for the first time since July on Thursday on a mixed day for global equities, as traders pondered hopes for interest rate cuts from the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve.West Texas Intermediate oil for delivery in January fell 4.1 percent to finish at $69.38 a barrel. ...
Google looks to take generative AI lead with Gemini
Dec 07, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Wednesday infused its Bard chatbot with a new-generation ar ...
Asian, European markets drop as traders temper rate cut bets
Dec 06, 2023
HONG KONG — Stocks fell on Tuesday, extending the sell-off seen on Wall Street, with ...
Vietnam lays out $15.5 billion energy transition plan
Dec 04, 2023
HANOI — Vietnam has laid out a $15.5 billion dollar blueprint to transition away from coal power, but environmentalists warned on Sunday the ...
With outburst, Musk puts X's survival in the balance
Dec 03, 2023
NEW YORK — Elon Musk's verbal assault on advertisers who have shunned X (formerly Twitter) threatens to sink the social network further, wit ...
China's electric bus revolution glides on
Dec 02, 2023
SHENZHEN, CHINA — On a rainy afternoon in Shenzhen, damp passengers jostle their way onto the megacity's buses, the quiet foot soldiers of a ...
OECD trims global growth forecast, warns of conflict risk
Nov 29, 2023
PARIS — The world economy is likely headed for a soft landing next year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) s ...
Wholesale trade index up 1.68 per cent in first 3 quarters of 2023
Nov 28, 2023
AMMAN — The index of wholesale trade prices edged up by 1.68 per cent during the first three quarters of 2023, reaching 105.71 points, compa ...
New forecasted capital expenditure for fiscal year 2024 stands at JD73 million — Gov’t
Nov 27, 2023
AMMAN — The new forecasted capital expenditure for the fiscal year 2024 stands at JD73.317 million, according to the 2024 public budget draf ...
Tesla's Musk says fallout from Sweden strike 'insane'
Nov 26, 2023
STOCKHOLM — Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk broke his silence recently on a strike against his company in Sweden, saying it was "insane" tha ...
Net profit of NPC reached JD2.8m in 2022
Nov 25, 2023
AMMAN — The National Petroleum Company (NPC) in 2022 achieved net profit of JD2.8 million after tax and tax settlements for previous years, ...
Jordan's trade balance deficit shrinks by 11% in Jan-Sept of 2023
Nov 23, 2023
AMMAN — Jordan's trade balance deficit in the January-September period of 2023 dropped by 11 per cent from the same period in 2022, decreasi ...
Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO after shock ouster
Nov 22, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT creator OpenAI announced on Tuesday that Sam Altman would return as its CEO, days after his shock dismissal plunged ...

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