The stock market kept investors on edge Friday, although the tone was more mixed than down by the late morning. After being smacked down hard, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) managed to bounce back somewhat from its recent losses. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) eased lower by 2 points to 3,828, while the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) rose 137 points to 13,256.
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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is facing unprecedented scrutiny this year and fighting to put out multiple fires that are denting its support ahead of European and local elections that threaten to upend German politics. The latest allegation was that Jian Guo, a staffer working for the AfD's top EU election candidate Maximilian Krah, was passing information to the Chinese secret service. Police arrested Guo a week after media reports that the FBI had also questioned Krah when he travelled to the United States about suspected payments from a pro-Russian activist.
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The German government on Wednesday raised its economic growth forecast for this year to 0.3%, from 0.2% previously, and lowered its forecast for inflation by 0.4 percentage points. The forecasts are part of the government's spring projections, which Economy Minister Robert Habeck presented on Wednesday and Reuters published exclusively last week. "As the year progresses, we are now seeing signs of a slight economic upturn and that the economy is slowly emerging from its weak phase," Habeck said during the presentation in Berlin.
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The Indian arm of global asset manager Invesco has settled charges of mutual fund rules violations with the country's market regulator, according to a settlement order uploaded on the regulator's website on Wednesday. Invesco Asset Management India and five others charged, including the firm's chief executive, settled by paying 49.8 million rupees (about $598,000), without admitting they violated any rules, the order said. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had initiated an investigation against the asset manager in 2021.
Ukraine received a new 1.5-billion-euro ($1.6 billion) tranche of financial support from the European Union on Wednesday and hopes to get another 10 billion euros later this year, officials said. Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said the EU, which has provided Ukraine with 31 billion euros, had become the biggest donor of budget financing to Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion in February 2022. The United States, which has approved billions of dollars in a new aid package to Ukraine, is also an important donor.
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Farmers who grow about 40% of the world's cocoa are earning record prices for their crops and could raise output significantly as early as next season, a leading cocoa expert said on the sidelines of the World Cocoa Conference in Brussels. Tropical Research Services’ Steve Wateridge said farmers outside top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana now have more than enough funds to fertilise and spray their trees with pesticide, as well as to prune. He noted that farmers in Ivory Coast and Ghana, who together produce about 60% of the world’s cocoa, have yet to benefit in full from record global prices because of how their governments buy, sell and set farmgate prices.
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The yen fell on Wednesday to its weakest levels against the dollar since June 1990, with markets alert to any signs of intervention from the Japanese authorities to prop up their currency. The dollar was last up 0.2% at 155.14 yen, its strongest since June 1990. The decline in the yen comes after a string of strong U.S. inflation data pushed the dollar to five-month highs and reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to be in a rush to cut interest rates this year.
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Watch live as Grant Shapps discusses defence spending in the House of Commons after deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden clashed with Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday 24 April. Rishi Sunak did not make an appearance in parliament today, as he is in Berlin for talks with German chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Nearly every kennel at the Pet Resource Center in Hillsborough County is occupied by a fast-wagging tail or curious bark. There are so many dogs and cats waiting to be adopted. The capacity issue is playing out at shelters across the country. According to the National database Shelter Animals Count, 3.3 million cats and 3.2 million dogs entered shelters and rescues in 2023.
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