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Ahead of the Open | Weather, trade concerns pressure grains
Profarmer
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July 8, 2025
GRAIN CALLS Corn: 1 to 3 cents lower. Soybeans: 4 to 8 cents lower. Wheat: 4 to 8 cents lower. GENERAL COMMENTS: Corn, soybeans and wheat faced followthrough selling to Monday’s sharp losses during the overnight session amid pressure from...
Tariff Tensions Reshape Global Trade as ASX 200 Watches US Escalation
Kalkine Media
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July 8, 2025
Highlights The US government issues sweeping tariff increases on key trading partners Markets retreat as investors assess risk from escalating trade tensions August deadline set for further trade negotiations or automatic enforcement The global...
Kazakhstan to Address Multilateralism, Financial Relations, AI at BRICS Summit
The Astana Times
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June 30, 2025
ASTANA – Kazakhstan will address multilateralism, financial relations, and artificial intelligence (AI) at the upcoming BRICS Summit on July 6–7 in Rio de Janeiro, said Aibek Smadiyarov, a spokesperson for the Kazakh Foreign Ministry, during a...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 2:45 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trash and tension mount in Philadelphia on Day 8 of workers strike, while some seek pop-up haulers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia faces mounting trash and tension as a strike by many of the city's blue-collar workers enters its eighth day. Some...
Azerbaijan Railways strengthens cooperation with Chinese companies
Azertag
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July 8, 2025
Baku, July 8, AZERTAC Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (ADY) Rovshan Rustamov is leading a delegation to China to explore expanded cooperation with Chinese transport and logistics companies. On July 7, during meetings with Fang Feng, Vice...
Kazakhstan Narrates Good Digitalization Co-Op Prospects With Azerbaijan
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, July 2. Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have good prospects for cooperation in the field of digitalization, the head of the office of the Chamber of Commerce of Kazakhstan Asan Zhakishev told reporters on...
US close to finalising trade deal with India, says Trump
Telengana Today
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July 8, 2025
US President Donald Trump said the country is close to finalising a trade deal with India, as his administration sends out tariff letters to other nations. India, spared from this round, has three more weeks to conclude an interim agreement...
Kazakhstan’s National Bank explores state crypto reserve possibilities
Cryptopolitan
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June 30, 2025
Kazakhstan is moving to integrate digital assets into its financial system, with the National Bank supporting the MPs’ proposal to create a state-owned crypto reserve. This marks one of the most concrete efforts yet by a Central Asian country to...
Metaplanet eyes digital bank acquisition in phase 2 of Bitcoin strategy
Coin Telegraph
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July 8, 2025
Japanese firm Metaplanet plans to eventually use its Bitcoin reserves to acquire cash-generating businesses, possibly including a digital bank in Japan. In a recent interview with the Financial Times, CEO Simon Gerovich said the company is racing...
Sensex advances 270 points on fag-end buying in banking stocks, gains in Asian peers
The Hindu
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July 8, 2025
Benchmark BSE Sensex closed higher by 270 points on Tuesday (July 8, 2025), helped by late-day buying in banking and select IT shares as well as positive trends in the Asian markets. The 30-share barometer rose by 270.01 points or 0.32% to settle...
'Trump's model isn't a free trade agreement, it's a YATRA...': GTRI on India-US trade deal
Business Today
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July 8, 2025
India may soon conclude a bilateral trade agreement with the United States, as President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on trading partners by issuing formal tariff notices, according to a report by PTI, citing the think tank Global Trade Research...
Sensex advances 270 pts on fag-end buying in banking stocks, gains in Asian peers
Orissa Post
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July 8, 2025
Mumbai: Benchmark BSE Sensex closed higher by 270 points Tuesday, helped by late-day buying in banking and select IT shares as well as positive trends in the Asian markets. The 30-share barometer rose by 270.01 points or 0.32 per cent to settle at...
Kazakh Audience Turns to Social Media as Primary News Source, Study Finds
The Astana Times
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July 1, 2025
ASTANA – Social media has become the leading source of news for Kazakh citizens, outpacing television and online media platforms, the Institute of Public Policy reported on June 26, according to a recent nationwide survey. Photo credit: The...
Kazakhstan Highlights Vital Role Of Partnership Development With Azerbaijan
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, July 2. Kazakhstan attaches particular importance to the development of partnership relations with Azerbaijan, the head of the office of the Chamber of Commerce of Kazakhstan Asan Zhakishev said...
India nearing US trade deal as Trump’s tariff clock ticks, but caution urged: GTRI
The Economic Times
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July 8, 2025
India could soon finalise a bilateral trade deal with Washington as US President Donald Trump intensifies pressure on countries by issuing formal tariff notices, reported PTI, citing think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) as saying, on...
Lavrov slams IMF and World Bank for favoring Ukraine over Africa
Birmingham Star - Alabama
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Russias foreign minister has called for the reform of global financial institutions and the more equitable distribution of aid Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has criticized the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank for what...
U.S. slaps 25% tariff on Kazakhstan imports
Daryo
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U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the imposition of a 25% tariff on all goods imported from Kazakhstan, effective August 1, 2025. The decision was communicated in an official letter sent to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. In the...
ADB Gives Thumbs Up To Kazakhstan's COVID-19 Support Initiative
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 8. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has wrapped up its evaluation of the COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program in Kazakhstan, giving it a thumbs up and declaring the program a...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 12:02 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trump sets 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, and new import taxes on 12 other nations WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other...
India, US push deadline to strike trade deal to 31 July
Mint
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July 8, 2025
Unlike 14 countries that have already received formal letters—and others may soon get them—from President Trump outlining revised tariff schedules after a 90-day pause, India will not receive any such communication, the people said, speaking on...