[ad_1] By Naomi Rovnick and Ankur Banerjee LONDON, SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar was headed for an almost 7% annual gain while Japan’s yen was set for a fourth consecutive year of losses on Friday, as traders anticipated robust U.S. growth would make the Federal Reserve cautious on rate-cutting well into 2025. The dollar index, which measures the currency against major rivals, rose 0.08% to 108.06 to approach a 2.2% monthly rise and was on course to close 2025 6.6% higher. The dollar was also nearing a 5.5% gain this month against the yen and an 11.8% advance for…
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[ad_1] By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of only three medical facilities on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, ordering dozens of patients and hundreds of others to evacuate the compound, officials said. In separate incidents across Gaza, Israeli strikes killed at least 25 people, medics said. One of those strikes on a house in Gaza City killed 15 people, medics and the civil emergency service said. The Palestinian health ministry said contact with staff inside the facility, which has been under heavy pressure from Israeli…
[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — Bonds in Europe slid on Friday, with thin volumes compounding the moves and extending a rapid selloff this month as traders bet on a less aggressive pace of interest-rate cuts from major central banks. Most Read from Bloomberg The yield on 10-year German bonds rose as much as seven basis points to 2.40% as trading resumed after Christmas break, touching the highest level since late-November. US Treasuries outperformed, with the 10-year rate ticking up just three basis points to 4.61%. The moves come amid “really thin markets,” said Jordan Rochester, the head of macro strategy in EMEA…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images This year, lots of S&P 500 stocks have produced big gains. Plenty of shares I own that are in this stock market index have risen more than 30%. Looking ahead to 2025, I expect this index to be a source of opportunity for investors again. With that in mind, here are three S&P 500 growth shares to consider buying for a Stocks and Shares ISA. Amazon Starting with a Big Tech play, I like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) right now. It has done well this year (rising around 50%). However, I think the uptrend here has…
[ad_1] Employee attrition rates are high across select private sector banks (PVBs) and small finance banks (SFBs), according to RBI’s Report on Trends and Progress of Banking in India 2023-24.The central bank cautioned that high attrition and employee turnover rates pose significant operational risks, including disruption in customer services. They also lead to loss of institutional knowledge and increased recruitment costs.The report noted that the total number of employees of private sector banks (PVBs) surpassed that of public sector banks (PSBs) during 2023-24, but their attrition has increased sharply over the last three years, with average attrition rate of around…
[ad_1] By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) – U.S. tech investor Cathie Wood is calling on Donald Trump’s incoming administration to boost economic growth and policy certainty by backdating promised corporate and personal tax cuts to Jan. 1, 2025, she told Reuters. A laggard in recent years, Wood’s flagship ARK Innovation (NYSE:) exchange-traded fund has surged 17% since Trump’s victory, which is expected to bring policy changes that will benefit the fund’s holdings. Two of its stocks, electric carmaker Tesla (NASDAQ:) and crypto exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:), are already up 54% and 7% respectively since Nov. 6, while the has risen about 1.7%…
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[ad_1] The US government long had the nation’s biggest tech giants in its sights, and in 2024, it hit bull’s-eye. The big victory came in August when the Justice Department convinced a federal district court judge that Google (GOOG, GOOGL) had abused its search engine dominance and violated antitrust law. “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” the judge wrote in his ruling. It was the government’s most resounding antitrust victory against any major company since prosecutors went after AT&T in the 1980s and Microsoft in the 1990s. Prosecutors then asked the same…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The latest data from both the UK and US indicates that inflation is going to be one of the key themes of 2025. And that means investors looking at growth stocks need to think carefully. Some businesses are more resistant to the effect of higher prices than others. And in general, those are the companies that are able to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Differentiated distribution FTSE 100 industrial conglomerate Diploma (LSE:DPLM) offers a service its customers can’t get anywhere else. It combines the benefits of a huge scale with close attention to individual customer…
[ad_1] LONDON – Ithaca Energy (LON:) plc has disclosed transactions under its Share Incentive Plan (SIP) involving its top executives, according to a statement released on December 24, 2024. The company informed that cash dividends issued on December 20, 2024, were reinvested on the same day to purchase additional shares for its Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR). The transactions took place through Computershare Share Plan Trustees Limited, which administers Ithaca Energy’s SIP. The reinvestment scheme allows participants to acquire what are termed Dividend Shares by automatically using their cash dividends. Among the executives participating in the SIP, Executive Chairman Yaniv…