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Star Biz7
Bond buyers scour Americas
Investors from T Rowe Price Group Inc to TCW Group Inc are embracing a strategy that's rapidly becoming the norm in emerging markets: pour money into Latin American countries aligned with US President Donald Trump.
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Star Biz7
Indonesian hiccup or structural concern?
Despite the recent sharp decline, the outlook for Indonesian equities still leans towards recovery rather than long-term damage, with policy support, earnings growth and structural reforms expected to reassert themselves once near-term volatility fades.
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Insight
New drivers steering China equities
Despite the strong recovery in both onshore and offshore China equities over the past two years, investors have largely remained underweight, unconvinced that the stock market rally is sustainable.
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Star Biz7
Investors chase broadening markets
As the new year progresses, equity investors seem to be looking beyond the winners of the past decade, seeking opportunities in a broadening market where policy support and innovation collide.
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Insight
Indonesia’s MSCI debacle
It was at the height of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1998, when MSCI removed Malaysia from its global indices following the imposition of capital controls.
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Insight
The slow climb out of PN17
Practice Note 17, otherwise known as PN17, is part of Bursa Malaysia's Listing Requirements for the Main Market.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo burn dual flames for Winter Games
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - With the lighting of the two cauldrons — one in Milan and one in Cortina d'Ampezzo — the Winter Olympics got under way, marking the first time in history that the Games have begun with dual host-city flames.
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World
2nd LD Writethru: Dow tops 50,000 in snapback of U.S. stock markets
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 50,000 points for the first time on Friday as sentiment improved and investors bought after corrections in previous sessions.
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World
Commentary: A new chapter for Olympic Movement
MILAN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- As the Olympic flame was lit against the backdrop of the Alps, the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opened not only a celebration of winter sports, but also a new chapter for the Olympic Movement itself.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni light Games cauldron in Milan
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Former Olympic champions Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni lit the cauldron in Milan on Friday at the culmination of the opening ceremony for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Football
Soccer-Rights groups issue Florida travel alert ahead of World Cup, citing detention risks
Feb 6 (Reuters) - A coalition of civil and human rights organizations on Friday issued a statewide travel alert for Florida ahead of this year's World Cup soccer tournament.
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World
Urgent: Olympic cauldrons lit as Milan-Cortina 2026 opens
MILAN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic cauldrons were lit simultaneously in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo as the 2026 Winter Games opened on Friday.
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World
Trump signs order threatening tariffs on nations doing business with Iran
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that may impose a 25% tariff on countries that do business with Iran.
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Football
Soccer-Leeds beat Forest 3-1 to move nine points clear of relegation zone
LEEDS, England, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored his 10th Premier League goal of the season as hosts Leeds United claimed an emphatic 3-1 victory over Nottingham Forest at Elland Road on Friday to move nine points clear of the relegation zone.
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World
Jailed Venezuelan protesters could all be free by next Friday, top lawmaker says
Feb 6 (Reuters) - The head of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, said on Friday that all prisoners expected to be granted clemency by a pending amnesty law could walk free within a week.
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World
UN says drone targets WFP convoy in Sudan's North Kordofan
KHARTOUM, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations (UN) said on Friday that a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy came under attack by a drone in Sudan's North Kordofan state.
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World
Urgent: Italian President Mattarella declares Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics open
MILAN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Italian President Sergio Mattarella declared the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games open on Friday.
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World
Exclusive-US aims for March peace deal in Ukraine, quick elections, sources say
KYIV, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators have discussed an ambitious March goal for Russia and Ukraine to agree on a peace deal, though that timeline is likely to slip given a lack of agreement on the key issue of territory, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
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World
1st LD: Dow tops 50,000 in snapback of U.S. stock markets
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 50,000 points for the first time on Friday as sentiment improved and investors bought after corrections in previous sessions.
