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The United States raised concerns over market access for Mastercard and Citigroup during bilateral meetings with China in Bangkok this week, according to a U.S. Treasury official. The discussions underscore Washington’s continuing push for fairer treatment of U.S. financial firms as trade and economic tensions remain elevated.
Citigroup now expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by 25 basis points in December after September inflation came in hotter than anticipated, reinforcing the view that policymakers will keep policy restrictive for longer. The brokerage said it now sees no further changes after that move, with rate cuts unlikely before June 2027.
Citigroup has shifted its U.S. monetary policy outlook, now expecting the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by 25 basis points in December after September inflation came in hotter than anticipated. The brokerage said it sees policy holding steady after that move, with rate cuts unlikely before June 2027, underscoring a more persistent inflation backdrop than markets had recently priced in.
Meta’s Muse assistant has surged to the top of app charts, giving investors a fresh signal that the company’s AI push is gaining consumer traction. But analysts say the harder challenge is not download momentum; it is turning early curiosity into daily usage that can support durable monetization and justify the market’s growing optimism.
Meta’s Muse assistant has surged to the top of app charts, signaling strong early consumer interest in the company’s push into AI agents. The harder challenge now is converting novelty into daily usage, a shift that will determine whether Muse becomes a meaningful product platform or a short-lived download spike.
Neeraj claimed the individual recurve bronze medal at the 2026 Asian Games after edging a tense play-off with a composed five-set performance. He registered scores of 29-26, 27-28, 28-29, 30-28 and 29-28 to seal the podium finish in a contest that swung repeatedly before the final arrow.
US stocks advanced sharply after softer-than-expected jobs data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve may have less urgency to keep tightening policy. The Nasdaq Composite set a fresh record, helped by falling Treasury yields, lower oil prices and a strong bid in semiconductor shares, while Nike fell after warning of a steep revenue decline tied to weakness in China.
The Odisha government has announced a cash reward of ₹11 lakh for each member of India’s women’s hockey team after the squad’s Asian Games gold-medal triumph, underscoring the state’s long-standing role as a pillar of Indian hockey. The victory carries historic weight: India had last won women’s hockey gold at the Asian Games in 1982, making this a landmark moment for the sport.
Broadcom, Marvell and SanDisk are drawing renewed attention as investors look beyond the most crowded artificial intelligence names and toward the infrastructure suppliers enabling the next phase of data-center expansion. The appeal lies in improving earnings expectations, strategic exposure to AI hardware demand and the possibility that market leadership broadens as capital rotates into less obvious winners.
The Orionid meteor shower, linked to Halley’s Comet, is set to peak in October and is drawing global attention from skywatchers. Beyond its visual appeal, the event underscores a growing climate and clean-energy issue: the economic and ecological cost of light pollution, and the value of preserving dark skies through smarter urban lighting and energy-efficient design.
Citigroup is broadening its digital-assets strategy through a partnership with Coinbase that will allow merchants to accept stablecoin payments, according to reports. The move underscores how major Wall Street banks are increasingly testing blockchain-based settlement and payments infrastructure as they seek faster, cheaper cross-border transaction rails without fully abandoning traditional banking controls.
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