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FTSE 100 Falls 0.79% to 10,458.50 as 30-Year Gilt Yield Hits 6% and Asia-Focused Banks Slide

London's blue-chip index opened at its high and drifted lower all day as the 30-year gilt yield returned to 6%, HSBC, Standard Chartered and Prudential fell more than 4% and miners slipped with metals ...
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SSE Composite Stays Parked at 3,842.19 on 6 October 2026 as Golden Week Keeps Shanghai Shut While Hong Kong Rallies 1%

Mainland China’s exchanges remained closed on Tuesday for the National Day Golden Week holiday, leaving the Shanghai Composite at its 30 September close as Hong Kong, Tokyo and Mumbai rallied and ...
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SSE Composite Stays Shut for Golden Week on 5 October 2026: Index Parked at 3,842.19 as Hong Kong and Tokyo Rebound

Mainland China's stock markets remained closed on Monday 5 October 2026 for the National Day Golden Week holiday, leaving the Shanghai Composite at its 30 September close while Hong Kong edged higher, ...
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Stock Market Week Ahead (5-9 October 2026): Fed Minutes, ISM Services and Oil in Focus

Wall Street enters the week after a soft September jobs report cooled bets on another Fed hike. The minutes of the September FOMC meeting, Monday's ISM services data and oil headlines will set the ...
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FTSE 100 Rises 0.34% to 10,497.94 as BT Rescues TalkTalk and London Outperforms Europe

London's blue-chip index steadied on Monday 5 October 2026 after its worst week since April, helped by BT Group's rescue of TalkTalk, a gallium supply deal at Metlen and softer US rate-hike ...
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Trump Launches Super Intelligence Force (SIF): Who Leads It, What It Does and Why It Matters

President Donald J. Trump on Sunday, 4 October 2026, announced the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF), a new federal task force charged with coordinating Washington’s policy on advanced ...
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BSE SENSEX Snaps Four-Day Losing Streak, Rises 472.77 Points to 72,382.47 as Fed Hike Fears Ease

Indian equities rebounded on Monday 5 October 2026 after the Gandhi Jayanti holiday, with the BSE SENSEX gaining 0.66% and the Nifty 50 ending at 22,555.75, as weak US jobs data and softer crude ...
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Nikkei 225 Jumps 2.40% to 69,946.86, Highest Close Since July, as AI Chip Stocks Surge

Tokyo stocks rallied strongly on Monday 5 October 2026, with the Nikkei 225 briefly topping 70,000 for the first time in about three months as weaker US jobs data cut Fed hike bets and Tokyo Electron, ...
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Eva Marie Saint Dies at 102: The Last Golden Age Star Who Won an Oscar on Her First Film

Eva Marie Saint, the Academy Award-winning actress who starred opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront and Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, has died at 102.
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Data Governance vs Data Management: Where One Ends and the Other Begins

Most teams use the two terms in the same sentence and mean slightly different things by each. That is fine in a meeting. It stops being fine when a project is scoped, because the work, the owners and ...
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Alan Ritchson Net Worth: How Much Is the Reacher Star Worth in 2026?

Alan Ritchson has spent almost two decades building a career across television, film, music, modelling and producing. But it was his portrayal of Jack Reacher that transformed him from a familiar ...
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British Museum Announces New Measures to Ease Bayeux Tapestry Queues After Two-Hour Waits and Turned-Away Ticket Holders

The British Museum has announced a series of measures to address chronic overcrowding and lengthy queues for its once-in-a-lifetime Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, including extended opening hours, audio ...