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Painting snagged at estate sale for $30 expected to fetch $250K at Manhattan auctionA clairvoyant collector with an eagle eye for quality art snagged a painting at a Michigan estate sale this summer for a mere $30 — and now it’s expected to fetch up to $250,000 at a Manhattan auction. The unnamed buyer realized they might have something special on their hands wh
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Week Ahead: Trump-Xi Meeting HighlightThe near-term dollar movement continues to be sensitive to changes in US rates. The Federal Reserve delivered the quarter-point hike that was widely anticipated by a unanimous decision, and still the two-year yield rose a little more than eight basis points on the week, with the
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USD/JPY weekly forecast: Suspected rate check revives intervention threatA hawkish Federal Reserve and a tough hawkish bar for the Bank of Japan to clear helped USD/JPY post its largest weekly advance since October 2025, sending the pair more than five big figures off the lows tagged earlier this month. However, the speed of the rebound leads us to th
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Japan’s Debt Dilemma: Higher Rates, Weaker Yen | Presented by CME GroupThe yen has swung sharply in recent weeks, prompting coordinated intervention by Japanese authorities and the US Treasury. But why is the currency under pressure even as Japan’s interest rates rise? Presented by CME Group
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mBank Quits Forex, Leaving Two Bank-Owned Brokers in Poland's Growing CFD MarketmBank's brokerage arm will stop letting clients open new forex and CFD positions on October 1. That leaves Dom Maklerski BOŚ and Alior Bank's brokerage unit as the last traditional Polish houses offering the product, Polish daily Parkiet reported. The exit comes as the market gro
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Auto industry urges Trump to bar Chinese automakers in U.S. ahead of Xi visitThe American automotive industry wants President Donald Trump to maintain policies that make it difficult for Chinese automakers to operate in the U.S. — or even ban them altogether. In a letter to Trump dated Thursday and viewed by CNBC, groups representing major facets of the U
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Binance Follows Bybit into 24/7 FX Perpetuals with 100x USD/BRL ContractBinance is adding foreign exchange to its crypto derivatives platform, starting with a 24/7 perpetual contract linked to the US dollar against the Brazilian real. The move follows Bybit’s launch of three FX majors earlier this month. How Binance FX Perpetual Futures Work: The USD
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Riksbank preview: Hold now, hike in NovemberConsensus is in favour of the Riksbank staying on hold at 1.75% on 24 September. We agree: August inflation undershot expectations and does not call for immediate action. Still, external pressure is mounting, and a surprise hike cannot be fully ruled out. Higher oil prices and th
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You Can't Tariff an Aluminum Smelter Into ExistenceThere is something almost counterintuitive about looking at an American-made work truck body, built by American workers in an American factory, and realizing how difficult it can be to define where the "American" part of manufacturing actually begins. Across the work truck indust
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Odds of an interest rate hike from Bank of Canada this year have jumpedTraders are increasingly betting that the Bank of Canada could end its string of interest rate holds and deliver a hike as early as next month. While many economists remain unconvinced that the central bank will raise the cost of borrowing this year, concerns that inflation could
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What to expect from the Trump-Xi summit, from tariffs to a possible $30 billion dealChinese President Xi Jinping is expected to hold talks with US President Donald Trump in Washington next week, with an expiring trade truce, tens of billions in tariff relief and AI all on the table as both economies need the relationship to hold. This is the return leg. US Presi
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Turkey Detains 175 in Alleged $266m Forex and Crypto Fraud NetworkTurkish authorities have detained 175 people in an investigation into an international fraud network accused of targeting foreign investors through fake forex and cryptocurrency investment schemes. Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said coordinated raids were carried out across Istanb
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