February2024
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IMF approves $880 million for Ukraine
Feb 23, 2024The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it will disburse $880 million to Ukraine in the third phase of a $15.6 billion aid package approved last year as Kyiv fights the Russian invasion. The aid, announced almost... -
Family Dollar and its parent company Dollar Tree facing new allegations on product contamination
Feb 23, 2024Family Dollar and its parent company Dollar Tree are facing new allegations that the discount chain stores sold contaminated or damaged products even as the companies attempt to finalize the settlement of a separate multidistrict litigation... -
Spacecraft by Intuitive Machines landed near the south pole of the moon, the first touchdown in 50 years
Feb 23, 2024A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the south pole of the moon on Thursday, the first U.S. touchdown on the lunar surface in more than half a century and the... -
US new vehicle sales expected to rise 1.4% in February from a year earlier
Feb 23, 2024U.S. new vehicle sales are expected to rise 1.4% in February from a year earlier, driven by robust demand and a better supply of vehicles, according to a joint report by industry consultants J.D. Power and... -
Nvidia’s profit soared to $12.3 billion in the recently ended quarter on record high revenue
Feb 23, 2024Nvidia on Wednesday said its profit soared to $12.3 billion in the recently ended quarter on record high revenue driven by demand for its chips to power artificial intelligence. The Silicon Valley chip titan reported profit... -
Asian markets opened mostly up on Thursday
Feb 23, 2024Asian markets opened mostly up on Thursday, after higher-than-expected earnings from tech giant Nvidia and as investors weigh Fed minutes signalling most US officials are in no rush to cut rates. Highly anticipated earnings results from... -
Bubble era record broke by Japan’s Nikkei
Feb 23, 2024Japan’s blue-chip Nikkei 225 on Thursday finally broke through a record high set just before the country’s asset bubble catastrophically burst in the early 1990s. At 12:31 pm (0331 GMT), the Nikkei was at 39,007.79, beating... -
Qantas reported a slide in half-year net profits
Feb 23, 2024Qantas reported a slide in half-year net profits on Thursday but said its reputation had “bounced back” under a new leader after taking a battering since the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the drop in profits, the 103-year-old... -
Vietnamese airline Vietjet Air agreed to buy 20 of Airbus A330-900 planes
Feb 23, 2024European aviation giant Airbus said Thursday that Vietnamese airline Vietjet Air has agreed to buy 20 of its A330-900 planes. Vietjet signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for the wide-body aircraft, which will replace its... -
Mine collapse leaves 15 dead in Venezuela
Feb 22, 2024According to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a mine collapse in La Paragua, the city of Angostura in the country’s southeast Bolivar state, resulted in fifteen fatalities and eleven injuries on Wednesday night. Following the tragic event,...
