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    Q1 2024 Carnival Corp and Carnival PLC Earnings Call

    Q1 2024 Carnival Corp and Carnival PLC Earnings Call

  • Associated Press

    Top Chinese official says green, high tech development key as nation seeks to spur economy

    China is committed to reforms that will upgrade the technological level of its largely manufacturing-based economy and exploit green technologies expected to drive around $1.4 trillion in annual revenues, a senior Communist Party official said Thursday. “We sincerely welcome all countries to board the express train of China’s development and join hands to realize world modernization featuring peaceful development, mutually beneficial cooperation and common prosperity,” Zhao Leiji, who heads China’s rubber stamp congress and sits on the party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, was quoted as telling business people and other leaders attending the Boao Forum for Asia. The gathering in Boao, held on China’s island island province of Hainan on the South China Sea, is the latest venue for efforts by Beijing to reassure foreign investors rattled by policies that have raised uncertainties for foreign businesses, geopolitical tensions, and an economic slowdown.

  • Reuters

    EMERGING MARKETS-Asian FX subdued, stocks down; dollar firms after Fed official's comment

    * South Korean won up 0.2% after hitting Nov lows on Wed * Singapore shares decline 0.7%; Indian shares rise over 1% * Malaysia and Philippine markets closed for holidays (.) By Poonam Behura March 28 (Reuters) - Emerging Asian currencies struggled for momentum on Thursday and most stock markets fell as investors chose to book profits ahead of a long holiday weekend, while the U.S. dollar firmed after hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve official. The South Korean won advanced 0.2%, a day after sliding to its lowest level since November. The U.S. dollar index, which measures the strength of the greenback against six major rivals, ticked up after Fed Governor Christopher Waller signalled there was no rush to cut the policy rate because of the unexpectedly strong inflation data this year.