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Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 04:25 PM[JAKARTA] A brief rally in Indonesian stocks pushed the benchmark index to the cusp of a bull market, as investors rotated into laggards and concerns over the country’s fiscal health eased. The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) closed 0.3 per cent lower on Thursday (Jul 23), erasing gains of as much as 1.9 per cent earlier in the session that had put the benchmark 20 per cent above its early-June low. Sentiment is on the mend in the world’s worst-performing stock market this year, thanks to an earlier drop in oil prices, Bank Indonesia’s cumulative 50-basis-point…

auto loan, car financing in Henderson, car loans in North Carolina personal loan personal loans for car Expanded vehicle financing options in Henderson, NC help buyers across all credit profiles secure affordable funding and simplify the car-buying process. HENDERSON, NC, UNITED STATES, July 24, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Residents seeking Car financing in Henderson, NC, now have access to a broader range of funding options designed to address varying financial circumstances and purchasing needs. As vehicle prices, interest rate considerations, and credit requirements continue to influence automotive purchases, consumers are increasingly exploring alternative pathways to secure funding for vehicle ownership.The availability…

Bond yields have been all over the news this week. They’ve been rising recently — because of inflation, for one, and expectations that it will prompt the Fed to keep interest rates higher for longer. Plus all of that debt that the government keeps piling on, as Greg Ip told “Marketplace” on Thursday.All of that is important because bond yields affect the cost of all kinds of borrowing throughout the economy.The average rate on 30-year mortgages is at its highest in almost a year, according to the government-backed mortgage company Freddie Mac. And business loans could be headed upward, too…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech President Donald Trump’s Truth Social bid, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), has burned through an alarming amount of cash. The company, which owns the president’s struggling far-right social media platform, issued an alarming financial report earlier this month, revealing that it had lost a staggering $712.1 million last year — while earning a pitiful $3.7 million. The disastrous figures once again highlighted how the company, 52 percent of which is owned by Trump and which trades with a ticker of his initials…

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Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 11:23 AM[NEW YORK] BlackRock has seen weaker-than-usual demand for a corporate bond sale tied to a Meta Platforms data centre project in Texas, as investors grapple with concerns about excessive artificial intelligence infrastructure spending.Final demand reached US$20 billion by late Friday (Jul 24) afternoon, or about 1.6 times the amount of bonds for sale, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Borrowers typically aim to generate demand multiple times the size of a bond offering to get optimal pricing. The US$12.3 billion bond is expected to be priced on Monday, the people said.A flood…

The main international oil contract Brent North Sea fell back under $100 Friday after surging past the key milestone the previous day on escalating Middle East strikes, helping US and European stock markets stabilize.Brent dropped about four percent to under $97 a barrel, having soared seven percent Thursday. The key US contract, West Texas Intermediate, declined more than three percent after having gained more than six percent on Thursday.The sizeable jumps had come after Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck oil tankers in the Red Sea, potentially opening a new front in the Middle East war.Despite the United States launching fresh strikes Friday…

Thomas Cook India has relaunched its One Currency Card with zero forex mark-up and zero cross-currency conversion charges. The card allows travellers to preload US dollars, lock in the exchange rate before travelling, and spend in other currencies without additional conversion costs.  Benefits of zero forex mark-up  Zero forex markup removes the additional charge that is normally applied over the prevailing interbank exchange rate. “It produces immediate savings when foreign exchange is loaded onto the card,” says Deepesh Varma, chief business officer – foreign exchange, Thomas Cook (India).  This is a major cost in the purchase of a forex card.…

Got questions? RNZ has a podcast, ‘No Stupid Questions’, with Susan Edmunds.We’d love to hear more of your questions about money and the economy. You can send through written questions, like these ones, but even better, you can drop us a voice memo to our email questions@rnz.co.nz.You can also sign up to RNZ’s new money newsletter, ‘Money with Susan Edmunds’.Many teachers in NZ currently have significant size tax bills due to being paid by the Ministry of Education over 27 fortnights instead of the usual 26 fortnights for the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. My understanding…

Victorian landlords who ask prospective tenants about their pets or cars could be facing a $62,000-plus fine. Victorian landlords asking prospective tenants about their pets or car are risking fines upwards of $62,000 as the state’s rental task force cracks down on new rental regulations. Since March 31 this year, rental reforms have limited property managers and landlords to seeking only information contained in the state’s standardised rental application form establishing their identity and their income. Separately, one of the biggest rental application platforms in the state, 2Apply, run by Reapit, has removed a field from its applications in Victoria…