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IDBI workers demand the government "cancel the privatization process" and work to strengthen the bank while protecting public investment and staff interests.
Unlike other major central banks, the Swiss National Bank has a significant equity portfolio.
Christine Lagarde will leave the post in February, nine months before the end of her eight-year term.
Today's purchase allows us to increase our position size while lowering our average cost basis.
Markets saw the decision as a hawkish pause and were last pricing in a 67% chance of a December rate hike.
Warren asked the DOJ to disclose by Nov. 12 whether it has launched a criminal investigation into Bank of America after it admitted to violations.
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde is to resign nine months ahead of the end of her 8-year term. European Council President Antonio Costa has said the process to find a successor is underway.
Democratic socialist candidates have held up North Dakota's state-owned bank as a model to emulate.
The chancellor targets the cost of living amid global economic turmoil but opposition parties say he has not been bold enough.
The central bank increased the key rate by a quarter point as soaring energy prices pushed up inflation.
"We feel like we’re being watched all the time." In the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers are speaking out against the extensive use of drones by Israeli settlers and the Israeli military. According to activists and researchers, this practice is aimed, in part, at monitoring new Palestinian construction. In 2026, the Israeli government allocated a budget of 50 million shekels (over 14 million euros) to outposts and illegal settlements in the West Bank to fund so-called "security" equipment—which includes these drones.
The currency has lost almost 5% against the U.S. dollar in six months.
UN agency expresses 'grave concern' in Hebron and warns of echoes of 2025 'Iron Wall' operation.
World Bank President Ajay Banga came on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Oct. 27, 2026.
All survey respondents said they expect the BOJ to set the stage for a rate hike in December or January, as inflation and wages continue to rise.
The UN has sounded the alarm on Israeli action in the West Bank city of Hebron after hundreds of families were displaced over the weekend. Israel has ordered the military to demolish homes after soldiers were killed.
After a deadly attack which killed two Israeli soldiers on Friday, the Israeli military has said all land border points between Israel and the occupied West Bank will be closed during Tuesday's election.
More Palestinian families have been displaced in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces continue operations in Hebron, following a deadly shooting that killed two Israeli soldiers on Friday. With elections scheduled for Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed a heavy response to the attack. Morgaene Ayre has the latest.
Israel announced it would be closing all land crossings with the West Bank on the day of next week's parliamentary elections. The measure comes as Israel conducts a large-scale operation in the occupied Palestinian territory and 2,000 residents of Hebron have been displaced from their homes after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in the area.
Israel says it will close all land crossings with the West Bank when it holds a general election on Tuesday.
