NEW YORK: Wall Street’s main indexes rose in volatile trading on Tuesday, as investors looked for bargains after a rout in the previous session, while dovish rate commentary from Federal Reserve officials also lifted the mood.

WASHINGTON: A US judge ruled on Monday that Google violated antitrust law, spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly and become the world’s default search engine, the first big win for federal authorities taking on Big Tech’s market dominance.

TOKYO, Aug 6 (KUNA) -- Tokyo stocks sharply rebounded on Tuesday, with a key index posting the biggest single-day point gain after its worst-ever daily sell-off on the previous day.

NEW YORK: Bitcoin and ether plunged on Monday to multi-month lows as worries over a possible US recession in the wake of soft data gripped financial markets and triggered a rush out of risky assets.

TOKYO: A resurgent yen helped bring Japanese stocks crashing back to earth on Monday, leaving investors scrambling to gauge the potentially diminished outlook for earnings, and snuffing out a months-long dramatic run by the Tokyo market.

ABUJA: Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday called for nationwide protests to cease and for “bloodshed” to end after security forces cracked down on rallies spurred by economic hardship.

LONDON: Investors abandoned many of their remaining bullish petroleum positions last week amid growing concerns about lackluster consumption and a worsening outlook for the global economy.

LONDON/NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks deepened their losses Monday and Tokyo had its worst day in 13 years as panic spread across trading floors over fears of recession in the United States.

KUWAIT: The Indian rupee, the most volatile among its Asian peers, plunged to an all-time low of Rs 274.9 against the Kuwaiti dinar on Monday, weighed down primarily by rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and growing recession fears in the US economy.