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Asian markets track Wall St record after Fed cut
Asian markets track Wall St record after Fed cut
Economy
by  AFP

Asian equities rose Friday as investors tracked a record day on Wall Street in the wake of the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate cut. Still, investors in New York continued to look at the positives, pencilling in more cuts next year and pushing the S&P 500 and Dow to fresh records.

Windswept Kazakh rail hub at the heart of China-Europe trade
Windswept Kazakh rail hub at the heart of China-Europe trade
Economy
by  AFP

Operating a huge cargo lifter, Zhandos Nurmagambetov was stacking containers onto a train before it headed across the steppe of Kazakhstan on a new railway route vital for China-Europe trade. Though Kazakhstan and China share a 1,800-kilometre border, the first container trains to Europe only launched in 2013, said railway official Utegulov.