GLOBAL MARKETS: Roll on, blue wave
Shifts in markets, from US government bonds to small-cap stocks, suggest investors are starting to prepare for the Democrats to win not just the White House, ...
GLOBAL MARKETS: Spend, big spenders
The IMF has issued a rallying call to rich countries to increase public investment as the best way to encourage a strong economic recovery from the pandemic
GLOBAL MARKETS: Gem loses lustre
A "catastrophic" performance since the Covid-19 pandemic started has left Tiffany with "dismal" prospects for the future
GLOBAL MARKETS: Markets crunch time
Optimism that vaccines are on the way to end the coronavirus pandemic has been a major factor in this year’s US stock resurgence
GLOBAL MARKETS: Let the chips fall
Nvidia has agreed to buy SoftBank Group’s chip division, Arm Ltd, for $40bn, taking control of some of the most widely used electronics technology in the ...
GLOBAL MARKETS: Behold the whale
Shareholders in SoftBank wiped nearly $9bn off its market value this week after revelations that the Japanese conglomerate was the mystery "whale" that had ...
GLOBAL MARKETS: Ticking time bomb
Uncertainty continues to dog the sale of TikTok, the social media app owned by Chinese media company ByteDance, which has become a pawn in a geopolitical ...
GLOBAL MARKETS: Leaping lumberjacks
Lumber prices have soared 104% this year — almost four times gold’s percentage increase — to $828 per thousand board feet
GLOBAL MARKETS: Lost decade, again?
Japan was hit by its biggest economic slump on record in the second quarter — growth sank 27.8% — as the pandemic emptied shopping malls and crushed demand ...
GLOBAL MARKETS: Hot but unbothered
The US is a clear outlier in terms of public scepticism of the threat of climate change, according to a survey
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GLOBAL MARKETS: No light in Germany
German business sentiment deteriorated more than expected in August
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GLOBAL MARKETS: I’m goin’ to Jackson
Central bankers will gather at their annual Jackson Hole as warning signals from financial markets add to rising pressure to come up with ways to support the ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS: Big oil, big deal
Saudi Aramco will take a 20% stake in Reliance Industries’ refining and petrochemicals business, marking the energy giant’s latest expansion into the Asian ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS: Currency mayhem
US currency accusation has driven an even bigger wedge between the world’s largest economies
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GLOBAL MARKETS: Sterling pounded
Sterling’s slide to $1.24 on Tuesday was its weakest level against the dollar since April 2017
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GLOBAL MARKETS: Branson’s Galactic pitch
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic plans to go public via a New York cash shell led by former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya
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GLOBAL MARKETS: Legoland a go-go
Merlin Entertainments is to be acquired in a £6bn deal by the Danish billionaire family that controls toymaker Lego, Blackstone and a Canadian pension fund
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GLOBAL MARKETS: Cryptocrackdown
Cryptocurrency exchanges will be subjected to rules to prevent digital coins such as bitcoin being used for money laundering
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GLOBAL MARKETS: Shoppers play ball
US retail sales increased in May and sales for April were revised higher, suggesting a pick-up in consumer spending
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