GLOBAL MARKETS: In the crypt no more
A planned new US treasury rule aimed at stamping out illicit cryptocurrency transactions has drawn strong opposition from the industr
GLOBAL MARKETS: China rising
Despite a pandemic that began in China, 2020 has transformed into the year it all came together for the country’s capital markets
GLOBAL MARKETS: Ballad of a rich man
Universal Music has acquired Bob Dylan’s entire publishing catalogue in a nine-figure deal, the latest marker of the soaring valuation of music rights in the ...
GLOBAL MARKETS: Bewildering bitcoin
Bitcoin is set for a crucial few weeks to show whether its record-breaking rally this year marks a rerun of the cryptocurrency bubble that burst in 2017 or the ...
GLOBAL MARKETS: M&A resurgence
Positive news of a coronavirus vaccine and the conclusion of the US election have emboldened global dealmakers to revisit proposed mergers & acquisitions
GLOBAL MARKETS: Shot in the arm for markets
Global markets roared higher this week after Pfizer and BioNTech revealed a breakthrough in the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine
GLOBAL MARKETS: Lower interest rates for longer
Australia’s central bank has trimmed interest rates to near zero and ramped up its bond-buying plans in an attempt to help its eonomy recover
GLOBAL MARKETS: Value investing’s grim run
Value investing is suffering its worst run in at least two centuries
GLOBAL MARKETS: China back in business
China’s economy expanded 4.9% year on year in the third quarter as industrial growth powered the country’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic
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 ...
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