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Japan’s SoftBank Reports 39% Fall In Q1 Net Profit
Japan's SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) on Tuesday reported a 39% fall in first-quarter net profit, even as Vision…
Dollar Buoyed As Healthy U.S. Jobs Fuel Fed Taper Talk
The dollar was buoyant on Tuesday, pushing the euro to a four-month low, as a run of strong U.S. job figures…
Ireland Stares Down Major Changes To Its Tax System
As the OECD’s deadline for finalizing major reforms to the global tax system draws near, the Irish government…
Oil Recovers After Hitting Three-Week Low Amid Surging COVID-19 Cases
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, edging up from a three-week low in the previous session, but gains are likely to be…
Treasury Yields Little Changed Ahead Of Inflation Data, Infrastructure Vote
United State Treasury yields were little changed early on Tuesday, as investors digested jobs data and comments…
Asian Stocks On Backfoot As Concern Over Delta Variant Saps Confidence
Asian stocks started off on a weak footing on Tuesday after a largely soft performance on Wall Street and as…
Fed Officials Say Tapering Is Near, Advancing Discussion On Rate Hike
Two Federal Reserve officials said on Monday that the U.S. economy is growing rapidly and that while the labor…
Sterling Slips As Currency Markets Weigh Up Tapering Timelines
The pound slipped slightly in early trading on Monday, but was still close to its strongest versus the euro since…
Stocks Making The Biggest Moves In The Premarket: Sanderson Farms, U.S. Foods,…
Sanderson Farms (SAFM) – The poultry producer agreed to be acquired for about $4.5 billion, or $203 per share, by…
Deliveroo Shares Rise After German Rival Takes Stake In The Business
Shares of food delivery firm Deliveroo climbed over 10% Monday after the company announced larger German rival…
Treasury Yields Start The Week Higher With Job Openings And Inflation Data In…
Treasury yields rose early on Monday, with investors focusing on job openings data set to come out later in the…
Oikocredit Provides Loan To Malian Mango Processor
Social impact investor Oikocredit provided a loan of € 1.6 million to Comafruits, a fruit processing company in…
African Utilities Group Eranove Gains New Key Shareholder
Africa-focused public utilities manager Eranove Group has a new key shareholder after a $200 million investment by…
Asia-Pacific Markets Advance, With Hong Kong Shares Up Almost 1%
Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher on Monday, with indexes in Australia, Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland…
Stock Futures Are Flat After Dow Closes At Record Friday
Stock futures were flat in overnight trading Sunday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched a record close…
Southeast Asia’s Tech Start-Ups Could be valued at $1 trillion By 2025,…
Southeast Asia’s technology start-ups had a combined valuation of $340 billion last year and that figure may jump…
European Markets Set To Start The Week On A Negative Note
European stocks are expected to open in negative territory on Monday, bucking more positive sentiment overnight in…
Dollar Hits Four-Month High On Euro As Markets Bet On Earlier Fed Taper
The dollar climbed against major peers on Monday, reaching a four-month high versus the euro, as traders positioned…
Capitalism Alone Won’t Deliver Herd Immunity
Get the shot or stay away: That’s what U.S. companies from United Airlines (UAL.O) to BlackRock (BLK.N) are telling…
Exxon Suspended From Climate Advocacy Group It Helped Form
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) was suspended from advocacy group Climate Leadership Council (CLC) that looks to make…
Oil Slides On China COVID-19 Curbs, Strengthening U.S. Dollar
Oil prices fell nearly 2% on Monday, extending last week's steep losses on the back of a rising U.S. dollar and…
Ritchie Bros To Buy Euro Auctions For $1 Bln
Asset management company Ritchie Bros (RBA.TO) said on Sunday it would acquire plant and machinery auction house…
Asia Stocks Spooked By Sudden Slide In Gold
Asian shares wobbled on Monday amid sharp losses in gold and oil prices, while the dollar held near four-month…
United Airlines Will Require Its 67,000 United State Employees To Get Vaccinated,…
United Airlines will require its 67,000 U.S. employees to get vaccinated against Covid by no later than Oct. 25…
Flutterwave To Drive US Expansion As It Appoints Silicon Valley Veteran As Head Of…
African payments startup, Flutterwave, has announced the appointment of Jimmy Ku as the Head of US Growth.
With…
Technology Is Shaping The Future Of Food But Practices Rooted In Tradition Could…
From oranges and lemons grown in Spain to fish caught in the wilds of the Atlantic, many are spoiled for choice…
UK House Prices Return To Growth In July – Halifax
British house prices rose in July after falling in June as demand for bigger homes following pandemic lockdowns…
Credit Suisse To Repay Another $400 Mln To Greensill-Linked Fund Investors
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) will repay another $400 million to investors in its Greensill-linked supply chain finance…