Oil Prices Rangebound As Markets Await China, U.S. Economic Cues
Oil prices moved in a small range on Tuesday as traders awaited more cues from Chinese and U.S. business activity readings due this week, although fears of rising interest rates and slowing economic growth saw markers nursing steep losses. Crude markets cut short a...
Kim Kardashian seeks Secret of Private Equity Success As Rising Rates Bite
Reality star Kim Kardashian’s arrival at a gathering of the globe’s top deal brokers in Berlin failed to dispel their dark mood as the rising cost of money puts the brakes on the private equity industry. Flanked by bodyguards, Kardashian drew a crowd of...
Exclusive-Intel Weighs Boost To Investment In Vietnam Chip Packaging Plant -Sources
Intel Corp is considering a significant increase in its existing $1.5-billion investment in Vietnam to expand its chip testing and packaging plant in the Southeast Asian nation, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The possible move, which one source said could be...
Inflation Could Make Or Break Rebounding 60/40 Portfolio
An investing strategy designed to hedge against market declines is rebounding after a rough year, but its success may hinge on whether inflation continues to ebb in coming months. So-called 60/40 portfolios typically allocate 60% of their assets to stocks and the rest to...
Exclusive-Accounting For War: Ukraine’s Climate Fallout
The war in Ukraine is deepening the climate crisis at time when global greenhouse gas emissions are already running at a record high, according to report by carbon accounting experts who have tallied the overall impact of the conflict. The report, which is due...
European Stocks Higher; Lufthansa Soars After Returning To Profit
European stock markets traded higher Friday, boosted by positive sentiment overseas ahead of the release of the final reading of Eurozone services activity data. At 03:50 ET (08:50 GMT), the DAX index in Germany traded 0.9% higher, the CAC 40 in France climbed 0.6%...
Gold Prices Dip Amid Rate Hike Uncertainty, Copper Retreats
Gold prices fell slightly on Monday amid uncertainty over whether the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady later this month, while concerns over weakening economic growth pulled copper prices down. The yellow metal fell on Friday after U.S. nonfarm payrolls data read much...
Abandon Hope, Cineworld Tells Shareholders
Cineworld (LON:CINE) shareholders are set to be wiped out completely after talks to bring the company out of bankruptcy failed to attract enough interest from buyers. The owner of the Regal chain of cinemas, which collapsed under the weight of its debts last year,...
Australia’s Central Bank Revises Up Inflation Forecasts As Further Rate Hikes Flagged
Australia's central bank on Friday revised up its forecasts for core inflation and wages growth and warned of further increases in interest rates, raising the risk the economy could slip into recession. In a hawkish-sounding quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy, the Reserve Bank of...