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...
PDT — Health officials want to investigate COVID-19 booster shots for side effects
Federal officials have told schools that students and employees who are fully vaccinated don’t need to wear masks when in-person classes resume.They add that unvaccinated people should still wear masks while in indoors.Experts note that school administrators will need to decide how to deal...
Gold Pushes Further Past $2,000 As Fed’s Kasha Kari Flags Recession
Gold prices rose past key levels on Wednesday, boosted by safe haven buying after Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari flagged a potential recession this year, with focus also turning to more U.S. economic cues due later in the day. Kashkari said that rising...
Australia’s Ingo Care gets Higher $1.3 Billion Offer From TPG, Shares Jump
Australia’s InvoCare Ltd shares jumped nearly 12% on Monday after it revealed a higher A$1.86 billion ($1.26 billion) offer from global private equity firm TPG had been tabled just weeks after it rejected a lower bid it said undervalued the funeral services provider. Shares...
AstraZeneca Q4 Core Earnings Beat Estimates Despite Esing COVID Vaccine Demand
AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) posted better-than-expected core income in the fourth quarter, thanks to strong demand for its cancer and rare disease therapies that helped make up for waning sales of its COVID-19 vaccine. Core earnings per share during the three months ended on December...
European Stock Futures Edge Higher; Central Bank Decisions Seen Key
European stock markets are expected to drift higher at the open Monday, at the start of a week dominated by a series of key central bank meetings in the U.S., Asia and Europe. At 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT), the DAX futures contract in Germany...
Asian Stocks Rise, Nikkei At 33-Year High On Debt Ceiling Optimism
Most Asian stocks rose on Monday as markets cheered a tentative deal between U.S. lawmakers to hike the debt ceiling and avert a default, with Japan’s Nikkei racing back to near 33-year highs on improved risk appetite. The Nikkei 225 was the best performer...
Asia FX Muted Amid Fed jitters, Chinese Yuan Outperforms For The Week
Most Asian currencies were muted on Friday amid growing concerns over the path of U.S. monetary policy, while the Chinese yuan was among the best performers this week on a string of strong economic readings. The yuan rose 0.1%, and was set to close...
Can HDFC AMC make it Back to The MSCI Index After Abrdn Stake Sale?
Abrdn’s clean-up block trade of a 10.2 percent stake in HDFC AMC will increase the company’s free float market capitalisation but the stock has to rally over 10 percent from the current level to make it back to the MSCI index. “As per the...