New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods increased strongly in June while shipments surged by the most in 4-1/2 years as businesses ramped
July 27, 2026
The engagement of government with AI could potentially slow the adoption and progress of the technology and create more uncertainty for investors, Bridgewater's co-chief investment
July 27, 2026
China has begun manufacturing domestically developed immersion deep ultraviolet lithography machines, a key chipmaking tool long dominated by Dutch supplier ASML, The Information
July 27, 2026
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they targeted a number of sensitive crude oil supply and transport sites linking eastern Saudi Arabia to the critical Red Sea oil export
July 27, 2026
The only way some travelers can afford summer trips: raiding cherished loyalty points stashes
July 27, 2026
A majority of U.S. companies operating in Europe now expect stable transatlantic trade and investment relations, a marked improvement from their
July 27, 2026
The private equity arm of Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire control of Italian medical equipment maker Numantec from White Bridge Investment, the companies said, betting
July 27, 2026
Just as a fragile calm was returning to Indonesian markets, the abrupt resignation of the central bank chief has reignited
July 27, 2026
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva expressed confidence on Monday in President Javier Milei's economic reforms and the
July 27, 2026
China's commerce ministry on Monday accused the United States of "AI hegemonism" and threatened countermeasures after senior U.S. officials said
July 27, 2026
Elon Musk's Tesla on Monday won its bid to revive a London lawsuit brought against U.S. technology firm InterDigital and a patent licensing platform, seeking a patent
July 27, 2026
Saab has received an order for two GlobalEye surveillance aircraft from a country in the Middle East region worth 10.1 billion Swedish crowns ($1.04 billion), with deliveries
July 27, 2026
China's commerce ministry said on Monday that new U.S. tariffs imposed on Chinese goods over alleged forced labour
July 27, 2026
German luxury carmaker Porsche will cut around one in five jobs by 2035, with 9,000 positions to be axed in total, as parent Volkswagen
July 27, 2026
Philip Morris International said on Monday it had doubled its planned investment in its Colorado manufacturing campus to about $1.2 billion through 2028, as it expands production
July 27, 2026
Bernard Arnault, the billionaire chairman of French luxury group LVMH, has dismissed media reports of a bitter succession battle among his five children,
July 27, 2026
Amazon's Leo on Monday proposed a constellation of up to 5,105 satellites to provide direct-to-device voice and data connectivity,
July 27, 2026
Hedge fund bets that healthcare stocks will rise neared a five-year high last week, a Goldman Sachs note showed, as cash-rich speculators believe AI-
July 27, 2026
Brazil's Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on Monday that U.S. tariffs on several goods from his country amount to "external interference" and predicted the dispute
July 27, 2026
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has denounced China in a veiled rebuke in his state of the nation speech
July 27, 2026
The Clinton Foundation has launched a new initiative to develop nonpartisan policy solutions with state and local governments
July 27, 2026
The first 18 months of President Donald Trump's second term in the White House have seen a series of policy-driven economic
July 27, 2026
U.S.
July 27, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets A pause in the Iran conflict and a sizeable retreat in crude oil
July 27, 2026
Investors are expected to scrutinise whether Shein can justify the $40 billion to $50 billion valuation it is seeking in a
July 27, 2026
Shein's draft prospectus for a Hong Kong listing, published on Sunday, offers rare details about the role of its reclusive
July 27, 2026
British retailers reported the smallest downturn in sales in six months in July but remained gloomy overall due to continued cost pressures, the Confederation of British
July 27, 2026
A growing number of major brokerages believe there is a real risk of the Federal Reserve delivering a rate hike at its meeting this week, given this month's surge in oil prices and
July 27, 2026
HSBC will hire more than 100 artificial intelligence specialists and 100 wealth managers in Singapore, deepening investment in two areas central to the bank's Asian
July 27, 2026
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday he was "not the president of my family" and "not the president of my friends" as he vowed to press ahead with an
July 27, 2026
An impending "super" El Niño is likely to inflict a combined $10 billion to $20 billion hit on affected African countries and trigger mass
July 26, 2026
Coca-Cola on Monday said its dairy company, fairlife, resumed most of the production at four U.S. facilities, where operations were halted after unauthorized third-party access on
July 27, 2026
Democrat James Talarico is challenging Republican Ken Paxton in a closely watched U.S. Senate race in Texas
July 27, 2026
The Fed confronts an unusually confusing economic moment
July 27, 2026
2 men scheduled to be put to death in Florida Tuesday in rare double execution
July 27, 2026
The European Central Bank will need to raise interest rates at least once more to contain inflation and a deterioration in the outlook could warrant more tightening than
July 27, 2026
Online fast-fashion retailer Shein swung to a $99 million quarterly loss due to slowing sales after the U.S. removed an import duty exemption on small packages and a
July 27, 2026
European shares ended little changed on Monday as losses in technology stocks, led by ASML, stifled a rally fuelled by easing U.S
July 27, 2026
Shares of CXMT Corp soared 466% on their Shanghai trading debut on Monday following Asia's biggest IPO this year, catapulting
July 27, 2026
German business morale grew more than expected in July as the outlook for companies improved across sectors, a survey showed on Monday, although they
July 27, 2026
Shares of Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT have soared as the company began trading in Shanghai in mainland China’s biggest IPO in recent years
July 27, 2026
Inside the fights to maintain TPS status for thousands after the Supreme Court sided with Trump
July 27, 2026
The approval rating of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto fell to 51.1% in July 2026, a poll showed, with respondents pointing to the state of the country's economy
July 27, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said government efforts to boost the country's growth potential will underpin market trust in the yen, countering
July 27, 2026
Emerging economies already strained by the Middle East conflict face a new threat: a potentially powerful El Niño that could push up food prices
July 27, 2026
The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates unchanged at 3.75% on Thursday, despite a recent spike in oil prices above $100 a barrel which may
July 27, 2026
Shein's draft prospectus for a Hong Kong market listing has for the first time shed light on the top management and ownership structure of the online fast-fashion retailer, which
July 27, 2026
The Bank of Japan is set to keep interest rates steady on Friday but leave scope for further hikes with hawkish communication, as the economy faces mounting
July 27, 2026
The Reserve Bank of India will keep its key interest rate unchanged at 5.25% in August and for the rest of the year, according to a Reuters poll of
July 27, 2026
Germany's plans to tighten sick-note rules may be mistaking the symptoms of rising absenteeism for the underlying illness,
July 27, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
July 27, 2026
As luxury groups grapple with weak fashion sales and a hit to spending from the Middle East conflict, investors are increasingly focused
July 27, 2026
Shares of South Korean internet and cloud service giant Naver jumped more than 10% on Monday after it said Nvidia would acquire $1 billion of its new shares to finance a
July 27, 2026
Ship traffic through Bab el-Mandeb fell on Sunday after Yemeni Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast, while transit through
July 27, 2026
Nvidia is in talks to provide roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI as part of a massive data center project, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
July 27, 2026
Profits at China's industrial firms grew at a solid, though slower, pace as resilient exports helped cushion sluggish domestic demand, highlighting the economy's uneven
July 27, 2026
At Indonesia’s largest landfill, Bantargebang, waste picker Nur Wencih fears a sweeping government crackdown on open dumping could threaten the livelihood that has supported her family for two decades
July 27, 2026
Japan's services producer price index rose 3.2% in June from a year earlier, central bank data showed on Monday, a sign of broadening inflationary pressure that will keep
July 27, 2026
Singapore's central bank tightened its monetary policy settings unexpectedly on Monday, with inflation projected to step up in the months ahead.
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Oil prices have fallen further in early trading after setting a two-month high set last week
July 27, 2026
Hurricane Genevieve has strengthened into a major Category 4 storm southwest of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean
July 27, 2026
The United States has not attacked Iran for a second day, and Tehran says it has also halted attacks
July 26, 2026
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July 26, 2026
Vance, Caine raised concerns about escalating war in Iran, sources say as US pauses consecutive nights of strikes
July 26, 2026
In 1984, the Skynet of "The Terminator" films were science fiction
July 26, 2026
Shein swung to a $99 million quarterly loss due to slowing sales after the U.S. removed an import duty exemption on
July 26, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called new U.S. tariffs unfair and a strategic mistake in a Sunday opinion column for The Washington
July 26, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel issued a sharp condemnation of Washington's oil embargo and hardened sanctions in a speech on Sunday, calling the policy of
July 26, 2026
After 5 car washes, driver's car still "smells like a barn" after driving through manure on highway
July 26, 2026
Russia considers it premature to comment on reports that the United States and Ukraine are discussing a possible halt to aerial attacks as part of efforts to end the war, Kremlin
July 26, 2026
‘Going it alone does not work’: America’s first one-party war
July 26, 2026
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has launched a new political party, formalising his break with former Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and the ruling Pastef party that
July 26, 2026
Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu has joined the contest to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations, the seventh contender to succeed Antonio
July 26, 2026
Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary sets up a battle of generations
July 26, 2026
The US military hasn’t blown up an alleged drug boat in a month. Has the campaign worked?
July 26, 2026
A Romanian F-16 fighter jet pilot shot down a Russian drone over the Black Sea, the defence ministry said on Sunday, the latest in a series of breaches of the NATO
July 26, 2026
The Trump administration has levied tariffs on more than 60 countries, using a legal justification that permits the president to impose import taxes and other sanctions against countries found to engage in “unjustifiable,” “unreasonable” or “discriminatory” trade practices
July 26, 2026
The U.S. military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing
July 26, 2026
‘There is freedom’: Why Asian women are leaving their husbands in their 50s and 60s
July 26, 2026
Chinese AI models are gaining popularity in the U.S. for their affordability and efficiency
July 26, 2026
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he would seek to raise the issue of tariffs with U.S.
July 26, 2026
The Iran war broadened over the weekend despite a pause in U.S. strikes, as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi
July 26, 2026
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, on Saturday formally launched his bid to challenge President Luiz
July 26, 2026
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels say they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on Yemen's strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida
July 25, 2026
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on Saturday, but
July 24, 2026
Trump administration admits it canceled clean-energy grants in states that voted for Kamala Harris
July 26, 2026
By Krishna N.
July 25, 2026
Two weeks before the U.S.
July 25, 2026
Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro has been confirmed as the presidential candidate for his father's Liberal Party
July 25, 2026
London Stock Exchange Group's (LSEG) Lipper unit said on Saturday it was investigating an unusually large transaction in one investment-grade bond fund that distorted its wider
July 25, 2026
Trump’s tariffs are headed to court — again
July 25, 2026
When raging wildfires threatened Mohammed Laabar's hometown in southwestern France on Friday, he and his wife gathered their three-year-old son,
July 25, 2026
The combination of the worst snowpack on record and fast-spreading wildfires is changing the job description for ranchers in the Rocky Mountains
July 25, 2026
India's youth protesters have agreed to end their demonstration, a spokesperson of the 'cockroach' movement told reporters after talks with the government on Saturday.
July 25, 2026
A drone threat prompted leading Russian online retailer Wildberries to evacuate its logistics hub on Saturday in the city of Yekaterinburg, where the national
July 25, 2026
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on
July 25, 2026
India said on Saturday it would continue engaging with the United States to conclude a bilateral trade agreement, after Washington imposed a 10% tariff
July 25, 2026
Fact check: Trump’s false claims at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
July 25, 2026
The Alpine farmers who make one of Switzerland's most famous cheeses are seeking to fill the hole in
July 25, 2026
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July 25, 2026
What a $15 pint of ice cream says about the economy
July 25, 2026
Living through the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century has many Americans changing their eating and food shopping habits
July 25, 2026
Economics has a term for what U.S. grocery prices have done in recent years
July 25, 2026
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has signed a $16 billion deal to lease and lease back its crude oil pipeline network with a
July 25, 2026
By Max A.
July 25, 2026
Samsung Electronics said on Saturday it struck a pact with U.S. chip designer Broadcom to widen cooperation across memory chips, contract chip making and
July 25, 2026
Nvidia and South Korea's SK Group on Friday unveiled a more than $500 billion AI initiative spanning large-scale AI data centers and next-generation memory, Nvidia
July 25, 2026
The U.S.
July 25, 2026
The Trump administration has again acknowledged in court documents that it terminated $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state,” in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election
July 25, 2026
Paramount Skydance on Friday agreed to pause its acquisition of Warner Bros.
July 25, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday said he would not go forward with a civil nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia unless the Saudis agreed
July 25, 2026
Major U.S. airlines will need to retrofit planes by the end of 2030 to address potential wireless interference after a new auction of wireless
July 25, 2026
The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a dayslong hacking spree that OpenAI
July 25, 2026
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by U.S.
July 25, 2026
Skydance-owned Paramount has agreed to delay closing its $81 billion buyout of Warner Bros
July 25, 2026
President Donald Trump says the U.S. will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices
July 24, 2026
Paramount agrees to delay Warner Bros. Discovery takeover for months
July 25, 2026
Smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm told customers it would raise prices by a percentage in the double digits due to rising costs, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a letter sent
July 24, 2026
U.S.
July 24, 2026
The Brazilian government on Friday reduced by 5.7 billion reais ($1.12 billion) a spending curb needed to comply with its fiscal framework due to lower
July 25, 2026
Barclays said on Friday that risks to its oil price forecasts are skewed higher depending on how long the "impasse" over the Strait of Hormuz lasts.
July 25, 2026
Alphabet's robotaxi firm Waymo is considering ending its partnership with Uber due to a souring relationship between the companies, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing
July 25, 2026
Brazil estimates that newly announced U.S. tariffs will affect 23.1% of its exports, according to a government statement released on Friday.
July 25, 2026
U.S.
July 24, 2026
Insurers and large institutions are preparing to put more money into private credit markets, a survey showed, even as wealthy investors turn cautious about the illiquidity and
July 24, 2026
Canada marked the opening of a bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, on Friday in a quiet celebration without U.S. officials after a
July 24, 2026
U.S. and European stock markets found only scattered relief from this week's lows as oil prices pulled back on Friday, but
July 24, 2026
The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell on Friday as investors sold chip stocks on worries about massive spending on artificial intelligence ahead of the next
July 24, 2026
Two U.S. small businesses on Friday challenged President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners, saying that the new
July 25, 2026
Canadian officials are celebrating a new U.S.-Canada bridge over the Detroit River
July 24, 2026
President Donald Trump says the United States will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices
July 24, 2026
Investment firms Blackstone and Donerail are among the final bidders to acquire MarineMax, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday, as
July 24, 2026
The European Central Bank still considers the current inflation shock to be medium-sized, which requires some policy action but not aggressive moves, and it will get
July 24, 2026
Crude oil futures prices were more than 4% lower on Friday after sources said that China had initiated a push to resume stalled peace talks between the United States and
July 24, 2026
Anthropic on Friday launched Opus 5, its latest AI model that the startup says nears the capabilities of its more powerful cousin Fable 5 at half the price.
July 24, 2026
Meta is rolling out new features for its Meta AI service in select markets, allowing the chatbot to complete certain tasks autonomously, the company said on Friday.
July 24, 2026
For Hassan Butt, a 17-year-old British student volunteering at the Farnborough airshow this week, there was nothing
July 24, 2026
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions against nine firms and four people in the business network of sanctioned Iranian financier Babak Zanjani
July 24, 2026
The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military
July 24, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest set of tariffs has provoked heated objections from America’s trading partners
July 24, 2026
Two descendants of Black people once enslaved by a Native American tribe are asking a federal court in Oklahoma to force tribal leaders to issue them citizenship cards as ordered a year ago by a tribal court
July 24, 2026
Liberian authorities have seized around $317 million worth of cocaine that was bound for Europe, a senior police official said, in
July 24, 2026
Residents began entering the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Friday, some inspecting damaged homes
July 24, 2026
Activity in the vast U.S. services sector accelerated in July, aided in part by spending around the FIFA World Cup and the Independence Day holiday, while the pace of
July 24, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy are scheduled to meet in Washington on Tuesday, a White House official said on Friday.
July 24, 2026
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes snapped a two-month skid in June, but higher mortgage rates and affordability challenges restrained the rebound and continue to
July 24, 2026
Deepening conflict in the Middle East has sent oil prices surging and Treasury yields climbing to levels that have equity
July 24, 2026
The dollar was set for its biggest weekly gain since mid-June, buoyed by the rise in oil prices, while the yen was poised for its largest weekly percentage
July 24, 2026
Commerzbank Chairman Jens Weidmann on Friday invited UniCredit to open talks on the terms of a merger, as the German lender abandoned its
July 24, 2026
Pakistan is exploring a path towards a resumption of stalled U.S.-Iran talks over ending their
July 24, 2026
A rapidly intensifying El Niño weather pattern combined with higher energy prices could add 0.3 percentage points to global inflation next year, hitting
July 24, 2026
U.S. investment-grade bond funds and exchange-traded funds saw massive outflows in the week ended July 22, as an oil-driven inflation scare pushed Treasury yields higher and
July 24, 2026
‘It’s like firing your best worker for no apparent reason’: Why this New York family is dreading a looming deadline
July 24, 2026
A new lawsuit argues that voters in swing state Wisconsin whose absentee ballots haven't arrived by Election Day should be allowed to cast provisional ballots at the polls to ensure their vote is counted
July 24, 2026
Chinese ships fired water cannons at Philippine vessels, including one carrying a CNN crew, near a dangerous flashpoint in the South China Sea on Friday – the third tense confrontation this week in the contested waters.
July 24, 2026
It's all about central banks this week and rising energy prices will likely keep rate-setters as distant as Tokyo, Washington and London on their toes even if they welcome
July 24, 2026
AstraZeneca's long-time CEO Pascal Soriot has rarely put a foot wrong.
July 24, 2026
A wobbly U.S. stock market will take its cues in the coming week from a Federal Reserve meeting set to shed light on the path for interest rates, and
July 24, 2026
Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel and 90 other breakaway lawmakers launched a new political party on Friday, seeking to regroup to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan
July 24, 2026
South Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will announce large supply deals with U.S. technology companies during President Lee Jae Myung's visit to San
July 24, 2026
Chinese battery giant CATL reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter profit, driven by robust growth in its energy storage business that helped offset softer demand
July 24, 2026
The U.S.
July 24, 2026
U.S. equity funds recorded outflows for a second consecutive week as caution ahead of earnings reports from major technology companies and a renewed rise in oil prices weighed on
July 24, 2026
Verizon raised its annual adjusted profit forecast and said it had secured a more than $1 billion deal with Google to provide dark fiber connectivity for
July 24, 2026
Meta on Friday launched a new app called "Seller" to offer dedicated selling tools to merchants using the company's Facebook Marketplace platform for buying and selling items.
July 24, 2026
The Bank of England will not shift its key interest rate from 3.75% on Thursday according to all 70 economists in a July 21-24 Reuters poll, and likely
July 24, 2026
The U.N.
July 24, 2026
Russian fashion designer Viktoria Terekhova shipped virtually her entire summer collection of children's clothes last week to the giant warehouse of online retailer
July 24, 2026
American Express raised its 2026 revenue forecast on Friday as its affluent customers continued to spend on travel, entertainment and dining, but
July 24, 2026
The United States on Friday imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the EU and China, alleging those countries
July 24, 2026
Verizon CEO Dan Schulman said on Friday the company has secured a deal with Google, valued at more than $1 billion, to provide dark fiber connectivity for the search engine giant's
July 24, 2026
Bank of America said on Friday it has increased its quarterly common stock dividend by 4 cents or 14%, to 32 cents a share, with its CEO Brian Moynihan citing the
July 24, 2026
Torrential rain triggered dangerous flash flooding across parts of West Virginia as severe storms sweep through the Eastern US.
July 22, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened subdued on Friday after a tech-led selloff in the previous session, as investors digested fresh earnings, escalating Middle East tensions and a
July 24, 2026
The Russian central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to 14% on Friday from 14.25% despite a spike in inflation linked to
July 24, 2026
Legal scholars argue that when executive branch agencies impose conditions on federal funds, courts should give these cases special scrutiny.
July 24, 2026
American Express on Friday reported an 8% rise in second-quarter profits compared to last year
July 24, 2026
After screwworm cases were reported in Texas and New Mexico, Colorado is taking preventive measures against the pest.
July 24, 2026
HSBC has agreed to sell its life and health insurance business in Singapore to Allianz for S$2.7 billion ($2.1 billion), as it trims
July 24, 2026
First, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran sparked a Diet Coke shortage in India by squeezing supplies of aluminum cans, triggering an unusual wave of "Diet
July 24, 2026
The Trump administration on Friday imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the European Union and China, over allegations of lax
July 24, 2026
The European Commission gave a guarded welcome to new tariffs imposed by the United States on Friday, saying that the outcome was in line with a trade deal the two sides
July 24, 2026
German consumer sentiment is set to dip slightly going into August as households remain cautious about spending amid more pessimistic income expectations, a survey found on
July 24, 2026
Tariffs imposed on trading partners from the administration of U.S.
July 24, 2026
Switzerland takes note of the announced additional U.S. tariffs but rejects allegations underlying the forced labour investigation, the government said on Friday.
July 24, 2026
India's private sector growth skidded to its weakest in over four years in July as a sharp slowdown in services constrained overall expansion even though rising export
July 24, 2026
As U.S. defence companies descended on Britain's Farnborough Airshow this week hoping to tap Europe's military spending boom, they encountered
July 24, 2026
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas questioned Washington's rationale for imposing new tariffs on European goods, saying on Friday that
July 24, 2026
Vietnam faces higher U.S. tariffs than peers and risks a further erosion of competitiveness in the clothing sector, as the largest exporter of apparel to the U.S. is
July 24, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu We are back to war watching, as if the June ceasefire never happened.
July 24, 2026
Euro zone companies are struggling to raise prices for consumers already struggling with a rise in fuel costs, with fierce competition from China compounding tough
July 24, 2026
Euro zone inflation expectations remained broadly unchanged over the past three months and price growth is seen falling quickly next year before returning back to the 2%
July 24, 2026
Euro zone consumers cut their inflation expectations last month, likely encouraged by a truce in the Middle East that had brought down energy prices but proved short
July 24, 2026
Singaporean state investor Temasek is looking to increase its investments in defence as the war in Ukraine prompts European
July 24, 2026
London-listed shares of Wise fell 10% on Friday after the money transfer group said its application to create a national trust bank in the United States was denied by regulators,
July 24, 2026
France's private sector contraction eased in July, with services output slowing only marginally, although inflation, borrowing costs and geopolitics all remained concerns as
July 24, 2026
Germany's private sector has returned to growth in July for the first time in four months, driven by a marked upturn in manufacturing output, a survey
July 24, 2026
China's central bank said on Friday it would conduct overnight reverse repo operations via the open market from July 29 to 31 and on August 3 to better meet short-term
July 24, 2026
Inflation risks are high and the European Central Bank may need to raise interest rates again in response to the Iran crisis, three policymakers said on Friday, but all
July 24, 2026
Euro zone business activity returned to growth in July for the first time in four months, driven by a rebound in new orders, but may be derailed by high
July 24, 2026
European shares rose on Friday after registering their steepest one-day loss in two weeks in the previous session, as investors drew comfort
July 24, 2026
U.S. threats to sanction Chinese AI developers over alleged intellectual property theft and export-control violations risk unravelling efforts to establish
July 24, 2026
British businesses expect to increase prices and wages by a bit less in the year ahead after a ceasefire in the Iran war briefly pushed down energy prices, according to a
July 24, 2026
British firms reported the first rise in activity in three months in July, helped by a brief respite in the Iran war, while consumers grew in confidence
July 24, 2026
British retail sales rose unexpectedly in June as shoppers increased their spending on air conditioning and clothing, official data showed on Friday,
July 24, 2026
Spanish hotel group Melia said it has ceased all operations of its 34 hotels in Cuba on Friday amid the hardening of U.S. sanctions and the island’s
July 24, 2026
CiDi, the Hong Kong-listed Chinese autonomous mining equipment maker, expects overseas deployments to grow this
July 24, 2026
Argentine President Javier Milei flies to Brazil on Friday to throw his weight behind Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's presidential run
July 24, 2026
Taiwan's central bank on Friday emphasised its good relations with the U.S.
July 24, 2026
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July 24, 2026
A rapid rise in jet fuel prices is forcing U.S. airlines to rewrite earnings expectations, exposing how quickly higher fuel costs can outpace revenue
July 24, 2026
More Colorado homeowners are replacing thirsty lawns with drought-friendly landscapes
July 24, 2026
When Indian television reporter Dev Kotak went to cover a massive youth protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government
July 24, 2026
Faith leaders and community members sue Colorado town of Hudson in effort to block planned ICE detention center
July 24, 2026
Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries, Moscow's answer to Amazon, said on Friday three more of its warehouses had been attacked by Ukraine overnight, part
July 24, 2026
For months, Chinese chip manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) had been
July 24, 2026
President Donald Trump announced a non-binding pledge by U.S. power producers and data centers on Thursday to fund
July 24, 2026
Intel's shares rose 6% in premarket trading on Friday after bullish forecasts signaled the AI boom was propelling the chipmaker's long-awaited turnaround.
July 24, 2026
From the Editor Hello Morning Bid readers! Cash burn and spiking crude prices dominated market headlines this week.
July 24, 2026
Global equity funds attracted inflows for a ninth straight week through July 22 as investors remained optimistic about a robust earnings season despite an escalation in Middle East
July 24, 2026
Defense tech firm Anduril is in discussions with investors for a new funding round that could see it valued at roughly $100 billion, rivaling
July 24, 2026
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh wanted a central bank that talked less and let the data speak. Now, markets are speaking for him - loudly.
July 24, 2026
Volkswagen must deepen cost cuts to remain competitive against Chinese brands increasingly taking aim at the German auto group's home market, CEO Oliver
July 24, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz named Health Minister Nina Warken as his new chief of staff on Friday, as part of a reshuffle intended
July 24, 2026
Leaders of India's youth-led "cockroach" movement said on Friday that the government has sought time
July 24, 2026
Airline passengers hate middle seats. But that’s not why United is getting rid of some of them
July 24, 2026
Volkswagen profits drop 10% as embattled automaker considers massive job cuts
July 24, 2026
Why Venezuela can’t access $4 billion in gold that could help with earthquake recovery
July 24, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reshuffled top posts as he tries to boost his unpopular government
July 24, 2026
Chinese ship shoots water cannon at Philippine vessel with CNN crew on board near flashpoint shoal
July 24, 2026
Tech titan’s ex-wife fails to win greater share of AI boom in decade-long ‘divorce of the century’
July 24, 2026
Trump imposes new tariffs targeting dozens of countries
July 24, 2026
With two of its key oil export routes - the Hormuz and Bab el- Mandeb straits - disrupted by Iran and Iran-allied Houthi militants,
July 24, 2026
Japan's Nikkei share average fell more than 2% on Friday, as a sharp decline in Google parent Alphabet shares spurred concerns about heavy AI spending.
July 24, 2026
Japan's core consumer prices rose 1.6% in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.
July 24, 2026
The Bank of Japan will likely maintain its warning over the risk of inflation overshooting its 2% target next week, but signal that those risks have not
July 24, 2026
The U.S. military said late on Thursday it completed its latest round of strikes on Iran that marked a 13th consecutive night of American attacks.
July 24, 2026
Brazilian air accident investigators said on Thursday that a buildup of ice, failures in the aircraft's de-icing system,
July 24, 2026
Australian stock exchange operator ASX Ltd said on Friday that CFO Andrew Tobin intends to retire.
July 24, 2026
About 2,000 products exported by Brazil to the United States will be exempt from the new tariffs announced by the Donald Trump administration in recent days, including
July 24, 2026
The U.S. military has announced it conducted a 13th night of strikes against Iran as clashes escalate over shipping routes
July 23, 2026
What is China’s Kimi K3 and why is the US so rattled by it?
July 24, 2026
The world’s leading authority on food insecurity said on Thursday that the situation in Gaza had improved since famine swept parts of the Palestinian territory last year
July 23, 2026
Trump administration faces record turnover in second term
July 24, 2026
U.S. and Mexican officials said on Thursday they will meet for a fourth round of negotiations to revamp the North American trade pact
July 24, 2026
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC plans to deploy an additional $30 billion into hedge funds and is spreading its bets
July 24, 2026
Japanese companies are passing on rising costs from the Middle East conflict at a faster pace than in 2022, when the war in Ukraine pushed up fuel costs, the government said
July 24, 2026
Japan's core inflation perked up in June but remained below the central bank's 2% target for a fifth straight month, suggesting that firms have yet to
July 24, 2026
Japan's manufacturing activity remained broadly firm in July with output rising at its fastest rate since February 2014, while uncertainty about the Middle East situation
July 24, 2026
President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court
July 24, 2026
The Trump administration is urging Congress to make daylight saving time permanent, deprioritize bicycle lanes and mass transit, cut funding for electric
July 24, 2026
European and U.S. stocks slumped while bond yields shot higher on Thursday, with global markets rocked by oil's surge above $100 a barrel and
July 24, 2026
The Pentagon announced on Thursday a nearly $7 billion, up-to-10-year agreement with Oracle to consolidate the department's on-premises software licenses into a single
July 24, 2026
SAP's finance chief said on Thursday that artificial intelligence in enterprise software must move beyond chatbots and coding tools into more complex business
July 24, 2026
Amkor Technology said on Thursday it had entered a multi-year agreement with Nvidia worth $1.5 billion to expand advanced semiconductor packaging and test capacity in the U.S., as
July 24, 2026
Paramount Skydance must pause its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery through August 17, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
July 24, 2026
The European Central Bank is considering several options to mitigate its financial losses, in a tense debate that is expected to
July 24, 2026
The Trump administration on Friday will impose new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the European Union, over allegations of lax
July 24, 2026
The U.S.
July 24, 2026
The Brazilian government on Thursday rejected the tariffs imposed by the United States on the South American nation and another 59 trading partners related to
July 24, 2026
Mexico's Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Thursday that the country will "see no change in the effective tariff that Mexico pays," after the U.S. government
July 24, 2026
Canada will do whatever it takes to defend itself in a trade war with the United States, including possible retaliatory measures, Prime
July 23, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will continue to negotiate a new trade deal with the U.S., but the country is willing to respond should new threatened tariffs come into effect
July 24, 2026
Mexico's economy contracted in May from April, official data showed on Thursday, fueling caution about the country's situation as the primary and secondary sectors
July 23, 2026
Harley-Davidson reported lower second-quarter profit and revenue but raised its annual forecast on Thursday, as the legacy motorbike maker leaned on its wider turnaround plan to
July 23, 2026
Short sellers targeting SpaceX shares are sitting on an estimated $15.5 billion in paper profit since the rockets-to-AI firm's mid-June initial
July 23, 2026
Asset and wealth manager Ameriprise Financial reported a rise in its second-quarter profit on Thursday, driven by a market rally that boosted the value of its fee-generating assets
July 23, 2026
The European Central Bank kept borrowing costs on hold on Thursday but left room for more tightening in the coming months as a widening conflict in the Middle East pushed
July 23, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Thursday, as concerns over heavy AI spending resurfaced after the first batch of Big Tech earnings, while another jump in oil prices
July 23, 2026
Sweden's government declared mining of critical metals and rare earth minerals a national security interest on Thursday, saying a new mining strategy was needed to
July 23, 2026
What went wrong: How an OpenAI model went rogue
July 24, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz could announce a cabinet reshuffle on Friday, triggered by the abrupt exit of party heavyweight Jens Spahn in a row over a surrogacy baby,
July 23, 2026
Blackstone is working to address the societal and environmental implications of artificial intelligence development, CEO Stephen
July 23, 2026
The world's two biggest defense contractors, Lockheed Martin and RTX, said on Thursday they expect strong profits going forward because
July 23, 2026
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits for the first time unexpectedly fell last week to the lowest since the 1960s, indicating the U.S. job market
July 23, 2026
U.S.
July 23, 2026
The European Central Bank will discuss raising banks' minimum reserve requirements, ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday, opening the door to a move that
July 23, 2026
Former Barclays Chief Executive Jes Staley said on Thursday in a closed-door U.S. congressional hearing that he had no
July 23, 2026
Spain's lower house rejected the government's proposed 2027 spending framework on Thursday, dealing a fresh blow to its efforts to approve a state budget before the end of
July 24, 2026
Prediction market startup Kalshi scored well during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, netting roughly double its projected user traffic and trading volume as fans scrambled
July 24, 2026
Venezuela's oil ministry has told partners of state energy company PDVSA that it will maintain the July 28 deadline it had set to
July 23, 2026
A coalition of mostly Democratic-led states asked a federal judge on Thursday to block the Department of Homeland Security from withholding certain disaster-related
July 24, 2026
Lindt has been sued in a U.S. court over its alleged use of child labor in Ghana and Ivory Coast, even as the Swiss chocolate maker touts its commitment to
July 24, 2026
More than two dozen states have sued the Trump administration after it required them to comply with election and immigration conditions to get billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters
July 24, 2026
No major U.S. trading partner manipulated its currency to gain an unfair trade advantage in 2025, the U.S.
July 24, 2026
Investor requests to withdraw from Blackstone's flagship private credit fund have fallen at the beginning of the third quarter after a period of higher demand to redeem,
July 23, 2026
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has tapped World Economic Forum managing director Saadia Zahidi as its new director general after current boss Willie
July 23, 2026
Intel forecast quarterly profit and revenue above estimates on Thursday, pushing its shares up 5.2% in after-hours trade and helping prompt the
July 24, 2026
Newmont, the world's biggest gold miner, beat second-quarter profit estimates on Thursday after a rally in bullion prices outweighed the impact
July 24, 2026
GE HealthCare's Chief Financial Officer Jay Saccaro will step down from his role to pursue an opportunity outside the medical technology industry, the company said on Thursday, and
July 24, 2026
Boeing edged Airbus in a subdued series of order announcements at the Farnborough Airshow this week, as the global
July 23, 2026
Aerolineas Argentinas said on Thursday it will add 20 new aircraft to its fleet, marking the state airline's largest revamp in a decade as it seeks to renew a quarter of its total
July 23, 2026
Two earthquakes that rocked Venezuela on June 24 caused $19.6 billion in direct physical damage, but the cost of rebuilding could be twice that much or
July 23, 2026
Iran flew Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, military advisers and missile- and drone-related equipment into Yemen this month,
July 23, 2026
U.S. energy shares rose on Thursday as Brent crude touched $100 a barrel, extending a five-day rally after attacks on two Saudi oil tankers heightened concerns over global oil
July 23, 2026
President Donald Trump is having governors and electricity companies join a pledge aimed at shielding U.S. consumers from higher utility bills because data centers
July 23, 2026
Ford and Chinese automotive company Geely Auto announced plans on Thursday to jointly manufacture low- and zero-emission vehicles at Ford’s Valencia, Spain factory
July 24, 2026
Senate Democrats want a watchdog at the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the recent departure of a high-ranking IRS attorney who clashed with President Donald Trump's White House after the attorney raised concerns about influence over taxpayer audits
July 24, 2026
Congressional Democrats are squaring off with President Donald Trump's administration over one of the most potent political issues in the country ahead of this year’s midterm elections: Social Security
July 24, 2026
Consumers already feeling pinched since the Iran war started may feel more pain after oil prices pushed past $100 a barrel
July 24, 2026
Union Pacific struck a deal with Canadian National to secure that rival’s support for its proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern railroad
July 23, 2026
Young protesters in India are camping on the streets of New Delhi
July 23, 2026
Woman anonymously hides cash envelopes to spark kindness
July 24, 2026
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July 22, 2026
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July 23, 2026
Dow Inc forecast third-quarter core profit slightly above Wall Street expectations, while warning that the quarter ahead remains difficult to predict as the U.S.-
July 23, 2026
More Amazon and gig workers are turning to SNAP and Medicaid to make ends meet, study finds
July 24, 2026
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in nearly 12 months, pushing up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers at a time when rising oil prices are already squeezing household budgets
July 23, 2026
‘Up in smoke’: Attacks on ‘Russia’s Amazon’ bring Putin’s war closer to home
July 23, 2026
Mexico's annual inflation rate decelerated for an eighth consecutive fortnight in early July, official data showed on Thursday, slowing more
July 23, 2026
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July 23, 2026
The U.S.
July 23, 2026
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July 23, 2026
Anthropic is considering requiring rank-and-file employees to sell stock through preset trading plans after it goes public to avoid
July 23, 2026
The dollar strengthened to a fresh 40-year high against the yen and climbed against the euro on Thursday as oil prices continued to shoot higher on
July 23, 2026
Oil prices settled above $100 on Thursday for the first time since May after Yemen's Houthis said they attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea,
July 23, 2026
Two Israeli banks will halt working with their Palestinian counterparts in the coming months citing risks of associating with
July 23, 2026
U.S.
July 23, 2026
South Africa's central bank surprised investors and economists by keeping its main lending rate unchanged on Thursday, saying its
July 23, 2026
The United States will give over $200 million in aid to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
July 23, 2026
Wall Street indexes closed lower on Thursday with Nasdaq sinking more than 2% as the latest earnings updates from large technology companies
July 23, 2026
Oil prices spiked to $100 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since May, while major tech giants knocked U.S. stocks lower and Europe's
July 23, 2026
Vermont manufacturers react to President Trump announcing new tariffs on Canadian goods
July 23, 2026
Dog's drowning at daycare sparks protest
July 23, 2026
The world’s most important market is flashing red about the Iran war
July 23, 2026
Man seen in viral ICE arrest video speaks publicly for first time after release
July 23, 2026
Tracking oil prices and US gas prices amid Iran conflict
March 09, 2026
Spain has nominated Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz to head the United Nations labour agency, potentially making her the first woman to
July 23, 2026
A year ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company's robotaxi network would expand at a "hyper-exponential rate" and be available to
July 23, 2026
Comcast's Peacock streaming service reported its first quarterly profit on Thursday, as the soccer World Cup and the hit reality show "Love Island USA"
July 23, 2026
Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper is investing an additional $500 million into stadium renovations with the hopes of bringing more major events to Charlotte including the Super Bowl, the NFL draft and the 2031 Women’s World Cup
July 23, 2026
The number of Americans filing for unemployment is the lowest since 1969
July 23, 2026
With bombing campaign unlikely to change Iran’s posture according to US intel, Trump faces limited options
July 23, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets There was a familiar playbook in response to Alphabet's earnings
July 23, 2026
Bill Peterson used to go to Whole Foods or Kroger for fruits, vegetables and milk.
July 23, 2026
T-Mobile said on Thursday it expects third-quarter postpaid account additions to decline sequentially as the telecom operator upgrades its rate plans,
July 23, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration is ready to help end the war in Ukraine but acknowledges there's no quick path to a deal
July 23, 2026
Beyond deprioritizing scientific merit, the Trump administration’s proposal also restricts researchers’ ability to share their findings and collaborate with each other.
July 23, 2026
U.S. applications for jobless benefits tumbled to the lowest level in decades last week as layoffs remain historically low despite global economic uncertainty
July 23, 2026
The European Central Bank is leaving interest rates unchanged amid uncertainty about how volatile energy prices will affect inflation
July 23, 2026
Building relationships and creating equitable opportunities are critical to engaging Detroit’s young people in safe and positive activities.
July 23, 2026
Many sustainability programs may be aiming at the wrong target because most entrepreneurs won’t become environmental activists.
July 23, 2026
How working out at the gym replaced the home improvement project
July 23, 2026
At a U.S.-funded facility in Panama, scientists are preparing to launch the first outdoor tests of genetically modified
July 23, 2026
Alphabet's Google was fined a total of €890 million ($1 billion) on Thursday for flouting European Union rules aimed at reining in the power of Big Tech,
July 23, 2026
More Americans now hold absolutist positions, supporting legal access to abortion in all or most cases and opposing government regulation altogether.
July 23, 2026
Nasdaq beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Thursday, boosted by several high-profile listings on its exchange and strong demand for its data
July 23, 2026
Amnon Shashua, CEO of Mobileye since founding it in 1999, will step down, just as the autonomous-driving technology firm makes a big push into a robotaxi service and robotics.
July 23, 2026
Alphabet's first cash burn on record has jolted investors awaiting more Big Tech results next week as soaring AI spending strains one of the
July 23, 2026
Pizza shop transforms patio into book haven, serving young readers
AgriStar plant fire sparks smoke advisory, water concerns
Study suggests the threat of mold-associated illnesses may be underappreciated
Italian diaspora wins a major battle in the fight for citizenship
Renault swings to profit in first half despite intense Chinese competition
Renault swings to profit on EVs despite rise of Chinese rivals
Teen flies himself to world's largest aviation gathering