Rand Seen Getting a Boost From Better South African Power Supply
South Africa’s rolling blackouts have been blamed by strategists as the single biggest factor weighing on the rand.
2023-08-16 21:50
Finland’s Former Prime Minister Stubb to Run for President
Finland’s former prime minister, Alexander Stubb, joined the race to become the president of the Nordic country in
2023-08-16 21:27
Syrian president doubles public sector wages as national currency spirals downwards
Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad has doubled public sector wages and pensions as the war-torn country’s national currency spiraled further downwards, reaching a new low for the year
2023-08-16 21:25
US Housing Starts Advanced in July on Single-Family Construction
New US home construction rose in July on strength in single-family projects amid limited supply in the resale
2023-08-16 21:25
What are 'Big Short' Michael Burry and Warren Buffett seeing that we aren't?
The S&P 500 index is up nearly 17% year to date, and the Nasdaq composite is more than 30% higher. Americans keep spending money, unemployment is low, the Federal Reserve may soon pause its painful interest rate hikes as inflation rates steadily — albeit slowly — come down.
2023-08-16 21:21
Canada July housing starts slip by 10%- CMHC
Canadian housing starts slipped by 10% in July compared with the previous month, which had produced the strongest
2023-08-16 20:51
Banking glitch allows customers to withdraw money they don't have
A technical fault meant that for several hours Tuesday customers of one of Ireland's biggest banks could withdraw funds they did not have.
2023-08-16 20:28
27 Boston Market restaurants ordered closed in New Jersey for unpaid wages
New Jersey ordered more than two dozen Boston Market locations to close Tuesday because regulators found "multiple violations of workers' rights," including failure to pay wages, and fined the restaurant chain nearly $2.6 million.
2023-08-16 20:24
Indonesia's leader says it can join leading economies by 2045 if it continues educational reforms
Indonesia’s president has urged a continuation of his educational reforms to turn Southeast Asia’s largest economy into one of the world’s biggest by its hundredth anniversary in 2045
2023-08-16 19:51
'Ho-hum holiday' spending expected as shoppers deal with economic cross-currents
US consumers, trapped in a web of conflicting signals on the health of the economy and how it impacts their ability to shop for extras, might be forced to spend less enthusiastically on a key bucket of discretionary spending -- Christmas gifts, according to early forecasts of this year's holiday sales.
2023-08-16 19:50
Coinbase gets approval to offer crypto futures to eligible US customers
Coinbase said it’s received regulatory approval to bring federally regulated crypto futures trading to eligible customers in the U.S., sending shares sharply higher before the opening bell
2023-08-16 19:49
China Evergrande to delay creditors' meetings amid fresh restructuring plan
Embattled property developer China Evergrande Group on Wednesday resolved to delay its meetings for the Hong Kong CEG
2023-08-16 19:47