Spanish inflation jumped to its highest level since June 2024 due to the Iran war, supporting the case for the European Central Bank to raise interest rates.
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Spanish inflation jumped to its highest level since June 2024 due to the Iran war, supporting the case for the European Central Bank to raise interest rates.
The Middle East war has introduced a new layer of uncertainty for Asia-focused private equity managers already navigating a multiyear fundraising slump.
Spain said Algeria will increase gas supplies to the nation as global energy markets face heightened instability linked to the war in Iran. The African country is already Spain’s main gas supplier via the Medgaz pipeline, which links the two countries across the Mediterranean. Bloomberg’s Priscila Azevedo Rocha reports.
U.S. airport chaos was set to end as the Senate in the early hours of Friday passed a bill that will fund the Transportation Security Administration and other key functions of the Department of Homeland Security.
Insight with Haslinda Amin, a daily news program featuring in-depth, high-profile interviews and analysis to give viewers the complete picture on the stories that matter. The show features prominent leaders spanning the worlds of business, finance, politics and culture. (Source: Bloomberg)
Hong Kong is inviting a number of China-friendly central banks to participate in its gold-clearing system as part of a push to elevate the city as a major bullion-trading hub.
Hong Kong is inviting a number of China-friendly central banks to participate in its gold-clearing system as part of a push to elevate the city as a major bullion-trading hub.
Zimbabwe’s key gold exports are vulnerable to an escalation in the Middle East conflict, according to a business lobby.
Foreign investors are pulling out a record $12 billion from Indian equities as the Iran conflict drives up energy costs and raises doubts on economic growth.
Banco Santander SA Executive Chair Ana Botin said the lender’s efficiency will improve in the current quarter and she also said profit will increase for the year as a whole.
USA Rare Earth Inc. will start commercial shipments of magnets from April, adding to a handful of projects that aim to curb America’s reliance on China for the vital industrial components.
USA Rare Earth Inc. will start commercial shipments of magnets from April, adding to a handful of projects that aim to curb America’s reliance on China for the vital industrial components.
UK retail sales declined for the first time since November, with consumers reining in their spending even before the Iran war clouded Britain’s economic outlook.
Hong Kong is close to proposing a tax regime change that will exempt private equity and potentially hedge fund managers from paying tax on their earnings from carried interest and performance fees.
India’s rupee weakened to a fresh low, lagging behind regional peers, as foreign investors sped up sales of stocks and bonds on fears that elevated energy prices would drive up the import-heavy nation’s inflation and import bill.
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Zelenskyy met Gulf leaders to seek support for Kyiv as the U.S. reportedly weigh diverting military resources to the Middle East.
France beat its 2025 deficit reduction target, giving the government some margin for maneuver as the fallout from the Iran war casts a cloud over plans to keep repairing public finances.
France beat its 2025 deficit reduction target, giving the government some margin for maneuver as the fallout from the Iran war casts a cloud over plans to keep repairing public finances.
Wall Street banks may finally be getting a long-awaited opening to claw back market share from private credit lenders.
Governments across the world are racing to secure supplies of fertilizers as the war in the Middle East chokes of commodity flows and heightens fears of a food crisis. ETG, a global conglomerate specializing in agricultural supply chains, says risks are most acute in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia. CEO Ashish Lakhotia joins Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)
Foreign investors are pulling out a record $12 billion from Indian equities as the Iran conflict drives up energy costs and raises doubts on economic growth.
The Middle East war has introduced a new layer of uncertainty for Asia-focused private equity managers already navigating a multiyear fundraising slump.
A two-day selloff in memory-chip stocks is revealing a split in the artificial intelligence trade, as Google touts a breakthrough that analysts say may curb demand for certain types of storage while leaving others largely unscathed.