From politics to aliens: How betting on the future became a full-time job
Prediction markets are culturally ascendant. There are now thousands of questions, live around the clock, on which anyone…
Labour work tsar warns young Britons risk becoming ‘lost generation’ consigned to life on benefits
Britain is condemning a generation of young people with common mental health conditions to a lifetime on welfare,…
Selling US debt, Europe’s difficult weapon against Trump | Economy and Business
On Tuesday at the Davos forum, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ridiculed the idea that Europe might retaliate…
Turmoil in Japanese bond market
Is Japan heading toward a “Liz Truss moment?” That is a question increasingly being raised in financial circles…
Has Japan’s tourism peaked? Row with China set to slow arrivals from record high
Japan welcomed a record 42.7 million foreign visitors in 2025, fuelled by a weak yen that made it…
Experts issue urgent warning on ominous threat that could wipe out hundreds of millions in property value — here are the details
Photo Credit: iStock Our rising global temperatures aren’t just a distant threat to the natural world anymore; they…
NY Fed carried out dollar/yen rate checks, source says
Item 1 of 2 Japanese yen and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen with a currency exchange rate graph…
India dumps US Treasuries, buys up gold to mitigate threats – thecradle.co
India dumps US Treasuries, buys up gold to mitigate threats thecradle.coDecoupling from dollar: India sells US Treasuries & buys…
Freeze is coming: Americans clear shelves as monster storm looms
NEW YORK, Jan 24 — Americans stripped supermarket shelves Friday ahead of potentially “catastrophic” winter weather that threatened…
The macro view from the railroads: CSX says they don’t see any macro improvement coming
US railway CSX isn’t seeing a macro rescue in 2026. Management is planning for flat industrial production, modest…
Davos: ECB’s Lagarde plays down fears of ‘rupture’ in world order, as IMF’s Georgieva warns of AI ‘tsunami’ hitting jobs market – as it happened | Business
Introduction Good morning from Davos, where the final day of the World Economic Forum is underway. After a…
Midnight bhajans, meditation on mountain top & padel pow-wows: Young Turks go off the beaten track at Davos
DAVOS: Late night Krishna bhajans on a snowy mountain top to seek salvation in sub-zero temperature; a pre-dinner…