S&P 500 Sets Fresh Record as Traders Pile Back Into AI Stocks
US stocks closed at a record on Wednesday, thanks to shares benefiting from the artificial-intelligence boom as traders…
South African Cities in Death Spiral, Deputy Finance Chief Warns
South Africa’s main municipalities, with the exception of Cape Town, are in a “death spiral,” spending way too…
Saudi Arabia Government Seeks $10 Billion in Rare Loan Deal
Saudi Arabia is in talks to raise as much as $10 billion in a rare loan deal, marking…
BofA Scraps Year-End Vacations for Traders on Dutch Pension Risk
Bank of America Corp. is keeping its European rates trading desks fully staffed over the end-of-year period to…
Trump Keeps Oil Permits Moving in Shutdown, Halts Renewables
The Trump administration plans to continue issuing permits for oil drilling and do other work on “priority conventional…
GPs question ACC clampdown on medical certificates
General practitioner groups say an ACC plan to keep a tighter watch on the use of medical certificates…
French Premier Signals Optimism on Solving Political Crisis
Outgoing French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu expressed optimism that an accord can be reached to allow the formation…
BOJ’s Ueda Left With Rate Hike Dilemma as Takaichi Set to Lead
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will likely face a tougher political environment in the second half of…
Government should sell its stakes in the power companies and let the market sort out dry-year solution – Richard Prebble
Electricity should be one of New Zealand’s competitive advantages. Most of our power already comes from renewable sources:…
Danyl McLauchlan: Government promises should be taken with a grain of salt
Simeon Brown, left, Promised “urgent action” on energy in mid-2024, while Winston Peters, right, played a part in…
Christopher Luxon unveils quarterly plan with 33 Government priorities
One of the actions, to publish the Defence Industry Strategy, had already been ticked off last week. Of…
Donald Trump ‘happy’ to work with Democrats on health care, if shutdown ends
Salaries for hundreds of thousands of public sector employees are set to be withheld from Friday, while military…