Steep learning curves - election heat for bonds :Mike Dolan
Some might wonder why it took so long, but the risk that this year's key elections exaggerate rather than rein in bloated public debt is finally seeing long-term
July 03, 2024Some might wonder why it took so long, but the risk that this year's key elections exaggerate rather than rein in bloated public debt is finally seeing long-term
July 03, 2024EU countries are wavering over whether to back additional tariffs on Chinese-built electric vehicles, highlighting Brussels' challenge in
July 03, 2024When either Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer take to the stage to hail victory in the British election on Friday, they will be joined at their moment of triumph by either a man with a
July 03, 2024British investors added a record 11.4 billion pounds ($14.5 billion) into equity funds over the first six months of 2024, as the prospect of further central bank interest rate cuts
July 03, 2024Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swore in a heavily reshuffled cabinet on Wednesday that includes new finance and foreign ministers in a government facing
July 03, 2024The last time Lebanese farmer Zakaria Farah stepped onto his fields outside the southern town of Qlayaa was in January - but it was not to plant.
July 03, 2024The Indian rupee will trade within the narrowest range in nearly three decades over the coming year as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continues to maintain its
July 03, 2024Australia's corporate watchdog should be split into two after "comprehensively" failing in its role, including by not taking action against offenders and focusing more
July 03, 2024U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein plans to meet French officials in Paris on Wednesday to discuss ways to defuse the escalating cross-border fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli military, the
July 03, 2024Russia's use of air-dropped bombs with a larger range is a major reason civilian casualties in Ukraine increased between March and May, the U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) said on
July 03, 2024PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has named in-house executive Daniel Li as its new China head, a move that comes as it faces investigations by financial regulators in
July 03, 2024Alaska Airlines' flight attendants are set for an average pay increase of 32% as part of a new three-year tentative labor agreement with the airline, a union representing the employees
July 03, 2024Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the turnout in the first round of the country's presidential election was "lower than expected", semi-official Tasnim news
July 03, 2024The euro will weaken modestly against the U.S. dollar this month before strengthening by year-end, despite financial markets pricing two more European Central
July 03, 2024U.S. private payrolls increased a bit less than expected in June, consistent with slowing labor market momentum.
July 03, 2024Eli Lilly's Kisunla secured standard approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday for slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
July 03, 2024First-time applications for U.S. unemployment benefits increased last week, while the number of people on jobless rolls rose further to a 2-1/2 year high
July 03, 2024Semiconductor production equipment maker ASML may continue with an expansion under way at its headquarters in Veldhoven, the Netherlands' Council of State ruled on Wednesday,
July 03, 2024Spain's government announced a crackdown on Wednesday on short-term and seasonal holiday lettings amid rising anger from locals who feel priced out of the housing market.
July 03, 2024The eight remaining teams at the European Championship will take centre stage in the quarter-finals to be played on Friday and Saturday.
July 03, 2024President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Kyiv planned to submit a resolution on nuclear safety, in particular at the Russia-occupied Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,
July 03, 2024Venezuela kicks off the home stretch of its presidential election campaign on Thursday ahead of voting planned for the end of the month, where analysts and
July 03, 2024Thousands of Albanians gathered in Tirana on Wednesday to pay tribute to their country's best-known novelist Ismail Kadare, who died on Monday after a heart attack.
July 03, 2024In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of people with disabilities
July 03, 2024Bulgaria's prime minister-designate Rosen Zhelyazkov of the centre-right GERB party failed on Wednesday to secure support for his proposed cabinet in parliament, prolonging a
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