International

3 weeks ago | March 29, 2024

Cocoa is more expensive than copper

Cocoa extended its surge — gaining more than US$700 per ton in a single day and surpassing US$9,000 for the first time ...

3 weeks ago | March 27, 2024

Nigeria set for another outsized rate hike to crush inflation

Bloomberg The Central Bank of Nigeria is set to deliver another interest-rate hike to show its resolve to crush ...

Boeing CEO to step down in overhaul sparked by safety crisis

Bloomberg Boeing Co Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun is stepping down at the end of the year, part of a sweeping ...

4 weeks ago | March 22, 2024

Three quarters of Africa’s energy could come from renewables by 2040

Over half of Africa’s people — about 600 million — lack access to even the bare minimum of electricity. The tough ...

Significant economic shifts are on the horizon

As the world stands on the cusp of significant economic shifts, investors find themselves navigating a landscape where ...

4 weeks ago | March 21, 2024

China’s support important for economic globalization ...

LONDON, March 17 (Xinhua) – Despite the rising tide of de-globalisation and protectionism, China has played an ...

4 weeks ago | March 20, 2024

Western oil giants look at new strategy amid global energy transition

by Nie Shangyou HOUSTON, March 19 (Xinhua) — At the top-level global energy forum CERAWeek that kicked off here on ...

1 month ago | March 15, 2024

Dimon warns US recession ‘not off the table’ yet

Jamie Dimon said he wouldn’t take the prospect of a recession in the US “off the table”, but that the Federal Reserve ...

1 month ago | March 12, 2024

Gold steadies near record high as US inflation data looms

Bloomberg Gold was little changed after eight consecutive days of gains as traders eye Tuesday’s consumer price index ...

1 month ago | March 11, 2024

Chinese economy ascending, not peaking

by Xinhua Writer He Leijing BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) — China’s 2024 growth target of around 5 percent ...

1 month ago | March 6, 2024

Retirement is changing – what is the new normal?

moneyweb.co.za Dawn Ridler – Rexsolom Invest It used to be that we prepared for 20 years to live post-retirement, ...

1 month ago | March 5, 2024

Bitcoin breaches $64 000 briefly as ETF demand lures traders

By Suvashree Ghosh, Bloomberg Bitcoin rose for the second straight day and marched closer to its all-time high, driven ...

2 months ago | March 1, 2024

Fed rate cuts are likely to be slow, but not necessarily steady

There’s a saying about how the Federal Reserve manages interest rates: They go up the escalator and down the elevator. ...

World economy has growing shot at soft landing, G-20 draft says

The global economy has a growing chance of pulling off a soft landing, finance chiefs said in a draft of the G-20’s ...

2 months ago | February 29, 2024

Chinese cosmetics take Southeast Asian beauty economy by storm

GUANGZHOU, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — Sitting in her office in Guangzhou, Huang Suqin always knows what the most popular ...

2 months ago | February 26, 2024

Trump a symptom, not cause of U.S. polarization

Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2024-02-23 21:08:16 by Sourabh Gupta With a mix of alarm and dismay, observers have ...

2 months ago | February 23, 2024

Excessive heat could result in higher food prices this year

The excessive heat across South Africa currently is a significant concern for the farming sector, according to the ...

Sinking skyscrapers, new beaches: Chicago faces the climate crisis

Chicago is sinking. From melting glaciers to underground hotspots, global warming could threaten the city’s elegant ...

Support for climate action up, so why does it feel hopeless?

Farmers revolting against the EU’s climate policies, climate-doubting politicians pushing back against cutting fossil ...

Blended finance can perpetuate climate colonialism

“Blended finance” took centre stage at Cop28, with the Green Climate Fund among its supporters. But there are still ...