So what does that all mean for our beleaguered little economy? If, as Finance Minister Nicola Willis said, our recovery was delayed, not derailed … how soon can we get it rolling again? It feels a bit risky to assume this thing will hold, but markets have rallied and the price of oil has fallen. […]
Canva is accepting applications for its 2026 Small Business Pitch Challenge, offering five businesses across the UK and Ireland a £4,000 grant, one-to-one mentorship and an opportunity to hold an event at the design platform’s London headquarters. The competition is open to UK and Ireland residents aged 18 and over who start, run, co-run or […]
00:00 Speaker A when you talk to clients is the base case a hold, they’re staying pat. 00:02 Speaker B A base case is a hold. However, the only thing, um, with Jeff and the target is that I really think that, you know, the Fed’s going to go another five years above target. I […]
World leaders are in Évian-les-Bains, France, for the 52nd G7 Summit, with wars, oil security, artificial intelligence and the global economy dominating the agenda. The summit brings together leaders from France, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, Italy and Canada, along with invited partner countries and organisations.Ukraine is expected to remain a major […]
Hosts for home shopping network QVC are attempting to unionize with SAG-AFTRA in an organizing drive they say is fueled by generative AI concerns. The labor group filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday after requesting voluntary recognition from management the previous week. SAG-AFTRA is attempting to represent 32 […]
US spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $64 million on Monday, even as spot ETFs for ether, XRP, Solana and Hyperliquid all pulled in fresh cash. On the surface, that looks like a clean rotation out of bitcoin and into everything else. Ether funds gained $22.5 million, Hyperliquid funds $17.2 million, and the XRP and […]
“Even if the situation remains unclear, should it be judged that upside risks to prices outweigh downside risks to economic activity, it will be necessary to thoroughly discuss the pros and cons of raising the policy interest rate,” Ueda earlier this month. Read the full article…
Beijing | China’s consumer spending and investment slumped to levels unseen since the pandemic, exposing risks still facing the economy even as it benefits from a deescalation in tensions around Iran while exports boom. Retail sales fell 0.6 per cent last month from a year ago, a worse-than-forecast drop that was their first fall since […]
Irrespective of whether you were talking to retail investors, institutional reps, or normies who barely followed markets over the last few years, crypto usually found its way into the conversation in some capacity. But while AI continues to attract enormous amounts of capital, is having its worst start to a year since at least 2015, […]
By Linda Chiem ( June 15, 2026, 7:38 PM EDT) — The owner and manager of the cargo ship that slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge told a Maryland federal judge on Monday that Baltimore, local businesses and dockworkers cannot recover millions in alleged economic losses from the 2024 wreck because they have no […]
