Fallout from Iran war continues to reverberate across economy even as petrol prices decline... Read more »

Melting in the Arctic is unleashing a geopolitical tussle over new trade routes... Read more »

Headline and core inflation rates were both lower, with energy prices registering another decline over the month... Read more »

Disruptive climate event is likely to be one of the strongest on record... Read more »

Jiang Zemin’s right-hand man laid the foundation for the country’s leap to economic superpower... Read more »

Also in today’s newsletter: Moderate Democrat wins in Wisconsin, and Bank of America commits $250bn to US infrastructure projects... Read more »

Pledge comes after president snubbed chief executive of US’s second-largest lender this year... Read more »

Boston central bank branch head Susan Collins will back September interest rate rise if inflation remains hot... Read more »

Martin Wolf on Daron Acemoglu’s urgent rallying cry for a new politics of shared prosperity... Read more »

The EU has denounced US duties while imposing its own protectionist measures dressed up as climate policy... Read more »

Acquisitions of local parts makers amid resistance to Chinese exports have worried EU officials... Read more »

The Federal Reserve chair needs to assert his authority or others will usurp his natural role... Read more »

Also in today’s newsletter: Chinese humanoid robot company prepares for IPO and Colombia earthquake death toll rises above 100... Read more »

Evidence is mounting that the divide is rather more difficult to fix than the new Federal Reserve chair had thought... Read more »

High inflation, weak jobs numbers and presidential interference trouble the Federal Reserve... Read more »

Jack Bogle’s creation has transformed markets, and involves plenty of choices... Read more »

Forget OPEC. The Chinese Communist Party calls the shots... Read more »

Though the technology is making life still harder for many graduates... Read more »

The yuan and local currencies stand to benefit... Read more »

The art is to say enough, and no more... Read more »

The plight of the hedge fund says more about them than about its 24-year-old founder... Read more »

Its investment lags far behind America’s. Its models do not... Read more »

An enigmatic Fed faces the risk of AI stocks falling and the oil price soaring... Read more »

As tensions flare in the Gulf, triple digits could return in a flash... Read more »

Fewer than academics imagine, but more than Elon Musk will admit... Read more »

For that, blame high national debts... Read more »

Takaichi Sanae’s economic agenda bears little resemblance to her mentor’s... Read more »

These peculiar products, popular in the crypto world, are hitting the mainstream... Read more »

In the dynamic world of financial consulting, Manny Vidal stands out as a visionary leader with over 35 years of experience in the life insurance industry, dedicating 24 of those years to the specialized field of premium finance. As the driving force behind Premium Finance Group LLC, based in Coral... Read more »

Most financial advisors learn about a liquidity event the same way everyone else does. They read about it, or they hear through a contact, or they send a LinkedIn message hoping to get in front of someone before the money moves. InVestra tends to already be in the room. The... Read more »

Autonomous software agents are moving into the back office of finance, and accounts receivable is where they are landing first. As such, the task of chasing overdue invoices, historically repetitive and expensive to staff, has become an early test case for AI that acts on a company’s behalf rather than... Read more »

For years, the chief financial officer was primarily expected to report results, manage cash flow, and ensure the business remained financially compliant. Those responsibilities still matter, but they no longer define where finance creates the greatest value. As companies have become more complex and growth decisions increasingly affect everything from... Read more »

For more than a decade, Marina Moses sat inside the engine room of corporate finance, building the models that organizations like Koch Industries’ Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Aristocrat Gaming, and Amazon used to plan their futures. It amounted to a long seminar in how the wealthiest organizations in the country protect and... Read more »

In today’s fast-paced world, financial security often feels like an elusive goal, but Larry Clow has made it his mission to make that security a reality for individuals and business owners alike. A seasoned entrepreneur with a wealth of experience, Larry is a financial consultant who specializes in helping his... Read more »

Rob Smith spent eight years as a Gartner analyst learning exactly how a specific generation of IT leaders makes buying decisions. He is now betting the next generation makes them differently enough to build an entire product around the difference. Periscope, the newest release from his firm, Lionfish Tech Advisors,... Read more »

The argument that fair lending and profitable business are fundamentally in tension has been around for as long as the mortgage industry has. Pavan Agarwal has been building the counterargument for years. The numbers behind that work are now public. Sun West Mortgage Company, the national lender Agarwal leads, operates... Read more »

For savers, the road to building wealth has always seemed pretty simple and straightforward: just deposit money into a bank account, buy government bonds, contribute to retirement funds, and allow compound interest to do the rest.  That model worked well until the foundations of global finance in terms of interest... Read more »

Peltz's relationship with Wendy's dates back to an activist campaign he led more than two decades ago.... Read more »

Venture capital founder Joshua Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger acquire Mark Walter's stake in Los Angeles Lakers at valuation of more than $12 billion.... Read more »

Home Depot's CEO, Ted Decker, is taking a temporary medical leave of absence that's expected to last a few months.... Read more »

The deal follows years of global automotive supply chain issues for GM and other companies.... Read more »

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is pitching GPUs as long-term collateral to unlock $500 billion in funding. The question is how fast will his chips depreciate?... Read more »

JPMorgan is making a nine-figure bet as the Olympics Games' first-ever global banking partner. ... Read more »

The CEO of the nation's largest single-family rental landlord said the new law banning large-scale investors from the market will lower prices in the long term.... Read more »

Doctors and other experts say that splitting the measles, mumps and rubella shot has no scientific basis and is unlikely to get off the ground. ... Read more »

Baby products company Frida is launching a new category of personal care items for kids, tapping into a growing market and largely untapped space.... Read more »

Boeing is selling three of its subsidiaries to Archer Aviation in exchange for a stake in the eVTOL startup.... Read more »

HHS moves to tighten oversight of food ingredients and define ultra-processed foods as food safety concerns raise questions about FDA visibility.... Read more »

Traffic to salad chains has fallen as consumers avoid greens due to the ongoing cyclospora outbreaks across the U.S.... Read more »

Shein has won over consumers with its low prices but is now seeing shoppers flee after new tariffs and changing regulations forced it to raise prices.... Read more »

Rockstar Energy founder Russ Savage told CNBC he now controls 12 million shares of Celsius Holdings, amounting to roughly 4.7% of the energy drink company.... Read more »

A combination of new road infrastructure, expanding residential demand and renewed government investment is reshaping Kuje from one of Abuja’s quieter satellite towns into an emerging investment corridor. It is… The post Wisdom Kwati Smart City Launches ₦500bn Wellness & Resort City In Abuja appeared first on Radarr Africa.... Read more »

Following their landmark $20 million acquisition of the Abo FPSO deep-water infrastructure in September 2023, STAC Marine partnered with Flip Visuals as their full service brand communications agency. As their… The post Flip Visuals Partners With STAC Marine Offshore Ltd To Build Strategic Brand Identity Following $20 Million Abo FPSO... Read more »

A growing number of entrepreneurs are beginning to realise that business success is rarely determined by ideas alone. While innovation, funding, and execution remain essential, many of the most significant… The post Francis Uko Advocates Strategic Networking As A Key Driver Of Business Growth For Nigerian Entrepreneurs appeared first on... Read more »

Global tools and accessories manufacturer SALI Tools has officially entered the Nigerian market with the establishment of a local office and warehouse operation in Lagos, as the company moves to… The post SALI Establishes Lagos Operations as It Expands Into West African Market appeared first on Radarr Africa.... Read more »

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, ahead of the 13th edition of the Africa CEO Forum scheduled to begin on Thursday, May 14. Tinubu was received at… The post Tinubu arrives Kigali for Africa CEO Forum appeared first on Radarr Africa.... Read more »

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), the Chinese government department responsible for attracting foreign direct investment and supporting overseas companies in Hong Kong, is expanding its engagement with Africa as it positions… The post InvestHK courts African enterprises seeking Asian expansion appeared first on Radarr Africa.... Read more »

Renewvia Energy Corp. plans $750 million expansion into Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and the DRC for 2.1 million electricity connections in Africa. Seeking $45 million for Kakuma and Dadaab projects to… The post Renewvia Plans $750M Solar Mini-Grid Expansion in Africa appeared first on Radarr Africa.... Read more »

Chinese officials recently highlighted Nigeria’s position within China’s long-term developmental and economic strategies, citing the country’s growing influence in infrastructure projects, investment, and bilateral trade. During a seminar in the… The post China confirms that Nigeria is its largest engineering contracting market in Africa appeared first on Radarr Africa.... Read more »

From Equatorial Guinea to Tanzania, from Accra to Addis Ababa, and now, from Nairobi to Kigali, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with sartorial elegance and swashbuckling confidence, is traversing Africa preaching… The post In Rwanda, Tinubu pitches the Nigerian business case to the rest of Africa appeared first on Radarr Africa.... Read more »

Manappuram Finance is moving from promoter-led management to a professional leadership model as Bain Capital deepens its stake in the gold loan-focused NBFC... Read more »

Air India Group has accumulated losses of about Rs 47,821 crore since its takeover, leaving its prolonged transformation among the biggest unfinished projects of Chandrasekaran's tenure... Read more »

The CBIC accepted observations in 903 of the 1,334 cases detected by the auditor, involving Rs 268.36 crore, and has recovered Rs 15.88 crore so far.... Read more »

The commercial vehicle maker reported a net profit of Rs 2,560 crore as volumes rose 26 per cent, but commodity inflation weighed on margins and prompted price increases... Read more »

The ministry said its fiscal consolidation path and Rs 1 trillion stabilisation fund provide room to absorb mild shocks, but sustained oil-price increases pose risks... Read more »

Indel Money, a non-deposit taking non-banking finance company, on Wednesday said it proposes to raise up to Rs 500 crore through public issue of NCDs of face value of Rs 1,000 each.... Read more »

The shipment of around 350,000 barrels arrived on August 5, while two more cargoes are expected by month-end as attacks on Russian energy infrastructure disrupt refining... Read more »

Indian Railways has shifted six proposed PPP track projects worth ₹31,814 crore from a revenue-sharing model to HAM, reducing risk for private investors... Read more »

BofA will initially acquire 26.5 per cent of Jio Credit, with its holding rising to 49.9 per cent upon exercising warrants, subject to regulatory and statutory approvals... Read more »

The creation of Tata Consumer Products and acquisitions of Capital Foods, Organic India and Soulfull helped the group build a larger, diversified portfolio of consumer brands... Read more »

N Chandrasekaran's exit brings Tata Sons' succession process into focus, which remains a carefully structured exercise rather than a conventional corporate appointment... Read more »

Most of the group stocks such as TCS, Titan, Tata Communications and Tata Motors PV traded with cuts of up to 4 per cent in intraday deals on Wednesday.... Read more »

Economists point out that the U.S.-Japan intervention—as significant as it may be—doesn’t tackle the underlying reasons behind the yen’s weakness.... Read more »

The pair are buying the team from Mark Walter, who paid $10 billion for it just over a year ago, and someone who Magic Johnson once said would own the team for decades.... Read more »

After making AI tools widely accessible for employees, leaders are putting caps on usage and retraining staff to understand small and cheaper models can often do the job.... Read more »

A $500 billion Wall Street push could route insurance and pension capital into GPU-backed infrastructure as Big Tech leans harder on debt.... Read more »

The historic gift to a University of Washington research institute lands as the federal government retreats from funding science.... Read more »

After years of job market hell, around two-thirds of U.S. employers are now planning to hire again—they’re looking for marketers, HR and tech workers.... Read more »

Google DeepMind’s Lila Ibrahim had no AI pedigree—she started out with a $1 cornfield job, immigrant parents, and a habit of taking risks others missed.... Read more »

A handful of elite Bay Area schools have enlisted parent-donors from Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Battery to steer small pools of donated capital into early-stage startups. With massive IPOs back en vogue, schools are lining up for what could come next.... Read more »

Ballmer Group is spinning its three regional offices into independent nonprofits, and CEO Terri Ludwig says she’d rather run them like startups than spinoffs.... Read more »

Donald Trump says chief spokesperson will leave job at the end of the month... Read more »

TWG Global is seeking to refinance loans, restructure firms and bring in outside investors as prosecutors scrutinise books... Read more »

Fallout from Iran war continues to reverberate across economy even as petrol prices decline... Read more »

Melting in the Arctic is unleashing a geopolitical tussle over new trade routes... Read more »

Lawsuit seeks to stop president from publishing official government announcements exclusively on the platform... Read more »

Guggenheim’s Mark Walter sells team after just a year of ownership amid US inquiry into insurance empire... Read more »

If the left could separate economics from culture, capitalism would have more to fear... Read more »

Boston central bank branch head Susan Collins will back September interest rate rise if inflation remains hot... Read more »

Kedma Capital has sold Multi Retail, which holds the Ace, Betili, and Auto Depot chains, to Ronen Ganon at a 60% premium on the market price.... Read more »

OPC Energy jumped after reporting hugely improved profits, amid a generally strong energy utilities sector.... Read more »

Wonderful, one of the fastest growing companies in Israel, held a fund raising round just three months ago. Insight Partners is again expected to be among the round's leaders.... Read more »

$265 million will go to Team8’s third fund, which has already made an exit, and $100 million will be allocated to follow-on investments in existing portfolio companies.... Read more »

Bank Leumi's first quarter profit was NIS 2.83 billion, 8.5% higher than in the corresponding quarter despite the bank surtax.... Read more »

While overall numbers remain steady, profound changes are taking place in employment patterns.... Read more »

While financial institutions have been selling dollars in huge quantities, Israeli importers have seized the opportunity to buy.... Read more »

At the end of the second quarter, the defense company's orders backlog totaled $32 billion, 73% of it from outside Israel.... Read more »

Despite ostensibly excellent results, the UAV camera company's share price fell sharply. Gross margins narrowed, but is that necessarily a bad sign?... Read more »

Every Women’s Month, South Africa rightly celebrates the women leading companies, building businesses and shaping public policy. Yet the closer one looks at the upper levels of corporate and entrepreneurial life, the clearer the contradiction becomes: women’s talent is increasingly visible, but their progression still stalls before the top.The usual... Read more »

South Africa's persistently high unemployment rate continues to leave millions of people searching for work, but for many job seekers the biggest obstacle is not a lack of skills. It is the cost of finding employment.Limited access to mobile data, the expense of printing CVs and the cost of travelling... Read more »

As we celebrate South Africa’s Women’s Month this August, it’s a good time to shine a spotlight on an often overlooked aspect of women’s empowerment: financial skills development.In my career journey, I’ve seen first-hand how understanding the language of numbers can transform businesses and communities.This is particularly true in the... Read more »

Step into any leadership summit or corporate roundtable, and you’ll hear a familiar mantra: “Mentor her. Sponsor her. Coach her.” These calls to action are well-intentioned and often effective. But if we’re serious about advancing women in fintech, we must go further. The conversation must evolve from offering support to... Read more »

Huawei hosted the Huawei eKit Forum as a breakaway session at Huawei South Africa Connect 2026, bringing distribution partners together under the theme Grow with Huawei eKit: Distribution Solutions & Partner Program.The forum introduced the HUAWEI eKit 4+10+N SME Intelligence Solutions, an extensive portfolio of over 400 products built for... Read more »

Washington and Tokyo jointly intervened to shore up the Japanese yen for the first time in nearly 30 years after the currency sank to its weakest level in decades, the Financial Times has reported.The reported intervention came after the yen slid to 163.24 per dollar last month, its weakest level... Read more »

Print-outs of articles about the global memory chip shortage are pinned beside a price list at a Hong Kong computer shop, offering an explanation to confused customers feeling the pinch.Price rises for goods such as laptops and smartphones, with cars potentially next, have been an unwelcome side-effect of the artificial... Read more »

For over four decades, Winterveldt—the sprawling settlement north of Pretoria—has stood as a living monument to South Africa’s spatial divide. From its origins in Bophuthatswana as an informal periphery to its current integration into the City of Tshwane, economic planners have repeatedly tried and failed to lift Winterveldt out of... Read more »

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) will soon hold its national congress where workers from Mitchells Plain to Mussina, from farms to mines, hospitals and schools, will gather to assess the state of the economy and its impact upon the working class.Most importantly, they will craft campaigns on... Read more »

South African farmers are increasingly adopting digital platforms to improve productivity, access finance and make better-informed business decisions as the agricultural sector faces rising input costs, volatile weather and tighter profit margins, according to Nedbank Commercial Banking.Desry Lesele, senior manager for agribusiness client value propositions at Nedbank Commercial Banking, said... Read more »

South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) Governor Lesetja Kganyago has defended the central bank's commitment to its new 3% inflation target, saying the recent surge in inflation caused by higher oil prices will not derail efforts to restore price stability.Addressing the Sarb's 106th Ordinary Annual General Meeting in Pretoria on Friday,... Read more »

Operation Vulindlela (OV) has reported significant progress across several structural reform programmes, including electricity, freight logistics, water and sanitation, visa reform, local government and digital public infrastructure, as government seeks to accelerate economic growth and improve service delivery.According to the Operation Vulindlela Quarter One 2026 progress report, reforms implemented since... Read more »

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) has recommended increasing the customs duty on imported peanut butter from 0.99 cents per kilogram to 20% ad valorem, saying the move is needed to protect the domestic industry from rising imports and improve the competitiveness of local manufacturers.The recommendation follows... Read more »

African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), which has South African entrepreneur Patrice Motsepe as founder and chairman, has taken a significant step towards revitalising its Bokoni Project through the board approval of the R15.2 billion project to double group platinum production.The ambitious endeavour aims to create value for shareholders and establish a... Read more »

Ahead of Toast the City this October, our restaurant columnist on his favourite City spots Bank is almost unrecognisable from when I began my career in the area with Gaucho in 2004. I went on to become MD of the brand before leaving in 2014 to take an entrepreneurial journey,... Read more »

Roughly 90,000 of London’s white-collar jobs could be pushed into other parts of the country as Andy Burnham accelerates his devolution drive, a top recruitment firm has predicted. Legal, banking and accounting firms could be among those to shift thousands of jobs away from the capital in a bid to... Read more »

The government is recruiting a senior official to oversee billions of pounds of quantum investment despite saying candidates do not need any background in the technology. A job advert for a deputy head of the Office for Quantum published on Tuesday says the successful candidate could oversee the rollout of... Read more »

A wealth soultions firm expected to IPO in London later this year has posted a fall in inflows as a boost generated by last year’s UK government tax shake up tailed off. Utmost, owned by private equity firms Oaktree Capital and Brookfield, recorded £4.4bn of inflows in the first half... Read more »

Aston Villa may not have thought they’d feature in a Super Cup anytime soon, but their commercial foundations have allowed them to challenge the best. Amidst much of the doom and gloom that surrounds the Premier league and its inevitable collapse into monotony under the financial suffocation of the ‘Big... Read more »

The UK holiday cottages that are truly accessible for a wide range of guests WHAT IS ITFunctional, self-catering cottages in the Hampshire countryside. At Wallops Wood, it’s all about stress-free simplicity: sit in the garden hot-tub watching kites circle above the tree line, or take lunch in the large private... Read more »

The family which runs City estate agent Winkworth has agreed to halt its legal spat for at least a month after chair Simon Agace and his wife tried to oust the company’s board, including Agace’s son. The AIM-listed company, run by chief executive Dominic Agace, launched legal proceedings against its... Read more »

Accountancy firms are pouring millions of pounds into AI, but the industry forgot to modernise security systems and is leaving itself exposed to costly cyberattacks. According to a report by software company Fastly, shared with City AM, more than 75 per cent of businesses that identified as AI-first, meaning they... Read more »

Josh Kushner, the Donald Trump-linked figure at the centre of the Fifa sell-off row, is to buy NBA’s LA Lakers from Chelsea co-owner Mark Walter in a £9bn deal. Walter purchased the Lakers for £7.4bn in October last year but is set to see a bumper return on his investment... Read more »

Labour’s ‘chaotic’ crackdown on zero-hour contracts could cost businesses nearly £3bn every year, though firms have warned the real cost could spiral even higher. The cost of the new rules, which include offering guaranteed-hour contracts to flexible employees and paying workers for cancelled shifts, has been revealed in a government... Read more »

The Supreme Court “may have opened the floodgates to a large number of potential claims against employers” after ruling that part-time workers claiming discrimination do not need to prove their part-time status was the “sole reason” for less favourable treatment. The case was brought by Warren Augustine, a part-time private... Read more »

London is being lined up to stage a re-run of last month’s dramatic GAA All-Ireland Football Championship between Mayo and Kerry. Saracens’ StoneX Stadium is being eyed by the two counties who are seeking permission from the Central Council in Ireland to stage the match, according to the Irish Independent.... Read more »

Henry Pollock could find himself at the centre of a rugby bidding war with top flight league clubs monitoring the union star amid uncertainty over his future, City AM can reveal. The 21-year-old flanker has emerged as one of England rugby’s most popular players, earning a reported £150,000 per year... Read more »

Britain is facing a shortage of electricity supply as the solar eclipse plunges the country into darkness and chokes off solar power generation.  The UK’s most significant solar eclipse since 1999 is expected to wipe out the vast majority of solar power production as the moon blocks up to 95... Read more »