(Bloomberg) — US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng will lead talks on trade and other pressure points Sunday in New York ahead of next week’s summit between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies. The negotiators will lay the groundwork for a high-profile meeting between President Donald Trump and…
ImaWikimedia.ge Credit: Santeri Viinamäki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Russia’s oil story has taken a sharp and unexpected turn. What initially looked like a financial lifeline driven by global tensions is now colliding with a new and costly threat from Ukraine, creating ripple effects that extend far beyond energy markets and into the global automotive ecosystem. When…
(Bloomberg) — Chinese investors hunting for the next artificial intelligence winners are looking beyond high-flying chipmakers to the utilities and metal producers that form the industry’s physical backbone. The shift toward the sector’s supply chain — from power generators to materials used in data centers — reflects growing concern over lofty valuations in pure-play AI…
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would never bow to pressure from the United States or any other country, and cautioned that the response to any strikes into Russia would be very serious consequences. Vladmir Putin on US sanctions on Russia.(AFP) Russian sanctions are an “unfriendly” act and “will have certain consequences, but…
The world today is more unsettled and volatile than ever. The war in Ukraine has become Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Tensions between Israel and Iran cast a heavy shadow over the Middle East. Taiwan issues spark new threats almost daily. The gap between Europe and the United States is becoming increasingly evident….
By Anna Szymanski LONDON (Reuters) -By Anna Szymanski, ROI Editor-in-Charge, and the ROI team Hello Morning Bid readers! Warnings about a stock market bubble grew louder this week, with the Bank of England, IMF and JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon all expressing concern about the potential economic fallout if Wall Street were to suddenly stop defying…
Oil prices fell in early morning trade on Thursday in Asia as Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in fighting and a hostages-for-prisoners exchange, under a framework advanced by the Trump administration. Under the agreement, Hamas will release as many as 20 living hostages this weekend, and Israel will pull back forces to a…