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5/15/2024
Stock market today: Asian shares advance after another round of Wall St records

Asian shares advanced on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records on hopes that inflation is heading back in the right direction.The optimism came from a report showing U.S. consumers had to pay prices for gasoline, car insurance and everything else in April that were 3.4% higher overall than a...

5/14/2024
Stock market today: Asian markets follow Wall Street higher ahead of U.S. key inflation update

Asian stocks were mostly higher on Wednesday after a rally on Wall Street that took the Nasdaq composite index to a record high. A report Tuesday showed that prices remain stubbornly high at the wholesale level in the United States, before many price changes are passed along to consumers, with the p...

5/13/2024
Japan's SoftBank Group trims investment losses but remains in red for fiscal year

SoftBank Group trimmed its losses for the fiscal year through March to about a quarter of the red ink it racked up a year earlier, as its investment losses declined, the Japanese technology company said Monday. Annual sales at Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp. rose 2.8% to 6.76 trillion yen ($43 bill...

5/10/2024
British economy rebounds strongly in first quarter of the year, ending 'technical recession'

The British economy bounced back strongly in the first three months of the year, bringing to an end to what economists termed a “technical recession”, official figures showed Friday.The Office for National Statistics said the economy grew by 0.6% in the first quarter from the previous three-month pe...

5/9/2024
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall St rally takes S&P 500 near record

Stocks in Asia were mixed Friday after a rally on Wall Street that pulled the S&P 500 back within 1% of its record. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Sydney and Seoul but rose in China, where investors were focused on the release of April inflation figures.In Japan, the Finance Ministry reported a recor...

5/8/2024
Equinox to launch exclusive $40,000 gym membership to beat Father Time

Equinox, the fitness chain known throughout the United States, is set to launch an expensive personal fitness membership for $40,000. The program “Optimize by Equinox” is being developed in connection with Function Health to delay the ravages of Father Time. Optimize by Equinox Most Americans will undoubtedly be unable to afford the super-expensive fitness plan, […]

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5/7/2024
Warren Buffett's Successor Says Berkshire Hathaway's Culture Will Stay the Same

Succession plans at the $870 billion Berkshire Hathaway took center stage on Saturday as thousands of shareholders attended the firm's annual meeting in Omaha.Investors questioned 93-year-old Berkshire chairman Warren Buffett about what would change when Berkshire's vice chairman Greg Abel, 61, who ...

5/6/2024
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher, though China benchmarks falter

Asian markets were mostly higher Tuesday after another day of gains on Wall Street, although Chinese shares faltered. U.S. futures and oil prices edged higher. Tokyo's Nikkei 225, reopening after a national holiday, jumped 1.5% to 38,784.91 and the Kospi in South Korea surged 1.9% to 2,728.05. Hong ...

5/3/2024
Stock market today: Wall Street rallies after hiring shows welcome signs of cooling

Wall Street capped a choppy week of trading Friday with the best day for the stock market in over two months, as traders welcomed cooler-than-expected U.S. employment data as a sign that inflationary pressures on the economy are easing.The S&P 500 rose 1.3%, its best day since late February. The...

5/2/2024
More money is going to African climate startups, but a huge funding gap remains

African climate-tech startups are increasingly raising money from private sources, but while those funds for climate solutions are growing, a huge gap remains in meeting the actual financial needs for climate action in Africa

5/1/2024
Stock market today: Asian markets follow Wall Street swings after Fed keeps interest rates high

Asian markets wobbled in early Thursday trading after U.S. stocks swung to a mixed finish with the Federal Reserve delaying cuts to interest rates. U.S. futures surged and oil prices were higher.Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index opened with a decline, then climbed 0.1% to 38,299.71.The Japanese yen surged as...

4/30/2024
Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals

Mexico's taking control of its oil sector from U.S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every year. The 1938 nationalization is a point of pride for millions of Mexicans including President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.The popular president hails from the Mexican oil industry’s ...

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