The price of gold started to grow following a seven-month low set last week due to the Israel's war with Hamas. According to Bloomberg, gold prices have started to rise again after falling to a seven-month low last week as tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement grew. Gold is...

According to data from the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism, domestic tourism spending by Chinese citizens over the Golden Week holidays in 2023 increased but showed results worse than expected. The holiday week's tourism revenue came to 753.4 billion yuan ($103.28 billion), more than twice...

Venezuela and the United States have made headway in talks that might provide sanctions relief to Caracas by permitting at least one extra foreign oil firm to take Venezuelan crude oil for debt settlement if President Nicolas Maduro resumes talks with the opposition in Mexico, according to a...

Following a catastrophic weekend attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, global corporations have temporarily closed some businesses in Israel and urged workers to work from home.   Companies ranging from airlines to banks have taken the following steps:   TRAVEL  ...

The violence that erupted in Israel this weekend has prompted a flight to safe-haven assets, as investors constantly monitor events in the Middle East to assess the geopolitical risk to markets.   Gunmen from the Palestinian organisation Hamas launched an unprecedented attack against Israel...

According to a plan announced by authorities on Monday, China intends to increase the country's aggregate computing capacity by more than 50% by 2025, as Beijing increases its focus on supercomputing and artificial intelligence developments.   The idea comes amid increased competition...

After the release of data on the US labor market, yields on US Treasury bonds spiked dramatically in Friday's trading, reaching 16-year highs. Ten-year US Treasury bond interest rates increased by 17 basis points to 4.887 percent annually. The yield on 30-year securities exceeded 5.05% for the...

More US jobs were added than was anticipated in the previous month, which increased speculation about potential future interest rate increases. In September, employers added 336,000 positions, more than double the 170,000 predicted, according to Labour Department data.   Data for August was...

In the first half of 2024, debt-ridden enterprises in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa will have to compete for $500 billion in refinancing, a struggle that could lead to the demise of many "zombie" corporations even though an anticipated peak in interest rates may provide some relief.  ...