UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing on Tuesday on the first visit by a British leader to China since 2018, signalling a tentative reset in relations at a time of growing flux in the global political and economic order. Starmer is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping…
Maersk, a major container shipping company, announced that severe weather, specifically heavy storms and snowfall, is causing significant disruption to its cargo operations across a large area of Europe. The impact is being felt across south-west and western Europe, affecting the seamless flow of goods, according to a Reuters report. Furthermore, the…
Shell and BP are actively pursuing US licenses to begin extracting natural gas from shared fields in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Caribbean country’s energy minister Roodal Moonilal announced on Wednesday, according to a Reuters report.As Latin America’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas and a major global supplier…
Amazon.com Inc. said on Wednesday it plans to cut about 16,000 corporate jobs, marking a second major round of layoffs in three months as the company moves to streamline management layers and accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence across its operations.The latest reductions deepen a restructuring effort that began last…
“I was doing Dry January for the trend and health benefits, but now that I have been laid off, I think this is more of a financial necessity,” joked London-based Callum Hill, recently cut by one of the UK’s fintech majors.The line lands lightly, but it captures a deeper shift…
Global markets delivered a mixed picture on Wednesday, with Asia-Pacific stocks diverging from Wall Street’s record-setting close, commodities surging to fresh highs, currencies swinging on US dollar weakness, and corporate uncertainty resurfacing at Amazon after a prematurely sent internal email fueled layoff fears. Asian markets mixed as Wall Street hits…
Gold’s blistering run is likely to continue as prices breached the $5,200 per ounce mark on Wednesday for the first time in history. Meanwhile, silver prices on COMEX also climbed above $116 per ounce for the first time earlier on Wednesday as the white metal continued its record-shattering run. Experts believe that…
China has approved its first imports of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, in a sign Beijing is recalibrating its stance as it weighs rising AI demand against efforts to boost domestic development.The approvals cover several hundred thousand H200 chips and were…
ASML’s latest results underline how deeply artificial intelligence spending is reshaping the semiconductor supply chain. The Dutch chip equipment maker reported a sharp jump in orders and issued stronger-than-expected guidance for 2026, signalling that demand from chipmakers building AI capacity remains resilient. Investors tend to focus on bookings as a…
HSBC share price continued its strong rally and is now sitting at its all-time high, with its market capitalization hitting $300 billion. It has become the sixth biggest bank in the world after JPMorgan, Bank of America, ICBC, Agriculture Bank of China, and China Construction Bank. This article explores whether…