Cans of the Sapporo Black Label branded beer sit stacked at the Sapporo Breweries Ltd. factory in Eniwa, Hokkaido, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s Sapporo Holdings is planning to sell its real estate business to a consortium led by private equity firm KKR for 400 billion yen ($2.6 billion), public broadcaster…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures traded near the flatline Tuesday night after the broad market S&P 500 notched a record close. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 25 points, or 0.05%. S&P 500 futures slipped about 0.05%, while Nasdaq 100 futures were little…
A fire engulfing a residential building complex at Wang Fuk Court in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images What a year this has been. Understandably for many, it could not be over soon enough. From the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs…
SHANGHAI, CHINA – The German Christmas Market is lit up at the Bund Central Square near Nanjing Road Pedestrian street in Shanghai, December 15, 2022. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Wednesday amid thinner trading as several indexes are set…
Gold and silver have rallied this year — and prices keep climbing. Gold futures for February delivery rose 0.74% higher at $4,502.40 per ounce, after hitting a record of $4,530.80 per ounce. Spot gold was up 0.69% to $4,476 per ounce. Meanwhile silver futures for March advanced 3.69% and was last seen at $71.095 per ounce, having earlier hit…
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Tuesday that the Federal Reserve is not cutting interest rates quickly enough, even though the U.S. economy grew at a much faster-than-expected pace in the third quarter. Hassett, a leading contender to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell when his term ends in May, said the artificial intelligence…
Europe is pressing ahead with plans to ban Russian gas imports by the end of 2027, effectively capping Moscow’s energy future in the region and leaving a bevy of stranded assets in its wake. The dual Nord Stream 1 and 2 subsea pipelines were early casualties of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the infrastructure being…
WENCHANG, CHINA – DECEMBER 20: A Long March-5 rocket carrying a new communication technology test satellite blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on December 20, 2025 in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images The first stage of China’s reusable Long March 12A “was not…
LONDON — European markets are expected to open in the red, extending losses into a second day after hitting record highs last week. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 is seen almost 0.2% down, France’s CAC is set to be 0.1% below the flatline, and Germany’s DAX is set for a soft open, according to data from…
An aerial view of Singapore’s Marina Bay Street Circuit on Sept. 17, 2024. Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images Singapore’s inflation in November remained steady at 1.2%, missing estimates, as a higher increase in prices of services was offset by a steeper decline in electricity costs. The reading was lower than Reuters-polled analysts’ median…
