Economy and Climate Action Minister and Greens Party chancellor candidate Robert Habeck arrives for the weekly federal government cabinet meeting on January 29, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images The German government on Wednesday slashed its gross domestic product forecast to just 0.3% growth in 2025. “The diagnosis […]
Stipe Plejic – Venture Builder | President StoneBlock | CEO Endemic. getty After participating in most relevant art conferences and industry discussions last year, such as Art and Business, Art and Tech and Art and Finance—organized by the biggest players in the art industry like Delloite, ArtNova and Christie’s—and as someone who built a digital […]
Railway builders erect a box girder at the site of the standard project in front of the Huning section of the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hefei high-speed railway in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on January 10, 2025. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s economy expanded by 5.4% in the fourth quarter, exceeding market expectations, as a flurry of […]
A logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is seen during the TSMC global RnD Center opening ceremony in Hsinchu on July 28, 2023. (Photo by Amber Wang / AFP) Amber Wang | Afp | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s fourth-quarter revenue and profit beat expectations, as demand for advanced chips used in artificial […]
The Eccles Building, location of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the Federal Open Market Committee. Brooks Kraft | Getty Images A sell-off in global bond markets is accelerating, fueling concerns over government finances and raising the specter of higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses around the world. Bond yields […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US economy blew past expectations to create 256,000 jobs in December, sending yields on long-term US government debt to the highest level since 2023 and pushing stocks to the lowest point since Donald Trump’s […]
A worker welds at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone in Qingzhou, China, on August 31, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s factory activity growth in December missed analysts’ expectations Tuesday, signaling that Beijing’s stimulus measures were not sufficient to meaningfully boost the country’s ailing economy. The country’s official […]
A chimney from the Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden, New Jersey. Kena Betancur | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Natural gas futures prices surged on Monday, hitting a new 52-week high following reports of a colder-than-usual temperature outlook for January. Natural gas February futures rose nearly 19% during the session […]
Customers shopping for vegetables at a supermarket in Nanjing, China. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s consumer inflation fell to a five-month low in November and missed expectations, climbing 0.2% from a year ago, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics released Monday. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected a slight pickup […]
New CEOs often face challenges when working with their board of directors, having “bosses” who have … [+] never worked for the company or even in the industry. Universal Images Group via Getty Images As they are promoted to become the CEO, many senior leaders view this long-awaited step as the pinnacle of their careers. […]
