Sterling was firmer after data showed U.K. wage growth accelerated by more than expected in the three months to October, and ING said there was a “compelling case” for EUR/GBP to stay below 0.8300 in the near-term with risks skewed towards further falls.
Oil prices eased further after a disappointing batch of data from China fueled concerns over demand and as traders await the Fed’s last policy meeting of the year.
Carlsberg announced plans in July to buy the U.K. soft drinks giant, in a move to develop its Nordic bottling business and strengthen its presence in Western Europe.
German stock benchmarks fell after the country’s chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a no-confidence vote. although the DAX has risen 21% year to date and remains near its record high despite the current economic and political challenges.
The energy major said it probably wouldn’t be commercial for development in isolation, but it is the second recent discovery in the area that the company plans to further explore.
Spot gold was a touch lower in Asia and charts show there’s lingering risk of it facing a multiweek corrective decline to test the key 200-day moving average.
The chairman of Indonesia’s National Economic Council said he would continue pitching business opportunities in the coming months, including the possibility of building data centers for xAI.
The sale comes as Alibaba has been restructuring its businesses to focus on the e-commerce sector amid intensifying competition with its Chinese rivals.
Kurdish officials are urging Donald Trump to press Ankara to head off an invasion.
The regime’s trade in captagon, a methamphetamine-like drug, helped sustain its rule and fueled war and addiction across the region.
Watson had been found guilty of defrauding investors and lenders to his once promising digital-media startup.
Donald Trump’s win is boosting optimism among the world’s top executives.
Progress against inflation has stalled, and financial conditions hardly seem restrictive.
Rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani positioned himself as a statesman who can unite Syria, in a meeting with foreign journalists in Damascus.
A judge has enjoined this burden on small business, and Congress can act.
The Senate is poised to rob $196 billion from Social Security for public union workers.
His finance minister quits, as the ruling Liberals sink in the polls.
He earned the respect of FBI agents and their families.
They are among the few allies who share American values, and they know how to win.
Though he no longer faces the threat of prison, the Marine vet now faces a civil suit.
Illinois union members join workers in New York City in calling for a work stoppage.
Americans do worse in education scores, but the Continent lacks the U.S. risk-taking culture.
It gets late early during budget negotiations. Lawmakers waited too long to cut taxes in 2017.
Even the “resistance” crowd may see a benefit in holding him to a hard-money standard.
