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URGENT: 5 forex firms report GMO-linked customer losses: Japan finance chief

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Tuesday that five foreign exchange firms have reported customer losses t...

Seoul stocks open higher on Wall Street gains, renewed AI optimism

South Korean stocks opened higher Tuesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, as renewed optimism over artificial ...

Book Review: ‘Princes and Thieves,’ by Matthew Cole

The new book by the reporter Matthew Cole connects $2 billion in slush funds from gulf state leaders to Trump’s son-in-l...

Can Hong Kong deliver in trying to build its yuan credentials?

In September, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu unveiled the city’s first five-year plan along with his policy address, h...

S. Korea's GDP expands 1% in Q3 on strong exports, investment: BOK

The South Korean economy grew 1 percent in the third quarter from a quarter earlier driven by strong exports and investm...

China beats Japan in Europe car sales

Musk says US$40bn chips debt closed; talks continue

UK Weighs Scrapping Its Largest Untapped Oilfield With Oil Over $100

Britain is deciding whether to drill its largest untapped oilfield in the middle of an oil shock, with Brent above 100 a...

Why the Netherlands Must Hold the Line on ASML

If the Netherlands agrees to US export controls, it must be mindful of its vulnerability to retaliatory measures from Be...

WTO members discuss proposals on key trade and development issues

At meetings of the WTO's Committee on Trade and Development on 26-27 October 2026, members continued discussions on prop...

Brazil Supreme Court Orders Flávio Bolsonaro to Hand Over Passports in Money Laundering Inquiry

Brazil’s Supreme Court told the police to seize passport of Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election, over his ...

Indonesia’s Rupiah Defense Seen Needing a Rate-Hike Turbocharge

Bank Indonesia may need to deploy more aggressive measures, including further rate hikes, to sustainably lift the rupiah...

Gold Steadies Above $4,000 With Fed Rate Decision in Focus

Gold held above $4,000 an ounce as traders prepared for a Federal Reserve decision this week that’s expected to keep int...

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: The 'cliff' beneath China's cities

Beijing has room to borrow, but heavily indebted local governments are cutting back, raising the stakes for growth and f...

How Shimao’s sale of 2 hotels reveals the growing complexity of Hong Kong debt workouts

The HK$2.7 billion (US$344 million) sale of two Shimao Group hotels in Hong Kong leaves an estimated HK$1.8 billion shor...

Beijing Pushes Domestic Oil Production as Iranian Supply Dries Up

China needs its biggest oil and gas producers to drill more, explore more, and build strategic supply bases as the Iran ...

EU loan to Airbus threatens trade truce with US, Trump trade official warns

Jamieson Greer says the European Investment Bank’s historic loan to the aerospace group risks ‘violating’ the US-EU airc...

Latest Oil Market News and Analysis for Oct. 27

Oil fell for a second day as stepped-up diplomatic efforts bolstered hopes a broader escalation in the US-Iran war may b...

Alleged Russian Funding Prompts Executive Exodus at U.S. LNG Firm

The top executives of U.S. energy startup Polar LNG have all resigned in recent weeks, just six months after the company...

How Hong Kong’s 5-year plan can fuel its financial clout

Finance ministers from 21 Asia-Pacific economies recently met in Hong Kong, the first time the city has hosted them. A p...

US-Canada Trade Talks Are Picking Up Pace But No Deal Yet, Carney Says

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said trade talks with the US have gained a bit of momentum, and suggested that any p...

Should Beijing be pushed to let the renminbi rise?

Can currency diplomacy address the global imbalances that have featured on both the Group of 7 and Group of Twenty agend...

Como os mercados reagiram após a vitória do Lula

Daniela Milanese conta como os mercados reagiram após a vitória do Lula nas eleições. Com produção de Beatriz Amat, Dani...

New levy on non-EU parcels kicks in on Sunday in a bid to curb the influx from China

The European Union will from Sunday slap a €2 (US$2.25) handling fee on packages from outside the 27-nation bloc in a bi...

Does France Answer to Its Citizens or the Bond Market?

France’s budget battle is testing two powerful forces: citizens who want to see the social safety net maintained and eve...

Beijing softens on EU curbs to avoid blame for Europe’s unrest

The European Union is preparing to extend its curbs on Chinese imports of chemicals, furniture and machinery to fight a ...

EU mobilizes €4.7 bln to reimburse its member nations for arms supplies to Ukraine

An additional 230 million euro has been allocated to expand the budget of the EU military assistance mission

US-Canada trade deal not as ‘close’ as portrayed

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett had said Sunday that negotiators were “very close” to reaching an agree...

Pakistan’s changing development assistance landscape: Manifestations, implications, and opportunities

Pakistan’s development assistance landscape is undergoing a major structural shift. Western bilateral aid is declining, ...

Bangladesh’s changing development assistance landscape: Manifestations, implications, and opportunities

Bangladesh is absorbing one of the most severe aid shocks in its history while simultaneously benefiting from an unprece...

Markets Have 'Misunderstanding' of Warsh Fed, Says Axel Merk

Axel Merk, president and CIO of Merk Investments, said that the market misinterprets Warsh's comments on the Fed's curre...

Lula’s Win Isn’t as Bad as Markets Think

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s shock win in Brazil against Flávio Bolsonaro triggered an investor reaction for the ages. Bl...

One-Day Wipeout Tops 60% For the Hardest-Hit Brazilian Stocks

The wipeout Monday in Brazilian markets dragged down nearly every stock in the benchmark Ibovespa index. More than half ...

Brussels Takes Aim at Chinese Imports as Europe's Industrial Crisis Deepens

Europe's political elite is belatedly confronting the electoral cost of deindustrialization, as right-wing gains in loca...

Russia ranks first globally by natural gas reserves

Russia has the developed infrastructure and considerable technological groundwork

Brazil’s real sinks after Lula’s re-election victory

Investors react to Lula's victory with a sharp decline in the real and concern over increased spending and fiscal challe...

Lula’s stunning comeback meets fiscal reality

Brazil’s president must now rein in spending and build a broad coalition

These energy stocks are poised to profit from an imminent AI power crunch

Bloom Energy and Solaris Energy would benefit from an urgency around securing power to AI developers.

Govt raises petrol price by Rs1.54 per litre, high-speed diesel rate by Rs2.16

The government on Monday increased the price of petrol by Rs1.54 per litre and that of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs2.16...

US-Canada tariff deal 'very close', says White House adviser ahead of midterms