Since the pandemic, incumbents have been ousted in 40 of 54 elections in Western democracies — ‘A kind of electoral long COVID’17 November 2024
Jobs report stokes Wall Street rally that erases the week’s earlier lossesBy Press Room4 October 2024 Wall Street soared Friday on news that employers are still hiring in strong numbers, recovering from slumps caused by fears…
Oil prices jump and Wall Street slides as investors eye Middle East tensionsBy Press Room3 October 2024 Markets in the U.S. kept sliding from their record highs, closing down Thursday on continued worries that escalating tensions in…
Shares in Midea, one of the world’s largest sellers of home appliances, surge in Hong Kong after city’s largest IPO in 3 yearsBy Press Room17 September 2024 Shares in Chinese electronic appliance maker Midea surged more than nine percent on its Hong Kong debut Tuesday, having raised…
Typhoon trading: Hong Kong will order its stock exchange to stay open during extreme weatherBy Press Room18 June 2024 Hong Kong will end its decades-long practice of shutting its markets during typhoons and major storms starting on Sept. 23. …