President urges nation’s largest grid operator to have data centre companies bid for contracts to build plants

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen expected to travel to Australia next month to sign agreement

Swiss trading house benefited as volatility swept copper market last year

Last year brought an acceleration in the company’s AI data-center buildout—and a plateau for the stock, as investors began to wonder about the payoff on all of the AI spending. Meta shares underperformed the S&P 500 index in the second half of last year.

Still, Main Street would fare better than Wall Street as the current White House resorts ever more to the Nixon command-and-control economic playbook.

Playing a long game paid off with the Soviet Union and a similar trajectory of regime collapse could come in Tehran

Chiefs of finance groups including Zurich and BNP Paribas call for formal goal of supporting growth and competitiveness

According to the National Association of Realtors, “First-time home buyers…last year shrank to a historic low of just 21% of all buyers,” versus a historical norm of 40%. Meanwhile, the median age of first-time buyers has risen to 40, the highest ever recorded. In the 1980s, the average first-time home buyer was in their late 20s.

Small-caps have historically soared and slumped over stretches lasting close to a decade, on average. The main risk to a small-cap rally is a further downturn in manufacturing.

If the dividend yield exceeds the bond yield, it’s a sign that bond investors are comfortable with a company’s creditworthiness and that the dividend is relatively safe.