Global bank equities were under broad pressure this week as credit concerns emanating from the United States rattled investor confidence. With disclosures of troubled loans and fraud allegations among smaller U.S. lenders, markets around the world responded as if the vulnerabilities in credit had...

India’s status as the world’s call-center capital is facing its most profound test in decades. Artificial intelligence, once viewed as an enhancement to customer service, is now threatening to replace much of the human workforce that has powered the country’s $283 billion IT outsourcing sector....

Gold and silver prices ascended to unprecedented levels in recent sessions, propelled by a potent mix of fresh geopolitical jitters and widespread expectations of U.S. interest rate cuts. As trade tensions between the United States and China sharpened, investors rushed toward safe-haven assets,...

Major U.S. e-commerce platforms have removed millions of listings for Chinese-made electronics, marking one of the most sweeping enforcement actions yet under Washington’s tightening technology security rules. The move reflects a broader strategy by American regulators to choke off potential...

In the third quarter of 2025, many large U.S. companies are expected to report slower earnings growth compared to earlier in the year, even as investors zero in on how much their aggressive spending on artificial intelligence is yielding actual returns. After a stretch of outsized profit expansion,...

A senior executive at PGIM Fixed Income has raised alarms that the U.S. dollar faces significant downside risk if President Donald Trump succeeds in pushing the Federal Reserve toward a more dovish monetary stance. As public criticism of the Fed intensifies and Trump seeks to influence its...

Barclays Bank has released research showing that mining companies in Europe could suffer earnings losses of up to 25 percent over five years because of damage to nature, while power sector firms face smaller but still meaningful declines. The warning emerges from a novel stress-test that puts...

President Trump’s abrupt proclamation attaching a six-figure fee to new H-1B visa petitions sent shockwaves through corporate HR departments, university campuses and immigrant communities almost overnight. The rule transformed a discrete immigration policy change into an operational emergency:...

France has threatened to block the EU “passport” that lets crypto firms licensed in one member state operate across the bloc, escalating a political fight over who should police digital-asset platforms and why. Paris argues that uneven licensing under the new Markets in Crypto-Assets framework has...

A landmark World Trade Organization agreement to curb harmful fishing subsidies officially came into force this week, marking a rare multilateral victory for ocean sustainability and setting in motion a suite of measures aimed at rebalancing global fishing economics, protecting vulnerable stocks...

A Japanese fintech startup’s move to issue a yen-pegged stablecoin has lit up markets and regulators alike, because it sits at the crossroads of traditional finance and the fast-moving crypto ecosystem. The plan to launch a token fully convertible into yen and backed by domestic savings and...