China Opens More Sectors to Foreign Investment

Private sector companies added 122,000 jobs in December, less than expected, ADP says

Job creation eased more than expected in December while wages grew at the slowest pace in nearly 3½ years.

CNBC - 6d

Apple executives discuss potential investment in Indonesia

Yahoo News - 6d

A look at recent deadly earthquakes in China

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 that killed at least 126 people in western China near Nepal was one of the country’s deadliest in nearly a decade

ABC News - 6d

Foreign tourists among three dead after Rottnest Island seaplane crash

Privately owned Cessna 208 Caravan 675 plane was carrying seven people when it crashed off Western Australia coast. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news ...

The Guardian - Jan. 8

Toyota invests $44.4M in private Japanese spaceflight company

Yahoo News - Jan. 7

Jimmy Carter’s human rights legacy in US foreign policy

The Carter administration administration marked a break from the Cold War-era policies of prioritizing strategic interests over moral values, advocating instead for a foreign policy that emphasized ...

The Hill - Jan. 7

Emirati billionaire investing $20B in US to build data centers

President-elect Trump announced Tuesday that Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani plans to invest $20 billion in the United States “over a very short period of time” to build data centers across the ...

The Hill - Jan. 7

Trump announces $20 billion foreign investment to build new U.S. data centers

Billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a Trump associate and founder of the property development company DAMAC Properties, is pledging the money.

CNBC - Jan. 7

Blackstone joins private equity deal wave in US accounting sector

Acquisition of Citrin Cooperman from New Mountain Capital for $2bn marks a step up in valuations

Financial Times - Jan. 7

Australian Open 2025: How to watch on TV, betting odds and more to know

Play in the year’s first Grand Slam tennis tournament is scheduled to begin at the Australian Open on Sunday

ABC News - Jan. 7

Microsoft Plans to Invest $3 Billion on AI, Cloud Infrastructure in India

The company plans to grow the company’s Azure cloud business in India and set up new data centers.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 7

CNBC Daily Open: The AI sector still has legs to run

Semiconductor stocks jumped on Monday, lifted by buoyant news regarding the artificial intelligence sector. The S&P and Nasdaq posted two straight days of gains.

CNBC - Jan. 7

Nigeria’s Seplat moves in to fill gap as foreign oil companies retreat

Buyer of ExxonMobil’s assets in the west African country wants to double production within six months

Financial Times - Jan. 7

3 big gold investing mistakes to avoid in 2025

A gold investment could help boost and protect your portfolio in 2025, assuming you avoid these three mistakes.

CBS News - Jan. 6

‘Evolution not revolution’: Can the private sector help cut NHS waiting lists?

Keir Starmer has vowed to make better use of existing capacity to reduce massive backlog

Financial Times - Jan. 6

Microsoft Says AI Will Lead To Job Losses, Invests $80 Billion In The Tech

Microsoft has doubled down on its plan to invest $80 billion into artificial technologies in 2025, while at the same time admitting that advancements to the technology will lead to job losses. This ...

GameSpot - Jan. 6

Citigroup’s stock is a banking-sector bargain as ‘inflection point’ looms, analyst suggests

Barclays analyst Jason Goldberg upgrades Citigroup to overweight from equal weight on bullish 2025 prospects.

MarketWatch - Jan. 6

Investment banks prepare for crunch year in 2025

Boutiques counting on M&A rebound to support elevated valuations and star hires

Financial Times - Jan. 6

Venezuelan Regime Hunts for Foreign Hostages to Pressure Its Rivals

Maduro has turned up the heat on the incoming Trump administration by recently seizing 50 foreigners, several of them American passport holders.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 5

Trump's eyeing Greenland - but other Arctic investment is frozen

While Trump eyes Greenland, Norway and Russia have put the brakes on their polar region investments.

BBC News - Jan. 6

Don’t compare your retirement investments to the S&P 500

Retirement is about maximizing reliable cash flow for life

MarketWatch - Jan. 4

Why it's time to tweak your investments after lofty stock returns in 2024

Investors may need to tweak their portfolio holdings following a 23% gain in the S&P 500 index in 2024.

CNBC - Jan. 3

Apple offers rare iPhone discounts in China as foreign smartphone sales drop

Apple Inc. has kicked off the new year with iPhone discounts in China, underlining the challenges facing the tech giant in one of the world’s most populous countries.

MarketWatch - Jan. 3

Foreign phone sales plunge 47% in China, spelling trouble for Apple

Apple is under pressure in China as a result of rising competition from domestic brands, in particular Huawei.

CNBC - Jan. 3

French and German foreign ministers ‘want new relationship with Syria’

Jean-Noël Barrot and Annalena Baerbock call for peaceful transition in highest-level western visit since Assad’s fall. The foreign ministers of France and Germany have said they want a new ...

The Guardian - Jan. 3

US relaxes green hydrogen rules in race to boost sector

Biden administration’s Treasury delays stricter requirements for claiming tax credits ahead of Trump’s return

Financial Times - Jan. 3

EU foreign ministers visit Syria's notorious Sednaya prison

Yahoo News - Jan. 3

This will be the year of investing dangerously

Investors have no clue what the returning President Trump will actually do

Financial Times - Jan. 3

Britons have ‘lowest appetite’ for stock market investing in the G7

UK savers trail US and several European nations

Financial Times - Jan. 3

German Foreign Minister Baerbock travels to Syria to meet new leaders

Yahoo News - Jan. 3

China's electric car boom is increasingly more about hybrids

Hybrid-powered vehicles are proving more popular than battery-only ones in China, even as consumers shift away from gas-only cars, full-year data show.

CNBC - Jan. 3

Fee change on investment trusts could badly hit manager revenues

Greencoat UK Wind’s charge shake-up could be copied by other trusts

Financial Times - Jan. 3

Reinsurance costs fall as sector deploys record capital

Decrease follows two years of bumper profits for providers

Financial Times - Jan. 2

The nexus of organized crime and foreign meddling threatens Latin America

The growing power of organized crime and its destabilizing effects on Latin American democracies present new vulnerabilities for foreign powers to exploit.

The Hill - Jan. 2