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Emerging central banks keep cutting rates
LONDON: Emerging market central banks accelerated interest rate cuts in June, with policymakers rushing to trim benchmarks as major central banks including the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank adopted a more dovish tone.
Billionaire bids for Germany’s Metro despite retail gloom
LONDON: Stores are closing across Europe as consumers shift to e-commerce and discounters barge in. Yet a pair of investors is making an audacious takeover bid for Metro AG, valuing the German chain that sells food and other staples from nondescript warehouses at US$6.6bil.
Trump-Xi take centre stage as central banks shift
LONDON: Central bankers hand back the spotlight to presidents and prime ministers this week as leaders from the Group of 20 gather for a summit in Japan.
Foxconn says prepared to move Apple production out of China if necessary
Taiwan-based company tries to brush off investor worries over US-China trade row
Palm oil issue not affecting trade with EU, says Matrade
KUALA LUMPUR: The trade issue between Malaysia and the European Union (EU) over palm oil will not affect other forms of exports to the EU, says the Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade).
Norway drops Malaysia, 9 others from fixed income benchmark
OSLO, April 5: Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, will streamline its US$300 billion fixed-income portfolio by cutting emerging market bonds from the benchmark index it tracks, the Finance Ministry said on Friday.
Europe’s growth engine Germany sputters
BERLIN: The command center at the Otto Junker GmbH metals plant stands in sharp contrast to the noisy and smelly factory floor, where until just a few weeks ago workers operated various machines individually.
Can inheritance tax be the answer to wealth inequality?
ONE of the most hated tax is the “inheritance tax” which hardly anyone pays in many countries. An inheritance tax, sometimes referred to as an estate tax, may apply to that accumulated amount so that the government can still get a piece of the action even after the family has held a wonderful service for the one who passed away.
Pensioners welcome, but anyone, really
Tight labour market pushing companies to bring retirees back to work
Powell marks one year on the job as the Fed turns dovish
LONDON: Jerome Powell (pic) this week marks his first year as chairman as the Federal Reserve under pressure to deliver on the commitment of his opening day to explain “what we are doing and why we are doing it.”
