Mind the Aftershocks: Post-Tantrum Market Calm Unnerves Traders
Weeks of gut-wrenching turmoil are keeping investors on the lookout for further volatility explosions, despite the uneasy calm that’s recently descended on world markets.
Weeks of gut-wrenching turmoil are keeping investors on the lookout for further volatility explosions, despite the uneasy calm that’s recently descended on world markets.
Russia is boosting its production of conventional and high-precision ammunition, defense secretary Sergei Shoigu said on Saturday, days after he visited munitions factories in two regions in inspect the production of artillery and missiles. “Necessary measures” are being taking to ramp up output, Shoigu said.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund will vote against the reelection of several Credit Suisse Group AG directors, including chair Axel Lehmann, at the bank’s annual investor meeting, it said on its website.
Sanna Marin, Finland’s prime minister, is fighting to stay in power as voters head to polls on Sunday to decide on a nail-biter race.
Edouard Daunizeau’s crypto company SavingBlocks has an office in East London’s technology hub and more than 200 customers testing its services. But getting a bank account for his year-old startup has proved an almost insurmountable challenge.
Blocked border crossings, a minister pelted with eggs and overflowing silos — anger is mounting among farmers in eastern Europe who say a rush of grain from Ukraine threatens their businesses, and it’s steadily eroding political goodwill.
OPEC+ is still finding that the best response to growing oil market uncertainty is to hold its ground.
Five people were injured after an explosion at a refinery run by Indonesian state oil company Pertamina, the company’s third incident in recent weeks.
South Korea’s financial regulator said some of the large companies that are members of the benchmark Kospi index should submit their key regulatory filings in English within three days of their Korean submissions.
Satellite images indicate North Korea may be close to completing a new reactor in its major nuclear complex in Yongbyon, according to 38 North, a Washington-based website that tracks events in the country.