How sovereign wealth funds are inflating the Silicon Valley bubble
Aug 21, 2018 15:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Elon Musk jolted markets and shareholders when he tweeted his intention to take his electric car company, Tesla, private. Saudi billions, he proposed, could help the company escape the pressures of being publicly listed....
Aug 21, 2018 11:29 am UTC| Commentary Economy
In a world where the U.S. dollar continues to dominate global trade transactions and global reserve, sanctions imposed by the United States have biting effects and the latest departure of European oil giant Total from the...
Aug 21, 2018 11:28 am UTC| Commentary Economy Digital Currency Market Roundups
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices, gained during European session Tuesday, albeit struggling to hold the $6,500 mark, after a slew of disappointments off late. On Monday, Chinese regulators had arrested three individuals found...
Global Geopolitical Series: Despite hostility U.S. loves Iranian carpets
Aug 21, 2018 11:10 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The United States has developed a taste for Iranian carpets and according to Irans National Carpet center the United States is still the top export destination of Iranian carpets, despite the hostility towards Iran in the...
German bunds plunge as investors await 10-year auction, August manufacturing PMI
Aug 21, 2018 10:20 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The German bunds plunged during European session Tuesday as investors wait to watch the countrys 10-year auction, scheduled to be held on August 22, besides, the manufacturing PMI for the month of August, due on the...
Aug 21, 2018 08:33 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Australias ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence fell a sharp 3.5 percent last week, its third straight weekly fall. Confidence declined across all sub-indices, with particularly sharp falls in views towards future...
Aug 21, 2018 06:55 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The New Zealand bonds closed lower Tuesday as investors are expecting an ease in the global political and trade war fears ahead of the countrys GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) price auction and retail sales for the second quarter...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight