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SWIFT to trial live digital currency transactions next year

By Alun JohnLONDON (Reuters) - Global bank messaging network SWIFT will trial live transactions of tokenised assets and digital currencies next year, it said...

Israel Strikes Beirut as World Awaits Its Response Against Iran

(Bloomberg) -- Israel’s warplanes bombed Beirut overnight, after eight of its soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon in battles against Hezbollah.Most Read from BloombergSix...

EM currencies set to hold steady or pare gains for the rest of 2024 – Reuters poll

By Devayani Sathyan and Vuyani NdabaBENGALURU/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Most emerging market currencies are set to trade in tight ranges or pare some of the...

BOJ Policy Board Dove Backs Keeping Financial Conditions Easy

(Bloomberg) -- A leading dove on the Bank of Japan’s policy board stressed the need to keep financial conditions easy until inflationary expectations take...

Stock market today: Asian shares slip and the yen weakens against the dollar

Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday after U.S. stocks stalled as investors awaited developments in the Middle East.The U.S. dollar gained against the...

China’s Sudden Stock Rally Sucks Money From Rest of Asia

(Bloomberg) -- A strong rebound in Chinese stocks is set to trigger a shift in global portfolios as some investors rush to catch the...

Buffett Targeting Japanese Banks, Insurer Shares, Analysts Say

(Bloomberg) -- Market watchers are saying that Warren Buffett may be looking to buy Japanese financial firms and shipping companies as Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s...

SoftBank’s Son Sees AI Running Households in a Few Years

(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son sketched out one of the most aggressive timelines for the adoption of artificial intelligence yet, envisioning...

Ship queue grows at US ports as dockworker strike enters third day

By Doyinsola OladipoNEW YORK (Reuters) - Long lines of container ships queued up outside major U.S. ports on Thursday as the biggest dockworker strike...

Morning Bid: PMIs to pave the way for rate cuts

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella QiuServices PMIs due across Europe on Thursday are likely to show...

Takeaways from The Associated Press’ report on lost shipping containers

LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — From clothes to metals used for manufacturing, most of the world’s everyday goods and raw materials moved over long...

Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open?

LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over...

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