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Fed Hike Odds Make a Full Round Trip
A Fed emergency meeting is the one macro event nobody can put on a calendar, which is exactly why Kalshi lists a contract on it. That contract is offered at 13.1 cents tonight against an 8.1-cent bid, and read alone it …
US Manufacturing Remains Robust, but Jobs Market Stays Subdued
As anticipated in our last global economic outlook, elections around the world have driven notable policy changes that altered the trajectories of inflation, borrowing costs, currency values, and trade and capital flows…
Why Home Prices Refuse to Fall as Sales Hit a 2-Year Low
The slowdown in sales and high inventory in 2025 have eased home prices, said the region's real estate board
UK long-term borrowing costs highest since 1998 ahead of October Budget
Long-term government borrowing costs have risen to a 28-year high, putting further pressure on Prime Minister Andy Burnham ahead of his first Budget next month.
France targets Shein and Temu with fast fashion fees
France has started imposing fees on fast fashion items which could reach almost â¬20 per garment by 2030, as the government tries to curb sales of cheap clothing sold by e-commerce sites.
U.S. July job openings come in soft, but tick up from revised June figure
The BoJ is expected to resume policy normalisation at its meeting next week, with money markets pricing an 89% chance that the central bank will raise its short-term policy rate by 25bps to 1.00%, and an 11% probability…
Ikea cuts prices as customers struggle with rising cost of living
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is cutting prices across hundreds of products in Europe to woo customers struggling with deepening cost-of-living pressures.
Eurozone Inflation Hits a Middle East War High, but Core Pressures Remain Containe
At its meeting on 19 March 2026, the Governing Council decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. It is determined to ensure that inflation stabilises at the 2% target in the medium term. The war in the…
I climbed the career ladder and got my dream job at 30 - then I hit burnout
Jo Hooper spent her 20s trying to climb the career ladder, quickly rising through the ranks with promotions and pay rises.
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XPeng delivers 39,107 vehicles in August, up 4% year-over-year
XPENG (NYSE: XPEV) reported August 2026 deliveries of 39,107 vehicles, a 4% year-over-year increase. On August 11, 2026, the company’s G9L model debuted and began pre-sales in mainland China.
WPP to cut up to 1,000 jobs by year-end amid AI-driven cost-cutting- FT
Omnicom will lay off more than 4,000 employees and merge several prominent advertising agency brands following its $13 billion acquisition of rival Interpublic Group.
Shein shares fall in long-awaited stock market debut
Shares in fast-fashion giant Shein fell in their highly anticipated stock market debut on Tuesday as the firm listed in Hong Kong after a long quest to go public.
China private manufacturing growth strengthens in August, RatingDog PMI shows
This print beats the roughly 51.0 consensus flagged ahead of the release and lands the day after the NBS official PMI also improved, giving AUD traders confirmation from both the state weighted and export weighted surve…
Australia current account deficit up less than expected in Q2
As anticipated in our last global economic outlook, elections around the world have driven notable policy changes that altered the trajectories of inflation, borrowing costs, currency values, and trade and capital flows…
Verizon prepares network for potential tropical storm Edouard
CrowdStrike (CRWD) continues to expand ecosystem reach—bringing Falcon to Google Cloud, extending to Snowflake, and partnering with Cognizant—moves that aim to centralize AI‑era security telemetry and ease enterprise ad…
Feeling nostalgic for summer? How to beat the back-to-work blues
The alarm wakes you with a shock, the summer holiday is over and it's time to face that inbox full of unread emails.
Brinker International director DePinto sells $5.76m in shares
BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC (EAT) director Joseph Michael DePinto reported mixed insider activity. On 2026-08-28, he sold 25,000 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $230.39, in multiple trades between $…
Japan Inc is betting big on India as China risks deepen
India's commerce minister Piyush Goyal led the country's largest-ever business delegation to Japan last week in a bid to expand trade and investment ties between the two countries. His visit came as Japan's deepening pu…
Amazon rigged billions in ad pricing, lawsuit from states and US watchdog alleges
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a bipartisan group of 22 states has filed a lawsuit alleging Amazon secretly overcharged more than a million advertising customers by manipulating online auctions it uses to set…
Kushner states regret over World Cup sell-off plan
Venture capitalist Joshua Kushner, who was set to be the lead investor in Fifa president Gianni Infantino's scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup, says he now regrets joining the proposal.
Victoria Beckham's company makes its first profit after 18 years
Victoria Beckham's fashion and beauty business has made an operating profit for the first time since she founded it in 2008, the company has said.
AI could cause global economic downturn, Andrew Bailey warns G20
The governor of the Bank of England has warned G20 finance ministers that artificial intelligence could cause a global economic downturn and pose a significant cyber security risk to financial systems.