‘Black and proud’: Harris has never shied away from racial identity
Former president Donald Trump, who has a long history of making incendiary comments about race, has stepped up his attacks on his 2024 White House rival Kamala Harris by claiming…
Dollar’s stubborn strength dents US companies’ earnings cheer
A host of US companies are faced with a problem they had not expected to confront this year: a rising dollar. Many market participants believed the dollar would fall on…
It’s personal: Biden steps up ridicule of Trump
From joking that he wished Donald Trump had injected bleach to mocking him for falling asleep in his trial, Joe Biden is doing his best to get underneath his rival’s…
Property titans seek clues in Cannes for market turnaround
The global real estate industry is scrabbling around for reasons to be optimistic in the grip of its biggest crash in more than a decade, with developers and investors talking…
Dialogue and de-escalation
INCREASED diplomatic engagement between the US and China has helped to bring down the temperature in their fraught relationship. But it has not yielded any agreement on the key issues…
Tech parks for growth
In today’s fast-paced global economy, technology parks play a crucial role in fostering industrial development by providing an ecosystem conducive to innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurship. These designated areas are often…
Burial of humanity
The dance of medieval barbarism with lethal weapons of 21st century is being played out, while the world watches; some with glee; some with awe; some with pain; some with…
Fed rate cuts become question of when, not if
The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to start cutting interest rates in the coming months, as inflation edges closer to its long-run target of two percent. What is less…
The Xi-Biden meeting
For obvious reasons, the much-anticipated summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, is…
Dwindling excess savings could scupper markets’ soft-landing hopes
Markets have high hopes for a soft landing for the economy, with bonds and equities rallying. Yet a sharp drawdown in the excess savings created by COVID-19 could be a…
