It’s been eight months since Jack Ma, the most famous business executive China has ever produced, all but dropped from public view. Eight months and, by conservative estimates, some $70 billion. That’s the optimistic view…
BlackRock ETFs Get Billions Via Trades Hinting at…
Five BlackRock Inc. funds just recorded massive inflows that carry all the hallmarks of tax-ducking ETF trades known as heartbeats. The exchange-traded products collectively lured about $13.5 billion on Wednesday amid the rebalancing of the…
German Greens Offer Industry a Pact for Climate…
Green candidate Annalena Baerbock said she’d unleash government aid to help German industry make the country climate-neutral, while acknowledging recent mistakes in her race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel. The 40-year-old has suffered a harsh…
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Infrastructure deal hopes revived, Basel weighs in on Bitcoin and G-7 descends on Cornwall. Group of 10 A group of 10 senators are reviving hopes for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, days after President Joe Biden’s direct…
Latin American Politics Poised to Shift Left After…
The apparent electoral win in Peru of Pedro Castillo, a rural union activist from a Marxist party, over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori signals what may be a far-reaching shift to the left in a region…
Bank of Canada Holds Steady Ahead of Possible…
The Bank of Canada left its key interest rate at a historic low and maintained its current pace of bond purchases in a placeholder decision that should keep expectations intact for another reduction in emergency…
What is Trump Doing Now? Mar-A-Lago and Florida…
Since he left Washington in turmoil in January, Donald Trump has spent the bulk of his brief, contentious post-presidency holed up in what Karl Rove calls his “Fortress of Solitude”—Mar‑a‑Lago, his private club in Palm…
Chinas Three-Baby Policy Makes One Huge Assumption about…
This week’s top stories: For decades China has had one of the highest female labor force participation rates in the world, much higher than the U.S. To help the national economy, Communist Party Chairman Mao…
Will Pandemic Produce a Summer Baby Boom?
THURSDAY, June 3, 2021 -- America, get ready for a baby boom. That's the likelihood anyway, according to a new forecast that suggests a drop in pregnancy and birth rates seen during the early part…
AHA News: Menopause Before 40 Tied to Higher…
THURSDAY, June 3, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Early menopause could mean an increased risk of stroke caused by blocked blood vessels, according to a new study. Yet for each year of menopause delay,…