France awaits results from Macron’s pro-business pushEmmanuel Macron has watched his approval ratings plunge as voters wait for his pro-business reforms to pay off -- but for company leaders like Pierre Loustric, that's not a problem. "I'm not disappoin...
Grain pain: Japan’s ageing rice farmers face uncertain futureA crop once deemed so important it served as a form of currency, Japanese rice has fallen out of favour with younger, westernised consumers, in a shift that has left ageing farmers struggling for surv...
With market on edge, investors look to tech trioThe pressure is on for Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft as they prepare to report quarterly results at a time when confidence in those market leaders looks increasingly fragile and in danger of derailin...
Firms are partying like it’s 2007. Time the Bank played pooperYou wish fervently for something then, when it happens, it’s not what you hoped for at all. That is how central bankers must be feeling as they watch corporate debt soar to record highs. They wanted c...
China says must balance stable growth and risk preventionChina must balance the need for stable growth while managing risks and maintain a prudent and neutral monetary policy, the State Council, the country’s cabinet, said on Sunday following a meeting of t...
Fed’s Kaplan sees two-three more rate hikes to hit ‘neutral’ levelAnother two to three interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve will likely put US borrowing costs in “neutral” territory where it is neither stimulating nor restricting economic growth, Dallas...