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At least five people — including a Queens congressional candidate — were arrested Friday as part of a May Day protest outside the New York Stock Exchange.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueno. The view that the central bank is unlikely to raise rates has weakened the yen. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
Supermarket giants say they’re under pressure to raise grocery prices. Source: AAP / Con Chronis
A China policy giving Africa's biggest economies tariff-free access to its market for the next two years came into effect Friday while its economic rival the United States seeks to impose new import taxes under President Donald Trump's push for protectionism.
Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov has accused Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of betraying the interests of her own voters by following the EU line on Ukraine and Russia in an interview with Il Fatto Quotidiano published on Wednesday.
The U.S. stock market is rising toward more records after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected.
At her studio in Iran’s capital, Amen Khademi prepared a fashion shoot for a jacket she designed with Persian-inspired motifs. But even as she applied lipstick to the model, she was distracted, worrying if her business would survive after four months without its main link to customers — the internet.
Waste pickers in the Kenyan capital are learning about the circular economy, sustainable practices and how to advocate for their own needs - by playing a board game.
If you’re in the market for a high-octane action series with visceral performances, Man on Fire has arrived on Netflix to satiate your TV appetite.
The United Arab Emirates has announced its withdrawal from OPEC and the OPEC+ format effective May 1, 2026, ending nearly six decades of membership. This marks the largest institutional disruption to the oil production coordination system since the establishment of the expanded OPEC+ format in 2016 and is perceived …
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Sue Gibson, a horse breeder and the ex-wife of mining magnate Steve Wyatt, has put her Southern Highlands estate on the market with a price guide of $11 million to $12 million.
With Sydney’s property market at “peak fear” and buyers in high-priced lifestyle coastal markets also catching the jitters, NSW’s less sexy inland regions have come to the fore, flaunting spectacular house price growth.
Have you ever asked the question “Is this really it?” It comes up a surprising number of times, especially for high-net-worth individuals, even though they are the people who “have it all.” In reality, many find that having financial success doesn’t necessarily mean they have all of the life satisfaction and fulfill…
China’s ambassador to the UN said on Friday that the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was "wreaking havoc" on global oil markets and the wider economy, as the Iran war continues to disrupt energy flows.
In 2006, weeks after a monthlong missile war with Hezbollah had shut down much of northern Israel, Warren Buffett flew to Tel Aviv and acquired an 80% stake in Iscar, a precision metalworking business in Tefen.
Naheed Malik had dreamt of being her own boss for years before she finally made it happen. In 2018, she and a colleague left their jobs at Canadian University Dubai to launch The Loop, a communications and PR agency specialising in higher education and service providers.
A new poll has found that a large majority of people in the United States believe that the decision to take military action against Iran was a mistake, as the war roils the global economy and fuels cost-of-living concerns in the US.
Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods warned Friday that the market has not absorbed the full impact of the unprecedented oil supply disruption triggered by the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Apple shares jumped more than 4% on Thursday, headed for the sharpest rally since August, after the iPhone maker reported better-than-expected quarterly results and issued revenue guidance for the current period that sailed past analysts' estimates.
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the country's top three banks will jointly finance the investment. (Photo by Daiki Katagiri)
THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opted out of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the cartel that controls the ebb and flow of oil in the global market.
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The main uncertainty for the global economy is where oil prices will go because of the Iran war
The main uncertainty for the global economy is where oil prices will go because of the Iran war
The world’s economy is completely dependent on petrochemicals. Is there any way to avoid them?
A shell company backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump has agreed to a merger with a mining group that secured up to $1.6 billion from the US government in 2025 to facilitate the extraction of tungsten in Kazakhstan, the Financial Times has reported.
Israeli forces raided Burqa village, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa news agency.
Amid the fog of war and fading 'hard' data, the final April S&P Global Manufacturing PMI printed 54.5, a small gain from the flash 54.0 print, and higher than the 52.3 February final print, although it came with a warning from Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence:
Welcome to The California Post’s weekly Dodgers recap, where baseball writers Dylan Hernández and Jack Harris review the week that was, hand out player superlatives and take stock of the state of the season.
Tucked into the tree-lined hills of Thousand Oaks, a 1980s home by the legendary architect Frank Gehry has quietly traded hands for $2.45 million without ever hitting the open market.
US equity futures are higher, set for a new all time high, as the rally that’s pushed Wall Street to record highs on strong megacap tech earnings continues, after the S&P posted its best monthly increase since November 2020. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.3% (spiking moments ago on a report that Iran submitte…
Quietly, shares of Google-parent Alphabet are on the verge of topping $5 trillion, and overtaking AI-leader Nvidia as the world's most valuable company.
Amid what China sees as US’ polarising unilateral measures, a push for ‘global governance’ gives rise to a network of multi-country agencies
Amid what China sees as US’ polarising unilateral measures, a push for ‘global governance’ gives rise to a network of multi-country agencies
Iran’s economy is undergoing one of the most brutal stress tests in its modern history. Official annual inflation has surged to 50% according to central bank figures released shortly after the ceasefire, while the year-on-year rate reached as high as 67% through mid-April, according to the Wall Street Journal. The r…
This image released by Kentucky State Police shows a suspect in a fatal bank robbery at a U.S. Bank in Berea, Ky., Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Kentucky State Police via AP)
The Japanese yen surged against the dollar on Friday, extending gains that came the previous day after officials in Tokyo said they stood ready to intervene in the foreign exchange market.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends a meeting with members of the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC), about financial literacy, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at the Treasury Department, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Israel supplied the United Arab Emirates with a laser defence system and other advanced weapons during the war on Iran, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
Israel supplied the United Arab Emirates with a laser defence system and other advanced weapons during the war on Iran, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
Athens, Greece – When the conservative New Democracy party came to power in Greece in 2019, it promised a work-driven economy that would grow by 4 percent a year and elevate living standards after a decade of austerity.
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Shares of AstraZeneca turned lower Friday after U.S. regulatory advisors voted against approving its experimental cancer drug.
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the Pentagon of misleading the public over the financial toll of the war launched by Donald Trump alongside Benjamin Netanyahu on 28 February.
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