People are selecting from an assortment of premium Lindt chocolates at the Lindt & Sprungli chocolate shop. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cocoa prices are beginning to ease after a record-breaking rally, but don’t expect cheaper candy just yet as the world’s biggest chocolate makers turn to social media-inspired products and other strategies to…
Investing.com – Goldman Sachs raised its 12-month target for Japan’s benchmark index to 4,500 from 4,400, citing expectations of a weaker yen that will bolster corporate earnings despite short-term market volatility driven by artificial intelligence and geopolitical concerns, according to a research note. The revised target implies roughly a 12% upside from the TOPIX’s close of…
The industrial-scale sand battery in Finland’s Pornainen can cover almost one month of the town’s heating demands in the summer and as much as one week in the winter. Polar Night Energy A small town in southern Finland has turned to the world’s largest commercial sand battery to fix what many see as the most…
By Sinéad Carew and Ragini Mathur July 24 (Reuters) – The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell on Friday as investors sold chip stocks on worries about massive spending on artificial intelligence ahead of the next batch of megacap earnings reports, while falling oil prices provided Wall Street with some support even as Middle East hostilities continued. The…
A German national flag on a barge near the Volkswagen AG factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Volkswagen reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter profits on Friday and scrapped hope for sales revenue growth in 2026, as the German auto giant lays the groundwork for a radical overhaul of…
NEW DELHI, July 23 (Reuters) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has tapped World Economic Forum managing director Saadia Zahidi as its new director general after current boss Willie Walsh joins Indian carrier IndiGo, the airline lobby group said on Thursday. Zahidi, the first woman to serve as IATA’s director general, will start November…
The VLCC Mobassa B (previously named Front Forth), one of the two tankers which the UAE defence ministry said was struck by Iranian cruise missiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, August 18, 2024, in this picture obtained by Reuters on July 14, 2026. Edwin van Werd | via Reuters Oil prices…
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Presidents and other federal officials would be banned from issuing or sponsoring cryptocurrency and other digital assets under newly updated legislation the Senate is considering. Republicans on Wednesday updated a measure already under consideration — known…
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – Republican voters in Tuesday’s Arizona primaries nominated conservative candidates for high-profile races for governor and a U.S. House seat, as Democrats rallied behind moderates leading up to the November 3 midterm elections. The results also marked wins for U.S. President Donald Trump, who endorsed victorious Republicans in…
Internal Revenue Service CEO Frank Bisignano dismissed allegations that he spied on his fellow executives while working at JPMorgan Chase more than a decade age. “None of it’s true,” Bisignano told CNBC on Tuesday. Bisignano surveilled colleagues at JPMorgan while he was co-chief operating officer, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. He wanted information to…
