2025 US Private Credit Outlook: More M&A, Larger Lenders, Bigger Market
Market participants say the outlook for transaction activity in private credit for 2025 has brightened. But the ability to ...
Stocks of Recent Tech IPOs Surge at Pace Not Seen Since 2021
The tech IPO market is blocked up by startups that are scared to go public. But if stocks are anything to go by, they have ...
Finland Seizes Tanker Linked to Russia After More Undersea Baltic Cables Cut — Commodities Roundup
The Eagle S tanker traversed the cables connecting Finland and Estonia around the time they ceased to function on Wednesday after 12 p.m., Finnish authorities said. The ship slowed down as it reached ...
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EQT, Temasek to Sell O2 Power to JSW Energy for $1.5 Billion
EQT and Temasek said they are selling Indian renewable-energy company O2 Power to India's JSW Energy for $1.5 billion. O2 Power was established by Sweden's EQT and Singapore's Temasek in 2020 and has ...
Biden's gift to Trump: a golden opportunity to supercharge the economy
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump returns to Washington with a golden opportunity to continue the country's accelerated economic growth. Over the past eight years, U.S. GDP has increased 2.5% annually ...
U.S. trade deficit is rising again. Can Trump do anything about it?
Even if the labor impasse ends quickly and Trump relents, the U.S. is likely to keep running high deficits. The American economy is stronger than the economies of most other countries, so the U.S. can ...
Cannabis sector limps into 2025 because 'the gold rush is over'
Investors owning cannabis stocks will no doubt hope for a reversal of fortunes in 2025 after a year of bruising losses in equity prices tied to the business of legalized marijuana in the U.S. With ...
Treasury yields tick higher in thin holiday trade
Treasury yields ticked higher on Friday in thin holiday trade, with the 10-year note just shy of its highest level in nearly eight months. -- The yield on the 2-year Treasury note BX:TMUBMUSD02Y was ...
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Holiday spending rose 3.8%, with apparel and restaurants strong, Mastercard says
People were willing and able to spend more for gifts but waited for good deals Spending for the holidays rose this year, more than it did last year, as consumers continued to show how healthy - and ...
A 'best of' list might be OK for a movie - but to find star money managers?
Advisers who appear on a "best of" list typically ask their firm's compliance officer to vet the ranking methodology before promoting their "accomplishment." This clears them to mention the list in ...
Warren Buffett is buying up stock in this old-school internet registry company
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has been busy over the past week buying stock in an internet domain-name registry company, to extend its lead as the company's largest shareholder.
Foreign brands are back in China. But the economy has cooled and domestic competition is dug-in.
British luxury fashion brand Burberry (UK:BRBY) (BURBY) has rolled out garments and scarves with the letter "B" embroidered with a snake, and has recruited leading Chinese starlet Zhang Jingyi for a ...