Investors should be wary of the impacts several companies may bear from the cost-cutting goals of President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, according to TD Cowen. “The announcement of DOGE has led to concerns about future revenue and profitability of USG [United States government] contractors,” analyst Roman Schweizer said in a Friday…
People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024. Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty Images Countries agreed on Sunday to an annual finance target of $300 billion to help poorer countries deal with the impacts of climate change, with rich…
The bitcoin rally is generating a false sense of security among investors, according to the strategist behind the so-called granddaddy of gold exchange-traded funds. State Street Global Advisors’ George Milling-Stanley warns cryptocurrency plays don’t offer the stability of gold. “Bitcoin, pure and simple, it’s a return play, and I think that people have been jumping…
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought speaks with reporters during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, March 11, 2019 Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Russell Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as a platform policy director for the Republican National Committee, as his pick to…
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Business activity in France contracts at fastest pace since January, PMIs show Business activity in France shrunk in November, according to S&P Global’s Purchasing Managers’ Index, amid a broad decline in new orders. The composite PMI output index — which encompasses both services and manufacturing activity — fell to 44.8 in November, down from 48.1…
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Alphabet shares fell 4% on Thursday, after the Department of Justice called for Google to divest its Chrome browser as a remedy to its antitrust case. The proposed breakup would, according to the DOJ filing Wednesday night, “permanently stop Google’s control of this critical search access point and…
Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Group, speaks during the Forbes CEO Summit in Singapore, on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. India needs fossil fuels to serve large populations and getting rid of all fossil fuels instantly would not work for the nation, Adani said. Photographer: Edwin Koo/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images…
A McDonald’s is seen in the Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, on Oct. 23, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images McDonald’s is preparing 2025 value offerings in a bid to hang onto customers who are fed up with high costs at restaurants. The company is working on a new “McValue” approach for…
U.K. inflation picks up in October A shopper browses fruit and vegetables for sale at an indoor market in Sheffield, UK. The OECD recently predicted that the UK will experience the highest inflation among all advanced economies this year. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.K. inflation picked up sharply to a higher-than-expected 2.3% in…
