Marketmind: Margin pressures
Margin pressures for companies and higher prices for shoppers: That’s the message so far from the earnings season.
Wage dispute deepens at German public banks as inflation fears persist
A labour dispute at Germany’s public-sector banks deepened on Wednesday after a third round of talks failed to reach agreement, with inflation fears prompting unions to stand firm over demands for higher wages.
AI can see through you: CEOs’ language under machine microscope
CEOs and other managers are increasingly under the microscope as some investors use artificial intelligence to learn and analyse their language patterns and tone, opening up a new frontier of opportunities to slip up.
Wall St grinds higher on solid healthcare earnings; supply woes linger
U.S. stock indexes edged higher on Wednesday, helped by strong quarterly updates from healthcare companies including Anthem and Abbott, while worries remained about the impact of supply chain constraints and inflation on corporate earnings.
Analysis: Bitcoin futures highlight some pitfalls for new ETFs
The launch of the first bitcoin futures exchange traded fund (ETF) on Tuesday marks a major step toward legitimizing the cryptocurrency, but some ETF investors may face higher costs compared with buying the digital currency itself.
Britain’s fossil fuel dilemma in the spotlight as climate talks near
Britain faces a fossil fuel dilemma: it can burnish its green credentials by halting new oil and gas development in the North Sea, yet doing so will leave it more reliant on imported fuel.
eCom Scotland speaks out on climate issues ahead of COP26
Wendy Edie, Managing Director of the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, believes that producing an agile workforce committed to quality-assessed lifelong learning is the best way for businesses to thrive as climate change forces the adoption of net zero-aligned technologies and business practices.
Analysis: Lack of vaccination passport, testing threaten Japan’s reopening
Japan’s lack of a vaccination passport and limited testing capacity is threatening ambitions to reopen the economy at a crucial year-end period when restaurants earn up to a half of their annual revenue and travel agencies are at their busiest.
Inflation does not faze Britain’s young – perhaps it should
In online chats to his 132,000 young followers, 19-year-old British social media influencer Joshua Gausden is focusing more on inflation as energy prices surge and the global economy hits bottlenecks.
Explainer: Is China finally ready to roll out a property tax?
China’s long-mooted – and long-resisted – property tax is set to gain new momentum as President Xi Jinping throws his support behind what experts say would be one of the most profound changes to the country’s real estate policies in a generation.
