The United States’ gold reserves, famously stored at Fort Knox, have been an enigma for decades. The last official audit took place in 1974, yet much remains shrouded in secrecy. This lack
Lufthansa is preparing to unveil several thousand job cuts on Monday during its first company-wide capital markets day in six years, as Europe’s largest airline by sales seeks to reassure investors of
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The eagerly awaited Performance Report of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) for 2024 has recently been published. It offers some context regarding the IRD’s tax collections. There is room for wider disclosure
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Starting in the 1990s, a new form of development was imposed on Latin American countries. In Brazil, the model of industrialization based on developmentalism, which had marked the country’s economic trajectory between
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China’s $11 trillion stock market is once again under scrutiny as weak long-term returns continue to weigh on household confidence and consumer spending, presenting challenges not only for President Xi Jinping but
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The United States has imposed tariffs on imports of one-kilo gold bars, a move that could disrupt the global bullion market and deal a fresh blow to Switzerland—the world’s largest gold refining
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Investor enthusiasm for Argentine President Javier Milei has yet to translate into affordable dollar financing for the cash-strapped nation, which remains barred from issuing foreign currency debt on global markets despite receiving
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has dismissed several employees for allegedly violating company rules and attempting to access sensitive information related to its next-generation 2-nanometer chip technology,
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Billionaire businessman Ong Beng Seng, the tycoon credited with bringing Formula One night racing to Singapore, is set to plead guilty on Monday in a corruption scandal that has shaken the city-state’s
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ExxonMobil has called on the Trump administration to use ongoing trade negotiations with the European Union to push back against a sweeping set of new EU climate and human rights regulations, which
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JPMorgan Chase has ignited a fierce backlash across the U.S. fintech industry after revealing plans to start charging financial technology companies for access to its customer data — a move some are
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