Opposition TDs and an advocacy group claimed the funding is a “waste” of public funds.

Stocks will have another banner year in 2024, according to Deutsche Bank. The benchmark S&P 500 will climb 12% to hit a new all-time high of 5,100,

LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is set to join its peers in the U.S. and Europe in keeping borrowing rates unchanged at its policy meeting Thursday despite mounting worries over the state of the British economy.

The Federal Government, yesterday, admitted that the state- controlled Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) remains the weakest link in the energy chain, and as such, must be split into two separate entities for efficiency. While the generation aspect of the power sector is controlled by the private sector, 40 per cent of each of the […]

With the demand waning, there has been a gradual decline in the volumes of the Maruti Suzuki Jimny.

The United Kingdom’s (UK) ILO Unemployment Rate rose to 3.9% in three months to January, a tad higher than the 3.8% in December, data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Tuesday.

MANILA :The Philippine central bank kept its benchmark interest rate steady at 6.50 per cent for a second straight meeting on Thursday as price pressures have started to ease, but said policy would have to stay "sufficiently tight" to bring inflation back to target. All but one of the 24 economists in a Dec.

UK public inflation expectations for the coming year are seen at 3.3% in November, down from a 3.6% figure estimated in August, the quarterly survey conducted by the Bank of England (BoE) showed on Friday.

National energy prices rose in December and are expected to remain high as hydro-lake inflows have dropped, causing pricier thermal generation to be fired-up.

Labour-run Nottingham city council issued a Section 114 notice to become the fourth authority in the past 12 months – and the eighth in six years – to declare effective insolvency.

The Rugby Football Union has paid off all its debts from the Covid-impacted years and reported an operating profit of £4m for 2022/23.

Companies added 143,000 for the month, an acceleration from 103,000 in August and better than the 128,000 consensus forecast

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The program’s COLA for 2025 could be as low as 1.4%, compared to 3.2% in 2024

Opec+ members are working to bring oil prices back up amid market oversupply.

Overall inflation fell to 3.6 per cent year-on-year in November, a drop from 4.7 per cent the previous month.

The domestic coal-based power generation increased 8.38%to 779.1 Billion Units (BU) in April-November FY24 , an official statement said

The EUR/GBP cross sticks to the range-bound theme between 0.8665-0.8675 during the early European session on Wednesday.

Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Getty ImagesThe Federal Reserve is poised to cut interest rates six times in 2024, according to ING Economics.The interest rate

BEIJING : China's new home prices rose slightly for a third straight month in November, a private survey showed on Friday, as the crisis-hit property sector struggles to stabilise despite a slew of government support measures.Prices rose 0.05 per cent on average from the previous month after gains of 0.07

Over the past six months, Bolt has expelled 5,000 Kenyan drivers who failed to comply with safety regulations or have been involved in safety-related issues. The Estonian ride-hailing company discontinued affected driver accounts following a recent directive from the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) of Kenya. In October, the NTSA asked…

Green energy demands are predicted to accelerate. Take part and take a look at these excellent wind stocks to buy.

UNITED NATIONS, JANUARY 5: India is projected to grow at 6.2% in 2024, supported by robust domestic demand and strong growth in the manufacturing and services

US stocks trade mixed on Monday ahead of a jam-packed week filled with central bank meetings and economic data.The Federal Reserve, Bank of England, and

Oil prices rose Thursday, extending the previous session's gains on a slightly improved global demand outlook for 2024 and a weaker dollar.

More than 35,000 people have lost jobs at Indian startups in the last two years, and job cuts will likely continue unabated as we enter 2024.

Around 32% home sales were for cash, compared with 20% on average between 2017 and 2022. The buyers are often older and wealthier.

Housing starts in BC were up 11% last year but they were flat in Kamloops and down 12% in Kelowna.The latest data from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released today, Jan. 16, shows a drop in national housing starts of 7% for the year to 223,513.This comes at a time when there is a crucial housing shortage across the country, but it’s not all bad news.“Following record and near-record highs in 2021 and 2022, housing starts dipped in 2023, but still significantly outperformed expectations for the year,” CMHC’s chief economist Bob Dugan said in a news release.“The decline was driven mainly by a sharp drop-off in single-detached starts and tighter economic conditions affecting multi-unit starts in the year’s final quarter."The recent monthly multi-unit volatility is not surprising as we’re now starting to see 2023’s challenging borrowing conditions and labour shortages in the housing starts numbers and we expect to see continued downward pressure in the coming months.”BC had 47,894 housing starts last year.…

Knight Frank Wealth Report 2024: According to the Knight Frank report, 90 per cent of Indian UHNWIs are expecting an increase in their wealth this year. Almost 63 per cent of these UHNWIs expect a significant increase of more than 10 per cent in their wealth.

The Congress said that PM Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are “repeatedly talking up” transformative GDP growth based on the recent July-September numbers but what matters more is annual growth rates over a longer period

The UK construction sector grew in September at its fastest pace in two-and-a-half years, according to a survey released on Friday.

Lilly has 11 obesity drugs in its pipeline and wants to develop more treatments for Alzheimer's disease, ALS and other brain diseases, CEO David Ricks said.

Japan Jibun Bank Services PMI came in at 50.8 below forecasts (51.7) in November

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin has struck a deal to buy St Patrick's Cathedral's air rights, per Bloomberg.The deal is part of plans to build a 1.7

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Cyprus government and U.S. energy company Chevron have reached a deal on how to develop the Aphrodite gas field, the first to be discovered under the seafloor off Cyprus, an official Friday. The field is estimated to hold 4.2 trillion cubic feet of gas.

Press Release – Hutt City Council The Hutt City Council met yesterday to make decisions on key parts of the Long Term Plan (LTP) 2024 – 34. Mayor Campbell Barry said difficult decisions need to be made between now and next year’s LTP on where to prioritise spending.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures saw revenues decline from $24.7 million to $18 million in its second year of operation.

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As we head into 2024, some of the best stocks to buy won't be the Magnificent 7 but will instead be good value names in the retail space.

China’s top-tier defence contractors outpaced their US counterparts in armed sales for the fourth straight year in 2022, Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in its report on Monday (Dec 4). However, despite selling more than the US, China was still at the second spot in combined arms sales, the annual report released by SIPRI stated. Chinese companies combined arms sales accounted for 18 per cent share, while the US maintained its top spot with a staggering 51 per cent of the market share.

Nutrien Inc.’s latest earnings were met with market optimism based on forward-looking statements from the company, despite lower-than-expected fourth-quarter results, according to one analyst.

Economists have predicted what will happen with interest rates as we move into the new year

These are the things with the potential to move stocks in the week ahead.

Mortgage rates, which fell for the seventh straight week, have been easing since late October, when they reached 7.79%, the highest level since late 2000.

Will the Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate sometime next year — and, if so, by how much.

A recent decline in mortgage rates has given prospective homebuyers and sellers more wiggle room. But experts say it will take more for the market to change.

Gold prices fell in India on Wednesday, according to data from India's Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX).

New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) The Congress on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are “repeatedly talking up” transformative GDP growth based on the recent July-September numbers but what matters more is annual growth rates over a longer period. Annual average GDP growth rate during the UPA government was 8.1 […]

An “invisible hand” in EUR/SEK? Economists at Commerzbank analyze the pair’s outlook.

Silent cyber risk can lead to uncertainty for both the insurer and insured around payment of claims caused by cyber events, says Spiros Fatouros, CEO of Marsh McLennan Africa.