Gold heads for weekly gain as traders turn attention to US data
Gold edged down 0.1% to $4 473.88 an ounce as of 2:33 p.m. in Singapore.
Trump’s Venezuela meeting is shaping up to be a who’s who of US oil
Trump has enjoyed strong support from the oil industry, which helped bankroll his reelection campaign.
Oil extends gain as traders focus on Iran risks and Venezuela
Brent for March settlement rose 0.6% to $62.35 a barrel.
Rio Tinto, Glencore in talks to form world’s biggest miner
Rio and Glencore held discussions in 2024, but the talks were abandoned after they failed to agree on valuation.
Echoes of the past: Japan’s bubble, the dot-com surge and today’s risks
Dan Brocklebank from Orbis Investments, Allan Gray’s offshore partner on what the monty hall problem can teach us about markets. From the Japanese bubble in the 1990’s through the dot com bust to the AI boom of today. Lessons and expectations for investors.
A new economic world order …
The race to build the industries of the future heats up global power contest.
The perils of unfettered immunity
The alchemy between AI and social media platforms is becoming too strong to be bound by the safeguards that enabled social media to explode – but can anyone intervene?
Trump’s Venezuelan move ‘poses a challenge for Opec’
Dominance in price setting may be diluted.
Calls for Sanral tender awards to be independently investigated
Outa says too many concerning decisions have been taken by the roads agency and if investigators scratch they will find ‘a lot more irregularities’ than Sanral wants to admit.
Top stock of 2025 plunges 47% in one day
Volume traded was nearly 10 times the daily average over the past year.