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Business activity in the euro area unexpectedly shrank this month, fueling concerns about the prospects for Europe’s economy and suggesting the European Central Bank will need to be more aggressive with interest-rate cuts.

Nearly 200 nations were still negotiating a new climate finance deal behind closed doors at United Nations talks in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday afternoon, as the fraught talks have gone far into overtime.

With winter still approaching, storage is being emptied faster than usual and gas prices have surged, raising echoes of the 2022 shock.

The Adani Group will respond to bribery allegations leveled by the US after a detailed legal review and once it has secured approvals from its counsel to speak on sub-judice issues.

Youth activists see the next four years as their “last shot” to make the future planet habitable. 

ESG fund managers have once again found themselves on the wrong side of a market meltdown.

One of Malaysia’s wealthiest states is trying to seize control of the nation’s biggest gas reserves, complicating relations in the ruling coalition and threatening a blow to federal revenues.

Hedge fund chief Scott Bessent’s Friday nomination to become the US Treasury Secretary is offering bond investors a glimpse into the incoming administration’s sweeping economic agenda after an extended search that included multiple prominent contenders.

A judge declined to sanction Elon Musk for skipping a meeting with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to watch one of his rockets launch.

Brazilian company Raizen SA is mulling the sale of a stake in its second-generation ethanol plants to raise cash for investments and help its main shareholder reduce debt leverage, according to people familiar with the matter.

President-elect Donald Trump said he is nominating Scott Bessent, who runs macro hedge fund Key Square Group, as the next US Treasury Secretary, enlisting a key adviser to manage the sweeping economic agenda he has vowed to enact in a second term.

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. is considering making an offer for all of Intel Corp.’s Altera, people familiar with the matter said, in a twist that could complicate the chip giant’s plans to sell a minority stake in the unit.

Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman acknowledged the risks created by artificial intelligence but warned that regulators should also be careful not to constrict the development of useful technologies.

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is preparing to announce that he has selected Scott Bessent, who runs macro hedge fund Key Square Group, as the next US Treasury secretary, according to people familiar with the matter.

Norway’s $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund benefits from a rare consensus among its political masters, according to Chief Executive Officer Nicolai Tangen, unlike other countries which are exploring such an option.