Hong Kong's New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme, a visa targeting wealthy migrants, accepts crypto as a means to prove required net worth, a spokesperson confirms.
Reeves’s blunder Budget is decimating London’s property market
The damaging impact of Rachel Reeves as Chancellor continues to be revealed in every nook and cranny of the economy.
Carrier Global (NYSE:CARR) Reports Sales Below Analyst Estimates In Q4 Earnings, But Stock Soars 6.1%
Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration company Carrier Global (NYSE:CARR) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, but sales rose 19.3% year on year to $5.15 billion. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $22.75 billion at the midpoint came in 0.9% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.54 per share was 11.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
What’s propping up inflation? Blame housing
Home prices across the country are still rising at a faster clip than overall inflation, causing sticker shock for house hunters.
Chevron struggles to replace oil, gas reserves amid Hess deal limbo
Chevron's oil and gas reserves have fallen to the lowest point in at least a decade, highlighting the importance of the U.S. major's planned acquisition of oil producer Hess that has stalled due to a court battle with Exxon Mobil. If Chevron closes the Hess acquisition, it would gain a stake in the lucrative Guyana oilfields that are operated by Chevron's rival, Exxon. Exxon and CNOOC, the other minority partner in the Guyana field, have challenged Chevron's bid for Hess in court, saying that they have first right of refusal on Hess's equity in the project.
Fed's Powell: Strong economy means no hurry to cut rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve is in no rush to cut its short-term interest rate again given an economy that is "strong overall," with low unemployment and inflation that remains above the Fed's 2% target, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in opening remarks prepared for delivery at a Senate Banking Committee hearing. "The economy is strong overall and has made significant progress toward our goals over the past two years," Powell said, with a 4% jobless rate considered around the level of full employment, and inflation lower though still more than half a percentage point above the Fed's target.
Analysis-Chilean voters fall back to conservative safe zone, propelling markets
After more than five years of political upheaval that threatened to polarize Chilean society, voters in Latin America's fifth-largest economy are shifting back to their traditional moderate conservatism, according to recent polls and political analysts. The shift has helped lift the Chilean stock market to record highs and comes ahead of a presidential election in November, in which centre-right candidate Evelyn Matthei is currently the front-runner. Analysts point to leftist President Gabriel Boric's moderate reform of the country's private pension system last month as a sign Chile is embracing compromise and able to pass business-friendly legislation, after several years in which a divided congress halted the president's agenda.