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Why Buybacks Still Make Sense to CFOs With Stocks at Records

Why Buybacks Still Make Sense to CFOs With Stocks at Records

Plus, managing a merger with Smurfit Westrock’s CFO.

Volatile Bond Market Puts Traders on Defense Amid Fed-Cut Doubts

Volatile Bond Market Puts Traders on Defense Amid Fed-Cut Doubts

Bond investors are going on defense as the outlook for the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cutting path turns more uncertain.

Stellantis CEO Says Tax Hikes in France Will Hurt Investment

Stellantis CEO Says Tax Hikes in France Will Hurt Investment

Stellantis NV Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares said plans by France to raise corporate taxes will hurt investment.

UK Cabinet Minister Signals Plan to Raise Business Payroll Tax

UK Cabinet Minister Signals Plan to Raise Business Payroll Tax

A UK cabinet minister added to speculation that the government is planning to increase payroll taxes for businesses by raising the...

Europe Is Almost Out of Time to Defend Its Place in a Brutal World

Europe Is Almost Out of Time to Defend Its Place in a Brutal World

Apathy or pushback after Mario Draghi’s wake-up call to combat feeble productivity growth underscore how the region has all but gi...

China Puts Investor Patience to Test as Key Briefing Underwhelms

China Puts Investor Patience to Test as Key Briefing Underwhelms

China’s highly anticipated Finance Ministry briefing on Saturday lacked the firepower that equity investors had hoped for, indicat...

Ishiba Says Not Considering Sales Tax Hike During 3-Year Term

Ishiba Says Not Considering Sales Tax Hike During 3-Year Term

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he is not considering a sales tax hike during his three-year term as president of the ...

ECB Is Set to Deepen Global Easing With Rate Cut It Didn’t Expect

ECB Is Set to Deepen Global Easing With Rate Cut It Didn’t Expect

The European Central Bank will probably advance the global push for monetary easing in the coming week with an interest-rate cut t...

Troubled Retailers Face a Halloween Crunch With Consumers Spending Less

Troubled Retailers Face a Halloween Crunch With Consumers Spending Less

A predicted slide in Halloween consumption is the latest blow for heavily-indebted retailers battling mounting overheads and the t...

Orange Growers Were Looking for a Turnaround. Then Milton Came.

Orange Growers Were Looking for a Turnaround. Then Milton Came.

Oranges and some citrus trees are lying useless on the ground in Florida’s groves after Hurricane Milton tore through the state, s...

China Leaves Economists Wanting More Action to Defeat Deflation

China Leaves Economists Wanting More Action to Defeat Deflation

China moved to further ramp up support for the economy, promising more aid for the slumping property sector and indebted local gov...

Two ‘Underpriced’ Trump Scenarios for US-China Ties

Two ‘Underpriced’ Trump Scenarios for US-China Ties

Things never happen the same way twice, as fans of the Narnia stories know. Two top observers of the US-China economic relationshi...

Charting the Global Economy: US Inflation Exceeds Forecasts

Charting the Global Economy: US Inflation Exceeds Forecasts

US inflation last month was a touch stronger than forecast, helping to consolidate market bets that the Federal Reserve will opt f...

IMF Warns Turkey of Risks to Gradual Approach to Inflation Fight

IMF Warns Turkey of Risks to Gradual Approach to Inflation Fight

The International Monetary Fund urged Turkey to accelerate its fight against inflation, highlighting a politically sensitive upcom...

China to Offer More Scholarship Slots, Financial Aid to Students

China to Offer More Scholarship Slots, Financial Aid to Students

China will hand out twice the number of scholarships and step up financial aid to students as part of a series of policy measures ...

Key Takeaways as China Outlines Plans to Revive Economy, End Housing Slump

Key Takeaways as China Outlines Plans to Revive Economy, End Housing Slump

With markets keen for details on China’s efforts to revive economic growth and end its housing slump, here are five key takeaways ...

France Credit Rating Cut to Negative by Fitch on Wider Deficits

France Credit Rating Cut to Negative by Fitch on Wider Deficits

Fitch Ratings put France on negative outlook a day after the government presented its 2025 budget, delivering a rapid critique of ...

Belgium’s Outlook Cut to Negative by Moody’s on Soaring Debt

Belgium’s Outlook Cut to Negative by Moody’s on Soaring Debt

Belgium’s rating outlook was cut to negative by Moody’s Ratings amid concerns over its deficit trajectory as well as political unc...

Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on sta...

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Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on state's abortion law, death of Amber Thurman

Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

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Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Join...

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After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Joins Joins Irvine Police Department's Fleet, Will Be Used For Community Outreach Efforts

Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East d...

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Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East day after Biden said he wouldn’t add combat troops

Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both...

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Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both sides go high and low

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