Asia-Pacific stocks slip ahead of China's August inflation data release

Asia-Pacific stocks slipped in Thursday morning trade. China's consumer price index and producer price index for August is set to be released at 9:30 a.m. HK/SIN on Thursday. SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific fell in Thursday morning trade following overnight declines on Wall Street. Meanwhile, investors looked ahead to the release of China's August inflation data. The Nikkei 225 in […]

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Nicole Kidman starring in AMC Theatres' $25 million ad campaign

AMC CEO Adam Aron on $25M ad campaign, potential relationship with GameStop AMC Entertainment CEO and President Adam Aron on making a comeback amid vaccination efforts, Nicole Kidman starring in the newly-released AMC ad campaign and a potential relationship with GameStop. AMC Theatres unveiled a new $25 million ad campaign on Wednesday that it says is the first of its […]

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Factbox – Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

(Reuters) – The World Health Organization said low-income countries were ready to run effective COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and it was now down to manufacturers and rich countries to deliver the pledged doses to ease global health inequalities.FILE PHOTO: A worker peers out of a door in front of COVID-19 vaccination booths at the Arena Treptow vaccination centre in Berlin, Germany, […]

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BlackRock responds to George Soros' criticism over China investments

Writing in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Soros described BlackRock's initiative in China as a "tragic mistake" that would "damage the national security interests of the U.S. and other democracies." It comes shortly after BlackRock launched a set of mutual funds and other investment products for Chinese consumers. The asset manager told CNBC on Wednesday that its China mutual […]

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Paris tightens security for jihadist attacks trial

PARIS (Reuters) -French police mounted tight security around the Palais de Justice courthouse in central Paris on Wednesday for the trial of 20 men suspected of involvement in a jihadist rampage across the capital nearly six years ago.French Police forces secure near the Paris courthouse on the Ile de la Cite France before the start of the trial of the […]

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Saudi Arabia's PIF hires banks to advise on ESG -IFR

DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has hired five international banks as members of an environmental, governance and social (ESG) panel for its medium-term capital-raising strategy, IFR News reported on Monday.FILE PHOTO: Governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Abdullah Al Jadaan, Tourism Minister Ahmed Aqeel Al […]

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Stock futures trade lower on growth concerns

S&P 500 will hit 5,000 by end of 2022: Katz UBS managing director and senior portfolio manager Jason Katz shares his market predictions.  U.S. equity futures traded lower Wednesday morning as selling continued due to economic concerns. The major futures indexes suggest a decline of 0.5% when the opening bell rings. GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE […]

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Britain's Morrisons in talks with suitors to start auction process

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers walk past a branch of the food retailer Morrisons in west London, Britain, January 7, 2017. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleLONDON (Reuters) – British supermarket group Morrisons said on Wednesday it was in talks with its two U.S. private equity suitors and the Takeover Panel, which governs deals in the UK, regarding an auction procedure to settle its future ownership. […]

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