Morning Bid: AI buzzes but market shrugs at Nvidia beat

Morning Bid: AI buzzes but market shrugs at Nvidia beat

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly before the closing bell as the market takes a significant dip in New York, U.S., February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The mercurial world of … Read more

Argentina markets buckle up for reopening after Milei election triumph

Argentina markets buckle up for reopening after Milei election triumph

Argentina domestic markets re-open after Monday bank holiday International bonds, US-listed stocks surged in post election rally U.S.-premarket indications point to more equities gains LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Investors were buckling up on Tuesday as Argentina’s local markets prepared to reopen after the weekend’s presidential election win of radical libertarian outsider Javier Milei. Argentina’s … Read more

Morning Bid: Murky US inflation picture

Morning Bid: Murky US inflation picture

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly before the closing bell as the market takes a significant dip in New York, U.S., February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan If investors were wondering … Read more

World Bank explores expanding loan guarantees for private financing

World Bank explores expanding loan guarantees for private financing

A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund – World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo Acquire Licensing Rights MARRAKECH, Oct 9 (Reuters) – The World Bank on Monday said it is looking at ways to expand the guarantees it … Read more

Column: US rates biting beneath the surface

Column: US rates biting beneath the surface

LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Rising U.S. business bankruptcies may raise a red flag in what otherwise appears like an economy now impervious to rising interest rates. News of accelerating service sector growth last month and another drop in jobless claims this week are just the latest in a string of data showing the U.S. … Read more

Morning Bid: ‘Flash’ business funk and AI buzz

Morning Bid: ‘Flash’ business funk and AI buzz

Raindrops hang on a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A combination of worrying August business soundings from Europe … Read more

AMERICAS Bonds calm down but Chinese markets smolder

AMERICAS Bonds calm down but Chinese markets smolder

Raindrops hang on a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Restive bonds showed signs of calm on Wednesday, but … Read more

Gabon sees Africa’s first ‘debt-for-nature’ swap over the line

Gabon sees Africa’s first ‘debt-for-nature’ swap over the line

A view shows an ecoguard walking on a path in the Arboretum Raponda Walker during a press visit of this protected forest aera on the eve of the opening of the One Forest Summit in Libreville, Gabon, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Pineau/File Photo JOHANNESBURG, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Gabon moved forward with Africa’s first debt-for-nature … Read more

Morning Bid: Bank of Japan excites, Dow unlucky, Intel jumps

Morning Bid: Bank of Japan excites, Dow unlucky, Intel jumps

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The Bank of Japan added its own twist to a week of rising central bank interest rates on Friday, and it proved an unlucky 13 for Dow Jones bluechips (.DJI) on Wall St. The BOJ’s long-awaited tweak of its ultra-easy bond-buying … Read more

Le Gabon lance un appel d’offres pour le premier échange dette-nature d’Afrique

Le Gabon lance un appel d’offres pour le premier échange dette-nature d’Afrique

LONDRES/JOHANNESBURG, 25 juillet (Reuters) – Le Gabon a lancé mardi ce qui sera le premier échange dette-nature d’Afrique, avec un plan visant à racheter au moins 450 millions de dollars de sa dette publique et à l’échanger contre une obligation bleue écologique. Les plages et les eaux côtières du Gabon abritent la plus grande population … Read more