BUSINESS
Are Uber drivers employees or contractors? Check what this Dutch court said
The individual circumstances of Uber drivers differ too much to determine whether they should all be classed as employees
WORLD
S&P 500 closes in on record as dollar rout deepens
Not even a slide in consumer confidence prevented a fifth day of gains for the S&P 500, which approached 7,000
WORLD
EU deploys first satellite service in bid to limit US dependence
The IRIS2 network will eventually have 290 satellites in multiple orbits.
BUSINESS
Dollar sinks to lowest level in four years as US risks grow
Friday’s rate-checking of the dollar-yen rate by Fed officials “drove down the US dollar further,” George Catrambone, head of fixed income at DWS Americas, told Bloomberg Radio
WORLD
Canada, India pledge to grow oil, petroleum trade in energy reset
Canada and India are set to revive energy ties, pledging expanded oil and gas trade and renewed cooperation as Ottawa resets relations with New Delhi and looks to diversify exports beyond the US.
WORLD
Aussie dollar rises toward 3-year high on yield appeal
BUSINESS
Gold extends gains above $5,000 as debasement trade gathers pace
Gold’s dramatic rally – the metal has more than doubled over the last two years – drives home bullion’s historic role as a gauge of fear in markets.
WORLD
Japan's Sanae Takaichi faces balancing act on Yen ahead of election
Official campaigning for the election started Tuesday as Takaichi seeks to solidify her majority in the lower house of parliament. Polls conducted over the weekend showed her approval ratings remained high, despite a slight dip across the board.
BUSINESS
Asian stocks dip on Korea tariffs, Yen holds gains
The Kospi Index, one of the world’s best-performing benchmarks this year, fell 0.9%, while the South Korean won weakened after four days of gains.
WORLD
Fed to hold rates as political storm intensifies around Jerome Powell
Jerome Powell’s post-meeting press conference will be his first public encounter with reporters since he was served grand jury subpoenas related to a Department of Justice investigation
BUSINESS
Russia’s first domestically built ice-class tanker nears sanctioned Arctic plant
Designed to be Russia’s largest liquefied natural gas plant, Arctic LNG 2 is central to the country’s ambition to triple annual LNG output to 100 million tons and capture a 20% share of the global market
BUSINESS
AI job cuts are landing hardest in Britain, Morgan Stanley says
The report surveyed firms that have been using AI for at least a year, in five industries exposed to the technology — consumer staples and retail, real estate, transport, health-care equipment and automobiles
BUSINESS
Blackstone eyes more hiring in Asia to tap private market demand
Investment managers are increasingly eager to capture money flows from high net-worth individuals, in large part because these investors still have negligible exposure to private equity and private credit.
WORLD
US natural gas hits $6 for first time since 2022 on Arctic blast
The big freeze has strained electricity grids and crippled transport links, grounding thousands of flights
BUSINESS
Mining stocks in Asia gain as hard-asset trade gathers pace
A group of materials producers led gains Monday on MSCI Inc.’s broadest index of Asia Pacific equities.
BUSINESS
Samsung nears Nvidia’s approval for key HBM4 AI memory chips
Nvidia uses vast quantities of high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, to enable its AI accelerators
BUSINESS
Dollar pressure mounts as traders game out US plans for yen
Last week was the dollar’s worst since May after a week of unpredictable US policymaking rattled financial markets
CRYPTOCURRENCY
Bitcoin starts week on shaky ground amid geopolitical jitters
The largest cryptocurrency dropped as much as 3.5% Sunday to a 2026 low of just above $86,000 before climbing to $87,733 Monday morning in Singapore
BUSINESS
Canada holds firm on trade pivot as Energy minister heads to India
Anand emphasized, however, that Canada and the US still have a strong relationship and she expects that will continue.
BUSINESS
Gold tops $5,000 as global upheaval fuels precious metals rally
Gold’s dramatic rally – the metal has more than doubled over the last two years – drives home bullion’s historic role as a gauge of fear in markets.
WORLD
A tale of two economies is reshaping China’s stock market
The world’s No. 2 economy is painting a picture of consumer-sensitive sectors lagging further behind industries linked to manufacturing and technology
WORLD
Trump says US used ‘discombobulator’ weapon in Maduro raid
“The discombobulator. I’m not allowed to talk about it,” Trump said in an interview with the New York Post. He said the weapon made enemy equipment “not work.”
WORLD
Netflix’s high-risk skyscraper climb begins after 24-hour delay
US free-solo climber Alex Honnold started his ascent at about 9:10 a.m. local time, climbing the exterior of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) skyscraper made of glass and steel
WORLD
Lawsuit claims Meta can see WhatsApp chats in breach of privacy
In the lawsuit filed Friday in US District Court in San Francisco, the group of plaintiffs allege that Meta’s privacy claims are false
