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Wesfarmers CEO on 1H Results, Australia Consumers
Rob Scott, Managing Director and CEO at Wesfarmers, discusses the company's latest results and the outlook for consumer spending and inflation in Australia. He speaks with Paul Allen on Insight with Haslinda Amin.
Fractal's Velamakanni On AI Fears, Impact On IPO
Srikanth Velamakanni, Co-Founder, Group Chief Executive & Executive Vice-Chairman of Fractal Analytics, India's first artificial intelligence unicorn, discusses his thoughts on AI fears and how that impacted the company's initial public offering. Fractal Analytics raised $313 million in an IPO last week. He speaks with Haslinda Amin on "Insight with Haslinda Amin."
France's Macron Vows to Protect Children Against Digital Abuse
Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, French President Emmanuel Macron said his country is "embarking on a process to ban social networks for children under 15 years old." He told the audience that "there is no reason our children should be exposed online to what is legally forbidden in the real world."
Insights
What’s behind the panic-buying of gold?
In times of uncertainty, we often look for something solid to hold onto. Lately, it seems the world’s investors have decided that “something solid” is, quite literally, gold.
The metal’s soaring price is more than just a market trend; it's a global barometer of anxiety.
When faith in currencies, governments, and traditional financial systems begins to waver, we see a familiar flight to the perceived safety of this timeless asset.
Surprise! Lithium gets a recharge
Well, pull out the party hats and dust off the stock tickers.
Lithium, the commodity that investors and analysts had all but left for dead in the great market purge of 2023-2024, is back.
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Billionaire bears take a swipe at Tesla
The stock market has long treated Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) less as a traditional automaker and more as a futuristic technology cult, with its valuation soaring on the gravitational pull of its CEO, Elon Musk.
This persistent "Musk Premium" has burned countless short-sellers.
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Can Bitcoin bring down the global financial system?
Bitcoin has vaporised more than US$800 billion in its latest crash and sucked US$1 trillion out of the broader crypto market.
With nearly US$2 trillion in market value and rising allocations from Wall Street firms, ETFs, pension funds, and insurers, Bitcoin is increasingly woven into traditional finance.
Economy
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Washington dodges shutdown, but the clock is already ticking again
Washington has pulled itself back from the brink, passing a $1.2 trillion stop-gap deal that reopened most of the US government after days of disruption.
Trump tells Davos audience US economy is booming
Trump used his Davos speech to tout US economic dominance, promote crypto, and revive his push for Greenland.
Economy
Japan’s bond selloff is gathering pace
Japan’s bond market has been sliding all week, with the 10-year yield now near 2.37% and the 40-year pushing above 4.2%, both multi-decade highs.
