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Sumitomo Mitsui profit rises as higher rates lift lending margins
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (NYSE:SMFG), Japan’s second-largest banking group, reported a rise in fiscal third-quarter profit as the end of the country's negative interest rate policy continued to boost lending income.
ArcelorMittal seals long-term Liberia deal to Anchor $3.5B investment
ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) and the Government of Liberia have signed an amended Mineral Development Agreement (MDA), extending the steelmaker’s mining rights to 2050.
Catalyst Bancorp returns to profitability with FY net income of $2.1M
Lafayette, Louisiana-based Catalyst Bancorp (NASDAQ:CLST), the holding company for Catalyst Bank, today reported improved financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025, marking a return to profitability.
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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.
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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.
Trump threatens 'crushing' champagne tariffs as Macron snubs peace board
U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated his confrontation with European leaders on the eve of the World Economic Forum in Davos, threatening to impose a 200% tariff on French wine and champagne.
The F1 in Abu Dhabi’s billion dollar secret
If you think the Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi is just about who gets to spray the rose water, you aren’t looking at the balance sheet.
As the sun sets over the Yas Marina Circuit this weekend, we aren’t just witnessing a sporting event; we are watching the closing bell of one of the most efficient capital-generating machines in modern sports.
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