Emerging-Market Stocks Set for Record High Amid AI Optimism

(Bloomberg) — The benchmark for emerging-market equities climbed toward the highest level in its 38-year history, buoyed by a rally in artificial-intelligence stocks that has added about $10 trillion to…

Novo Nordisk to sell Wegovy pill to US self-pay patients starting at $149 per month

COPENHAGEN, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Denmark’s Novo Nordisk will offer its 1.5 ​and 4 milligram Wegovy weightloss pills ‌at $149 per month to self-paying patients in ‌the United States from…

Europe Saw Record Surge in Negative Power Prices in 2025

When strong winds or abundant sunshine flood the system with renewable power, demand is often insufficient to absorb the surplus, pushing electricity prices into negative territory. This pattern is set…

Blow to China From Venezuela Oil Loss Eased by Hoard at Sea

Venezuelan shipments made up only 4% of China’s oil imports last year, but the South American nation provides a unique type of sludgy, high-sulfur crude that’s used to produce bitumen,…

Markets react mildly to the US capture of Venezuelan leader Maduro

BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices fell back Monday while the prices of precious metals surged as markets registered a mild and mixed reaction to the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President…

China Asks Banks to Report Exposure to Venezuela After US Raid

(Bloomberg) — China’s top financial regulator asked its policy banks and other major lenders to report their lending exposure to Venezuela after the US ousted the South American country’s Beijing-friendly…

The wisdom of Garett Jones

Two cases for capital share going to zero in a strong AGI world: 1. Capital and labor are more like perfect complements than perfect substitutes, always will be as long…

Trump’s Venezuela gambit tests investor appetite for geopolitical risk

By Ankur Banerjee and Rae Wee SINGAPORE, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Markets may have shrugged off the audacious U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but some investors warn that…

Banks to Renewables: The European Stocks Being Tipped for 2026

Banks top Morgan Stanley’s list of most-favored European sectors for 2025, followed by tobacco and defense. Top picks among individual stocks include Banco Santander SA, Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Siemens…