Category: Economy & Business

Christine Lagarde discussed leaving ECB early to head WEF, says Klaus Schwab
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Christine Lagarde has discussed cutting short her term as European Central Bank president to become chair of the World Economic Forum, according to WEF founder Klaus Schwab. Schwab, who left the WEF last month following…

Rentokil Initial to Sell Workwear Business in France to H.I.G. Capital for $464 Million – WSJ
Rentokil Initial to Sell Workwear Business in France to H.I.G. Capital for $464 Million WSJ Source link

Turkish Economic Confidence Edges Up in May – TradingView
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Stellantis names Antonio Filosa as chief
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Stellantis has named its North American boss Antonio Filosa as chief executive, picking an internal candidate to rebuild its US business and navigate an industry upended by Donald Trump’s tariffs. The board chose the 51-year-old…

Three Overlooked Benefits of Self-Driving Cars
Self-driving cars may not be widespread just yet, but it’s only a matter of time before they become a normal part of everyday life. Though some are looking forward to the technology and others are apprehensive about it, everyone agrees that transportation will never be the same again. While all technological innovations have benefits, what’s…

Three Overlooked Benefits of Self-Driving Cars
Self-driving cars may not be widespread just yet, but it’s only a matter of time before they become a normal part of everyday life. Though some are looking forward to the technology and others are apprehensive about it, everyone agrees that transportation will never be the same again. While all technological innovations have benefits, what’s…

How Interest Rates Set Asset Prices: One Weird Trick
What determines the price of a stock, bond, or other income-producing asset? Interest rates play a larger role than most people recognize, and the political fight over interest rates is going to be one of the central themes of the next decade. In describing why that’s true, it’s useful to start with “this one weird…

How Interest Rates Set Asset Prices: One Weird Trick
What determines the price of a stock, bond, or other income-producing asset? Interest rates play a larger role than most people recognize, and the political fight over interest rates is going to be one of the central themes of the next decade. In describing why that’s true, it’s useful to start with “this one weird…

Rising number of college grads are unemployed, new research shows
Recent college graduates are having a harder time finding work, despite their higher education degrees, which usually give job-seekers a leg up in the labor market. That’s according to a new report from Oxford Economics which shows that unemployed recent college grads account for 12% of an 85% rise in the national unemployment rate since…

Circular Economy Act: what are the European Commission’s tools to get the economics right?
“We have a lot of policy already, what we need is to get the economics right”, European Commissioner for the Environment Jessika Roswall told Euronews. Roswall is the architect of the EU Commission’s future Circular Economy Act, which is to succeed the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) adopted five years ago. The initiative should include…