Japan’s biggest postwar landslide has handed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi an extraordinary mandate to reshape the country’s economic and strategic direction. Yet even as her sweeping victory energises supporters and unsettles rivals abroad, market analysts caution that financial markets – not political opponents – may prove her toughest constraint. Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Gold is trading at US$5,172/oz, up 18% since January and within reach of the record near $5,600 it hit before Kevin Warsh's Fed nomination triggered a sell-off in late January. Most market commentary has attributed the rally to U.S. tariff uncertainty and dollar weakness, but the more significant drivers are structural - sovereign central banks buying at a pace and scale that has no modern prec
The United States currently imports around 10,000 tonnes of rare earth magnets a year from China - a number that has sat quietly in the background of every defence procurement meeting, EV strategy session and semiconductor briefing for the better part of a decade. MP Materials (NYSE: MP) intends to change that. The company has selected a 120-acre site in Northlake, Texas, for its "10X" rare
While United States President Donald Trump continues to peddle the line that ‘affordability’ is a con job conjured up by the Democrats, recent polls make it abundantly clear that, despite his economic growth claims, the gap between what Americans earn and their cost of living is widening. While touting the narrative that the nation is back: Bigger, richer and stronger than ever before, Tru
Warner Bros. Discovery has determined that Paramount Skydance’s latest bid is a “superior proposal”, prompting Netflix to walk away from the merger deal. Paramount has raised its bid to buy the entirety of Warner Bros to US$31 per share from $30 per share in its latest amendments to its multiple offers and hostile bids to buy the company. This came after Netflix granted Warner Bros a seven-d
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Shares in Rolls-Royce Holdings climbed as much as 7% on Thursday after the jet engine maker lifted its profit outlook, unveiled plans for up to £9 billion in share buybacks and signalled a possible return to the narrow-body aircraft market. The British engineering firm told the market to expect an underlying operating profit of £4 billion to £4.2 billion this year, ahead of analyst expectations
Automotive conglomerate Stellantis posted its first-ever annual loss last year as it scaled back its electric-vehicle plans. Revenue was down 2% to EU€153.51 billion. Its loss per share was €0.42, falling from earnings of €2.48 per share the prior year. “Our 2025 full year results reflect the cost of over-estimating the pace of the energy transition and of the need to reset our business arou
Ford has recalled more than 600,000 vehicles in Canada and around 4.3 million in the United States due to a software glitch that may cause trailer brakes not to function and exterior lights to fail. The recall will affect certain models of Ford’s most popular vehicles, including some 2021-2026 F150s, 2022-2026 Super Duty Trucks, 2024-2026 Rangers and 2022-2026 Mavericks. Ford said it would i
Payments technology company Block will lay off almost half its workforce in favour of artificial intelligence tools, sending shares up 23%. Its headcount will be cut from over 10,000 employees to just under 6,000, according to CEO Jack Dorsey. “Intelligence tools have changed what it means to build and run a company. We're already seeing it internally. A significantly smaller team, using the
Ebay announced that it will cut around 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce, in its latest round of layoffs. “We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align our structure with our strategic priorities, which will affect certain roles across our workforce,” an eBay spokesperson said in a statement. “We are grateful for the contributions of the employees impacted and are committed
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