By Ashitha Shivaprasad (Reuters) – Gold prices firmed on Friday, poised for their best week since April 5, following recent economic data that boosted bets of an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. Spot gold gained 0.2% at $2,350.87 per ounce by 0212 GMT after hitting a more than two-week high earlier. Prices have…
By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would withhold arms supplies if Israel went through with its assault of Rafah drew a defiant reaction on Wednesday alongside unease at the possible longer term fallout from the open clash with Israel’s most vital ally. The warning came after months of…
By Niket Nishant and Manya Saini (Reuters) – Robinhood Markets’ suite of new products, including its credit card and futures trading platform, will be crucial to drive growth as market fluctuations and regulatory risks cloud the near-term outlook for its legacy business, analysts said. The expanded offerings show that the 11-year old trading app, best…
By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) -Roblox cut its annual bookings forecast on Thursday, fanning concerns about a slump in the videogame industry and sending its shares down 23% to mark their worst day in more than two years. The move signaled that people were dialing back on spending within Roblox’s video-gaming platform amid an uncertain economic…
(This May 8 story has been corrected to clarify that nights and experiences booked rose to 133 million, not $133 million, in paragraph 3) By Doyinsola Oladipo and Aishwarya Jain (Reuters) – Airbnb reported a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday but forecast second-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations, sending shares of the vacation rental company…
By Clyde Russell SINGAPORE (Reuters) -It’s time for a reality check about decarbonising Asia’s vast and growing steel sector. Reducing the carbon footprint is possible, but only in stages, and over a far longer than ideal time period, and only if incentives to do so are available. Steel is the biggest industrial contributor to global…
