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SPOTLIGHT: INFLATION CONTINUES ITS RAMPAGE
Joe Doran, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 0In this edition of the Trends Journal, we are SPOTLIGHTING essential trends that will shape the economic future. Among...
SPOTLIGHT: THE “BIGS” KEEP GETTING BIGGER
Joe Doran, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 0Each week, we report instances where the money junky hedge funds, private equity groups and the already big company...
URANIUM PRICES RISING, MAKING PROFITS FOR HEDGE FUNDS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 1World uranium prices topped $44 a pound last week, the highest in eight years, continuing a reversal of 2011’s...
By 2040, demand for nickel will grow 19 times bigger than it is today as electric vehicles (EVs) claim...
STEEL PRICE SPIKE HOBBLES MANUFACTURING
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 0The global price of steel has rocketed from $560 a ton in September 2019 and 2020 to $1,940 on...
WILL SURGING GAS PRICES SINK UK, EU ECONOMIES
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 9Yes, inflation is real. But do you think the Bankster mob and their billionaire buddies care? The wholesale price...
INFLATION FLATTENS EUROPE’S EQUITY MARKETS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 0The pan-European Stoxx Europe 600 stock index and London’s FTSE traded essentially flat for the week ending 17 September,...
INFLATION PERVADES THE ONLINE ECONOMY
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 2Prices across the Internet have increased for 15 consecutive months, jacking up the cost of everything from drugs to...
HOUSING PRICES WORLDWIDE RISING FASTEST SINCE 2005
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 1The average price of a home across 55 countries rose 9.2 percent from June 2020 to June 2021, the...
GRIFOLS BUYS CONTROL OF COMPETING PLASMA MANUFACTURER
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 0Grifols SA, a Spanish chemical and pharmaceutical giant, will buy a controlling stake in Germany’s Biotest AG for €1.6...
HUTCHINSON, OOREDOO MERGE INDONESIAN TELECOM OPERATIONS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 0Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchinson is merging its Indonesian telecommunications business with that of Qatar’s Ooredoo Group in a...
TRANSUNION FINALIZING $3.1 BILLION DEAL FOR NEUSTAR’
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 2TransUnion, one of the three major U.S. credit bureaus, is in final negotiations to buy Neustar, a closely-held firm...
FOX, NEWS CORP CONTINUE STRING OF ACQUISITIONS
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 3Fox Corp. and News Corp, its parent, are continuing to gobble their way through the world’s media menu, adding...
GOLDMAN PAYS $2.2 BILLION FOR SPECIALTY LENDER
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 2Goldman Sachs has continued its buying spree by agreeing to pay $2.2 billion, or about $12 a share, for...
CHINA’S REAL ESTATE MARKET TEETERS ON EVERGRANDE’S DEBT
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 16Chinese real estate giant Evergrande, with 200,000 employees and more than 1,300 residential developments across the country, owes $300...
VIRUS, WEATHER TRIP CHINA’S CONSUMER SPENDING
Support, , TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT, sept 21 2021, 0Tighter regulation of the housing and tech markets, flooding during the vacation season, and China’s declared “zero tolerance” policy...
In the depths of 2020’s crisis, roughly 19 percent of Manhattan’s office space—about 47.4 million square feet—stood empty. More...
After opening about 250 warehouses in the U.S. this year, Amazon will open another 100 this month, bringing distribution...
Some say that one meaning of Shakespeare's phrase "Caesar's wife should be above suspicion" is that those in a...