In February 1993, weeks into Bill Clinton’s presidency, James Carville famously quipped: “I used to think if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or a .400 baseball hitter. But now I want to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.” What Carville was referring
When U.S. supermarket chain Walmart opened its first Chinese outlet in Shenzhen in 1996—five years before China joined the World Trade Organization—the retail landscape in the country looked vastly different. With no large-scale hypermarts, shoppers rose at dawn to snag the freshest produce at local wet markets. Yet, in the last 30 years, China’s rising
September 7, 2026 — 5:20am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Few people can move asset prices with their words quite like those “high priests” of finance who have been granted the power to set interest rates, the central bankers. A
Dr. Doom sounds more like Dr. Boom these days, but Nouriel Roubini still sees plenty of risks looming over the US economy. The economist, who’s often referred to as “Dr. Doom” for his bombastic and frequently bearish predictions in markets, laid out his top fears about the macro environment speaking to Bloomberg this week. Roubini,
Marco Bassetti, CEO of Banijay Entertainment, Anna Marsh, deputy CEO of Canal+, CEO of Studiocanal and chief content officer of Canal+, Jane Tranter, CEO of Bad Wolf, and director Edward Berger, best known for “All Quiet on the Western Front,” will be among the speakers attending Rome film and TV market MIA. The event runs
Shares in fast-fashion giant Shein fell sharply in their highly anticipated stock market debut on Tuesday as the firm listed in Hong Kong after a long quest to go public. It comes after failed attempts to list in the US and UK, as concerns were raised over issues including Shein’s labour practices and its environmental
