The Prime Minister's Office announced on Thursday that American firms will make a historic investment of £150 billion ($204 billion) in the UK during US President Donald Trump's state visit to London. The primary investments will originate from Blackstone ($122.6 billion in the next ten years), Prologis ($5.34 billion), Palantir (approximately $2 billion in defense innovation), STAX ($52 million...

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has prohibited major tech firms from acquiring Nvidia Corp. chips intended for artificial intelligence, according to the Financial Times, which referenced three sources aware of the situation. Sources indicate that the regulator this week instructed companies, such as ByteDance and Alibaba, to cease testing and reject orders for the RTX Pro 6000D...

The European Central Bank announced following its September meeting that consumer prices in the eurozone will rise by 2.1% in 2025 and by 1.7% in 2026. Three months prior, the regulator estimated the first number at 2%, the second at 1.6%. In 2027, inflation is anticipated to be 1.9%, whereas it was earlier estimated at 2%. The ECB increased its projection for eurozone GDP growth this year to...

Analysts at Deutsche Bank and Barclays have raised their predictions for the U.S. stock index S&P 500. Deutsche Bank currently anticipates it will hit 7,000 points by year-end, up from its earlier expectation of 6,550 points. The S&P 500 ended Tuesday's trading session at 6,512.61 points. Consequently, the updated projection indicates an increase of 7.5%. Deutsche Bank analysts increased...

Fitch Ratings has updated its short- and medium-term price forecasts for iron ore, coal, base metals, and precious metals, which are utilized to project the operational and financial results of firms in the sector. Copper price expectations have been increased for 2028 and for the medium term, indicating strong consumption growth and extremely low metal inventories. The agency’s analysts...

The Nasdaq exchange operator has implemented new listing regulations for firms on the platform, strengthening the criteria for the minimum free float metric and establishing a faster process for delisting inactive shares. The operator's press release states that the adjustments stemmed from an assessment of trading behavior, which included instances of intentional manipulation aimed at increasing...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has increased its prediction for the worldwide grain yield in the 2025/26 crop year (July-June) to a historic 2,961 million tonnes. According to the FAO review, this is 35.6 million tonnes higher than the projection in July and 3.5% greater than the previous season. The expected rise is attributed to better outlooks for the coarse...

Europe has taken a giant leap in technological development and supercomputing sovereignty with the launch of its first exascale computer in Germany. JUPITER, built using American chips but set to develop further with the integration of European microprocessors in 2026, is capable of performing over one quintillion (10¹⁸) operations per second, immediately cementing its place as Europe’s most...

Gold could reach nearly $5,000 per troy ounce if President Donald Trump's actions threaten the autonomy of the Federal Reserve System (the Fed), analysts at Goldman Sachs state. Gold futures for December on the Comex exchange declined by 1% on Thursday, reaching $3,597.3 per ounce. Since the start of the year, the valuable metal has increased in value by 35% as a result of heightened investor...