Investment

Main Street Investors Pressure SEC, Confront Wall Street on Stock Plan

Main Street investors are facing off against Wall Street in an attempt to sway the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its proposed revamp of stock trading. Individuals coordinating online have flooded the SEC with more than 1,300 comment letters, mostly voicing their support, on rules the regulator proposed in December that represent the biggest […]

The World This Week

1. Lithium Price Slide Deepens as China Battery Giant Bets on Cheaper Inputs By now, it is out in the open that the COVID-19 pandemic played a remarkable role in hastening the global reliance on lithium for EV batteries as the world pushes to reduce carbon emissions as it marches on a path towards an […]

Elon Musk’s Challenge: Stay Ahead of the Competition

Elon Musk will confront a critical challenge during Tesla’s Investor Day on March 1: Convincing investors that even though rivals are catching up, the electric-vehicle pioneer can make another leap forward to widen its lead. Tesla Inc was the No. 1 EV maker worldwide in 2022, but China’s BYD and others are closing the gap […]

China Sanctions Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Over Taiwan Arms Sales

China on Thursday put Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Technologies Corp on an “unreliable entities list” over arms sales to Taiwan, banning them from imports and exports related to China in its latest sanctions against the two U.S. companies. The measures come amid heightened tensions after the U.S. military shot down what it says was […]

Saudi Arabia Says Tech Giants to Invest More Than $9 Billion in Kingdom

Saudi Arabia has attracted more than $9 billion in investments in future technologies, including by U.S. giants Microsoft and Oracle Corp, which are building cloud regions in the kingdom, a government minister said on Monday. Saudi Minister of Communication and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha said Microsoft will invest $2.1 billion in a global super-scaler cloud, […]

Big Tech and AI: A Match Made in the Matrix

In light of Microsoft’s recent expensive investment in OpenAI after their generative artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT went viral, everyone is wondering how the game has changed since Big Tech giants set the rules for the rest of us. OpenAI is a startup company specializing in artificial intelligence research to promote and develop friendly AI to […]

World Bank’s Ifc Sees ‘Huge’ Potential to Boost Investment in Africa

The World Bank’s private investment arm sees huge potential to boost investment in Africa and help support entrepreneurship and digital transformation on the continent, top officials with the International Finance Corp (IFC) said. U.S. President Joe Biden this week hosted a three-day summit attended by 45 African national leaders that was aimed at bolstering trade […]

The Impact of China and the Middle East’s Investments in South Africa

South Africa is the third largest economy on the continent and has remained robust in these uncertain times. Many consider South Africa the front door to investing there. Consequently, it has attracted investors from all over the world. Recently, these investments in South Africa have come from China and the Middle East. The economy in […]

Coinbase Posts Loss as Crypto Market Turmoil Hits Trading Volumes

Coinbase Global Inc reported a larger-than-expected quarterly loss as investors worried by this year’s rout in risky assets shied away from trading in cryptocurrencies causing a crypto market turmoil, sending its shares down 6 percent after the bell on Tuesday. Trading volumes at the cryptocurrency exchange more than halved to $217 billion in the second […]