Bloomberg Business

Food Inflation Is Still High Around the World

(Bloomberg) — Domestic food price inflation remains high, with people in Venezuela, Lebanon, Argentina, Turkey and Egypt particularly hard-hit, according to the World Bank. 

Mayor of Tokyo’s Shibuya Asks Halloween Revelers to Stay Away

The mayor of Tokyo’s Shibuya district asked Halloween partygoers to avoid its streets this year, fearing the post-pandemic return of tourists may lead to chaotic mobs and crowd crushes like the fatal incident in Seoul last year.

Geneva Auto Show Resurrects Itself in the 40C Heat of Qatar

Shimmering skyscrapers, desert backdrops and 40C (104F) heat — not what you’d usually expect at the Geneva International Motor Show, but that’s the setting for this year’s event as it shifts to Qatar’s capital Doha.

Malaysia’s LTAT Pension Fund to Make Boustead Plantations General Offer

Malaysia’s armed forces pension fund will offer to buy the shares of its palm oil unit Boustead Plantations Bhd. it doesn’t already own, after ending an agreement for a potential takeover by Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd., the country’s third largest listed palm oil firm.

Close Bitnami banner
Bitnami