(Bloomberg) — French unions led another wave of strikes and protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform, capitalizing on broad public support for a movement that has caused trash to pile up on the streets of Paris and sporadically turned violent.
The share of US small-business owners who plan to add workers in coming months slipped in March to the lowest since May 2020, suggesting both some hiring success but also a softening in labor demand.
Robinhood Markets Inc. will pay as much as $10.2 million in penalties to settle allegations stemming from a multistate probe into outages that left customers unable to trade during market volatility fueled by the pandemic in March 2020.
Bolivia has all but exhausted its Special Drawing Rights from the International Monetary Fund, deepening a currency crisis in one of Latin America’s poorest nations.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said his eventual picks for two openings on the central bank’s board of directors would align with “the interests of the government,” a position that may heighten concerns among investors who want experienced monetary policy voices to fill the roles.
Gold eased from near the highest in 13 months as traders digested the latest US economic data and its potential impact on the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate path.
Bitcoin’s 2023 rally has put it on the cusp of breaching $30,000 for the first time since June — but it has proved to be a tough level to crack. Seasonal trends may help give it a push.
Nigeria is at risk of reaching its self-imposed debt limit of 40% of gross domestic product by year-end as it increases borrowings to plug a revenue shortfall.
FC Barcelona has reached a deal with lenders and investors to finance the redevelopment of its iconic football stadium, according to people familiar with the matter.
(Bloomberg) — Canadian billionaire Pierre Karl Peladeau is up for a fight.
