The European Union has agreed to use the UK’s live database tracking goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, the first sign of progress in a long-running dispute on post-Brexit trading rules.
(Bloomberg) — Exchange-traded fund investors are piling into bets on junk bonds as the securities start the year with a strong comeback.
The recently appointed head of France’s markets regulator said she supports a swift transition to a more stringent oversight of the crypto industry, after the FTX scandal raised concerns that France’s current framework might be too loose.
Traffic fatalities on US roads declined slightly in the third quarter of 2022, marking the second straight drop in road deaths after rising for nearly two years.
Former prime minister Theresa May has earned over £2.5 million ($3 million) on top of her official salary from outside engagements and gifts since the last general election, the most of any UK member of Parliament, according to a joint investigation by Sky News and Tortoise Media.
European natural gas rebounded as traders seek to balance the effects of a warm winter with the need to keep prices high enough to maintain LNG imports.
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Oversight Board has overturned the decision to remove a Facebook post using the slogan “death to Khamenei,” to criticize Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying it did not violate a rule barring violent threats.
(Bloomberg) — Brazil security forces are disbanding and arresting supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed the nation’s capital as incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva moves to assert his authority over rioters who sought to unseat him.
Former McDonald’s Corp. Chief Executive Officer Stephen Easterbrook agreed to pay $400,000 over allegations from US regulators that he failed to disclose improper relationships with employees at the company.
Consumer expectations for US inflation in one year’s time declined slightly in the latest survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
