(Bloomberg) — Investors should buy “dull” companies that generate steady cash flows as stock markets face growing headwinds from inflation and a potential economic slowdown, according to the chief executive officer of Causeway Capital Management. Read More
(Bloomberg) — Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. agreed not to close their C$20 billion ($15.8 billion) deal until antitrust problems are dealt with and said they’re working to negotiate a solution to Canadian regulators’ concerns. Read More
(Bloomberg) — The European Union proposed banning seaborne oil from Russia while delaying restrictions on imports from a key pipeline in an effort to satisfy Hungarian objections and clinch an agreement on a stalled sanctions package that would target Moscow for its war in Ukraine. Read More
(Bloomberg) — The upcoming US jobs report is projected to show the labor market, while still tight, may be starting to transition to more moderate payrolls growth from out-sized monthly advances. Read More
(Bloomberg) — The stock market has staged a ferocious rebound in the past week after almost falling into a bear market. Don’t get too excited about that, says Victoria Greene, founding partner and chief investment officer at G Squared Private Wealth. Read More
(Bloomberg) — Argentina will reduce energy subsidies for utility bills at a slower pace than anticipated because of higher costs stemming from the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Economy Minister Martin Guzman said Saturday. Read More
(Bloomberg) — Clothing companies and gadget makers are among manufacturers across Asia seeing early signs of cooling demand from their global customers as soaring inflation takes hold. Read More
(Bloomberg) — Global power grids are about to face their biggest test in decades with electricity generation strangled in the world’s largest economies. Read More
(Bloomberg) — A gathering of trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group failed to issue a customary joint statement, a day after the US and Russia staged a tit-for-tat walkout during their presentations at the meeting. Read More