MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim demanded that Goldman Sachs Group honour its settlement with the government for its role in the 1MDB scandal, saying the Wall Street firm shouldn’t use its financial strength to dictate terms.
NON-fungible tokens (NFTs) are coming to the Bitcoin blockchain, sparking a debate among those who say the digital representations add a much-needed fresh use case and the purists concerned about deviating too far from the origins of the peer-to-peer cryptocurrency network.
HONG Kong is sticking with a plan to become Asia’s digital-asset capital despite the industry’s tarnished reputation, a stance drawing tentative interest from bruised crypto firms looking for paths to recovery.
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invoked Wall Street investment banks Goldman Sachs Group and JPMorgan Chase to rebuff warnings of a market backlash against his government’s plans to reshape the judiciary.
JEROME Powell and Wall Street are headed for another face-off this week as the Federal Reserve seeks to slow its inflation-fighting campaign without signalling a readiness to stop.
EUROZONE government bond yields rose sharply on Monday (Jan 30) in the wake of stronger-than-expected Spanish inflation data, and as investors looked towards the European Central Bank’s (ECB) interest rate decision on Thursday.
GOLDMAN Sachs Group has restructured its assets in Russia, the RBC daily reported on Monday (Jan 30), citing two investment market sources, a move that could take the US bank closer to a full exit from the country.
A panel of academics and business executives on Monday (Jan 30) urged the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to make its 2 per cent inflation target a long-term goal instead of one that must be met as soon as possible, in light of the rising cost of prolonged monetary easing....
