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Editor's note: In this weekly feature China Daily gives voice to Asia and its people. JOY SAHA / SOLENT NEWS The industry behind traditional southern Asian attire like the sari and panjabi, worn in areas such as Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan, is increasingly facing the challenge of economic change and development. Bangladesh's traditional textile sector has deep …

Bangladesh Taant Sari Benaroshi

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Editor's note: In this weekly feature China Daily gives voice to Asia and its people. JOY SAHA / SOLENT NEWS The industry behind traditional southern Asian attire like the sari and panjabi, worn in areas such as Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan, is increasingly facing the challenge of economic change and development. Bangladesh's traditional textile sector has deep …

Bangladesh Taant Sari Benaroshi

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Facing threads

China Daily

Editor's note: In this weekly feature China Daily gives voice to Asia and its people. JOY SAHA / SOLENT NEWS The industry behind traditional southern Asian attire like the sari and panjabi, worn in areas such as Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan, is increasingly facing the challenge of economic change and development. Bangladesh's traditional textile sector has deep …

Bangladesh Benaroshi Sari Traditional

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Are sector rotation funds the answer to risks of sector downturns?

Live Mint

There are currently more than 180 sectoral or thematic mutual funds in India, up three times in ten years. Sector rotation is one such investment strategy that represents a forward-thinking approach, enabling investors to diversify their portfolios across various sectors while actively reallocating assets in response to market trends. Strategic Portfolio Diversification Multi-sector rotation fund aims to capitalise on the …

Risk Investors Fund Sector Funds Sectors Rotation

2 months ago

Corporate Landlord Scrutiny: Kamala Harris Aims to Take on Billionaires and Drive Down Housing Costs

CNN

Vice President Kamala Harris has pledged to take on corporate landlords and address the issue of housing affordability. Her campaign promises to provide down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers and to drive new housing construction. However, the extent to which corporate investors have a significant impact on the housing market is unclear, as they are a relatively small share of …

Government Law Economy Housing affordability Atlanta

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Investors gobble up bonds that can turn into stocks

Live Mint

Smaller companies are feeling good about their prospects. In February, ride-sharing company Lyft issued $460 million of convertible bonds due in 2029 that pay 0.625% a year. Social-media company Snap in May issued $750 million of convertible bonds due in 2030 that pay 0.5% a year. “In a higher-for-longer rates environment, companies can get significant coupon savings via convertible bonds …

Companies Debt Price Stock Investors Rates Shares

5 months, 1 week ago

China is ushering in a new era of innovation

China Daily

Every day we read about some innovation or the other taking place in China. Over the past couple of months, there have been reports of Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD unveiling a new car model that runs on plug-in hybrid technology and can travel continuously for over 2,000 kilometers without charging; diversified tech player Huawei announcing its Harmony operating system, …

Technology China Innovation Tech Internet State Chinese

6 months, 1 week ago

What is the far right and what does the rise of nationalist parties mean for Europe?

ABC

Radical-right political parties have made significant gains in the European Parliament elections. For instance, in France, Marine Le Pen's National Rally Party — formally known as the National Front — used to be a very authoritarian political party that was openly anti-Semitic, Professor Wellings said. French President Emmanuel Macron calls for new parliamentary elections after his camp heavily lost to …

Europe France Italy Ukraine Germany National Parties

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Further limits on securities refinancing urged

China Daily

A pedestrian touches the Bund Bull in Shanghai. In essence, the securities refinancing market enables listed companies' major shareholders to lend shares they own to investors for short-selling. With the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index hovering between 3085.38 and 3174.27 points this month despite improving economic data and continuous policy support, some retail investors have attributed the lukewarm performance to securities …

China Market Securities Investors Shares Xue Refinancing

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Wall Street’s favorite recession indicator is in a slump of its own

Live Mint

An anomaly known as an inverted yield curve, in which yields on short-term Treasurys exceed those of longer-term government debt, has long been taken as a nearly surefire signal that an economic pullback looms. If a recession doesn’t materialize soon, it could do lasting damage to the yield curve’s status as a warning system, providing one of the most significant …

Economy Treasury Investors Fed Rate Cuts Wall Street Curve

8 months, 3 weeks ago

FY24 share market review: Sensex jumps 25% past year. Can it go beyond 84,000 in fiscal 2024-25?

Live Mint

FY24 share market review: The 30-share BSE Sensex ended the last day of financial year 2024 on a higher note with gains of about 655.04 points, or 1%, at the 73,651.35 level. During the fiscal year 2024, the S&P BSE Sensex index has touched multiple record highs, and the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies surpassed ₹333 lakh crore, or $4 …

Trend Financial Indian Index Share Market Mehta Indian Equities

9 months, 1 week ago

5 beaten down specialty chemical stocks poised to make a comeback soon

Live Mint

Notwithstanding the recent fall in the Indian stock market after the benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty scaled fresh peaks, the specialty chemical sector is still struggling to snap the long streak of underperformance. In the first quarter of FY24, Paushak’s net margins dropped to the lowest in years, but the company has since then staged a recovery and its operating …

India Gujarat Manufacturing New Products Image Company Profit

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Can Indian real estate market face a crisis like China's Evergrande?

Hindustan Times

A Hong Kong court on January 29 ordered the liquidation of embattled Chinese real estate giant Evergrande, a move that is likely to impact China’s financial system and the confidence of global investors. But unlike China, India's real estate sector gradually recovered thanks to government initiatives and the setting up of the Real Estate Regulatory Authority across the country. “Following …

India China Market Financial Indian Regulatory Debt

1 year ago

Unilever faces break-up battle after ‘virtue signalling’ retreat

The Telegraph

New Unilever chief executive Hein Schumacher has only had his feet under the desk for about 100 days, but already he is under pressure. Top shareholder Nick Train last week publicly called for signs of progress and warned that the group was at risk of a break-up if results didn’t come quickly. “If you created Unilever from scratch today, you …

Unilever

1 year ago

As deficit estimate hits $68 billion, Newsom seeks ‘major changes’ to healthcare wage law

LA Times

With California facing an expected $68-billion budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking “major reforms” to pull funding from a costly plan next year to begin raising the statewide minimum wage for healthcare workers to $25 an hour. Gabriel Petek, the office’s legislative analyst, said the report lays out a “serious budget problem.” California’s progressive tax structure already makes the …

Law Healthcare Tax Budget Workers Healthcare Workers California

1 year ago

Why Americans' 'YOLO' spending spree baffles economists

BBC

Why Americans' 'YOLO' spending spree baffles economists Getty Images Americans feel pessimistic about the economy – yet they're spending in spades Despite past trends, US consumers are spending at record levels. This "YOLO" attitude towards money bucks the spending trends of past economic downturns – and some economists have been left scratching their heads, especially as consumer sentiment on the …

Economic Interest Rates Americans Henderson Economists Yolo Consumer Savings

1 year, 5 months ago

High-quality development to boost capital market

China Daily

Share prices from the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges are displayed on a bridge in Shanghai in May. Hugo Hu / Getty Images Major advances key to improving competitiveness of A-share companies Investment in China's A-share market has been challenging in recent months despite the nation's economic recovery. Early last month, Yi Huiman, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, …

China Japan Market Index Shanghai Shenzhen

1 year, 5 months ago

High-quality development to boost capital market

China Daily

Share prices from the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges are displayed on a bridge in Shanghai in May. Hugo Hu / Getty Images Major advances key to improving competitiveness of A-share companies Investment in China's A-share market has been challenging in recent months despite the nation's economic recovery. Early last month, Yi Huiman, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, …

China Japan Market Index Shanghai Shenzhen Stock

1 year, 8 months ago

Challenger wins close race to lead United Auto Workers union

Associated Press

DETROIT — A challenger defeated the president of the United Auto Workers in a close election and vowed Saturday to take a more confrontational stance in negotiating with the big automakers. Fain’s slate of candidates won control of the big union, as workers rejected most incumbents in the wake of a bribery and embezzlement scandal It was the 372,000-member union’s …

Workers Union Detroit Auto Lead Members Slate

1 year, 9 months ago

Suicides in times of economic turmoil

New Indian Express

Men are at increased risk of mental health problems and death due to suicide during times of economic adversity. This association of economic downturns with other risk factors of suicides was first observed across multiple western economies during the Great Depression and later in England and Wales during the economic crises around the 1990s. This period witnessed a marked increase …

Suicide Economic Increase Suicides

1 year, 10 months ago

I never gave up on myself: Raashii Khanna

Deccan Chronicle

Raashii Khanna started her film career with the Hindi movie Madras Cafe. And after having spent a decade in the South film industry, she’s again part of a Hindi project, Farzi, helmed by director duo Raj & DK. “It’s OK to drop my make-up if the character needs it, because as actors, we look forward to living the role with …

Film Hindi South Raashii Farzi

1 year, 10 months ago

US economy posts strong growth in Q4 but underlying weakness

Al Jazeera

Most economists expect a recession by the second half of 2023, though a short, mild one compared to previous ones. “That should limit the Fed to just two more small rate increases in coming months.” Gross domestic product increased at a 2.9 percent annualized rate last quarter. Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of US economic activity, grew …

Economy Growth Market Spending Fed Quarter Rate

1 year, 11 months ago

Households ramp up credit card debt as spiralling inflation batters finances

The Telegraph

Spending on credit cards spiked at the fastest rate in almost two decades in November as the cost of living crisis forced families to borrow more. Credit card debt grew by £1.2bn in November, figures from the Bank of England show, which was the highest monthly increase since March 2004. Ashley Webb of Capital Economics said the data was “a …

Credit Credit Card Debt Living Crisis Stepchange Card Borrowing

2 years, 2 months ago

APRA chair Wayne Byres says falling house prices are 'no bad thing'

ABC

The outgoing boss of Australia's banking regulator has denied responsibility for the latest housing boom and bust, while adding that the price falls may be good for the nation. Key points: Wayne Byres is standing down as APRA chair on October 30, but his replacement has not been announced yet Mr Byres says APRA's role is to protect banks from …

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Are sector rotation funds the answer to risks of sector downturns?

Corporate Landlord Scrutiny: Kamala Harris Aims to Take on Billionaires and Drive Down Housing Costs

Investors gobble up bonds that can turn into stocks

China is ushering in a new era of innovation

What is the far right and what does the rise of nationalist parties mean for Europe?

Further limits on securities refinancing urged

Wall Street’s favorite recession indicator is in a slump of its own

FY24 share market review: Sensex jumps 25% past year. Can it go beyond 84,000 in fiscal 2024-25?

5 beaten down specialty chemical stocks poised to make a comeback soon

Can Indian real estate market face a crisis like China's Evergrande?

Unilever faces break-up battle after ‘virtue signalling’ retreat

As deficit estimate hits $68 billion, Newsom seeks ‘major changes’ to healthcare wage law

Why Americans' 'YOLO' spending spree baffles economists

High-quality development to boost capital market

High-quality development to boost capital market

Challenger wins close race to lead United Auto Workers union

Suicides in times of economic turmoil

I never gave up on myself: Raashii Khanna

US economy posts strong growth in Q4 but underlying weakness

Households ramp up credit card debt as spiralling inflation batters finances

APRA chair Wayne Byres says falling house prices are 'no bad thing'