Central banks are scaling back on the dollar as institutional bullion buying climbs to record highs. In the World Gold Council’s (WGC) latest annual survey of central banks, 83% of respondents expect to increase their gold holdings over the next year. That’s up from 76% in 2025. This surge in demand is due to the…
Digital assets have moved beyond their origins as investment vehicles. Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins first gained attention as new asset classes, but now consumers, businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are asking a different question: Can these assets actually be used in everyday commerce? The next phase of digital-asset adoption will be decided not by ownership but…
Earnings call transcript: Acconeer posts record Q2 2026 revenue as shares tumble
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It’s become second nature to say the most reliable cars on the market come from Japan and, to a lesser extent, South Korea. That might be true, but U.S. brands know how to build advanced, efficient, high-performing engines that last ages. Ford has a long history with engines. In fact, Henry Ford’s first invention was the…
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The London Stock Exchange recently celebrated 25 years of its FTSE4Good range of indices, designed to assess and boost corporate “sustainability”. Strictly excluded were firms involved in areas such as tobacco and weapons that were considered controversial. The restrictions quickly expanded to exclude the defence industry, fossil fuels and gambling. The subsequent rush to ESG…
Local authorities in England are collecting just a quarter of fines issued to landlords for housing offences, despite a 7% increase in property inspections, according to new data from the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA). Freedom of Information Act requests show that councils conducted 91,620 inspections under the Housing, Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)…
On Dec. 31, arguably the most renowned investor of our generation, billionaire Warren Buffett, hung up his work coat for the final time. In his more than half-century as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA +0.75%)(BRKB +0.98%), the Oracle of Omaha led his company’s Class A shares (BRKA) to a nearly 6,100,000% gain, outperforming the benchmark…
For Meta software engineer Rohan Kulkarni, keeping up with AI no longer ends when the workday does. At work, he said AI has sped up brainstorming and prototyping, with projects that once took about a month sometimes taking just two or three weeks. But keeping up with AI isn’t confined to the office. He typically…