BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s inflation rate has hit just shy of 100%, the government said on Tuesday, with savers feeling more pain from some of the world’s fastest rising prices and workers’ budgets straining as costs outstrip salaries. The South ...

LONDON – Almost half of the companies most reliant on the commodities responsible for deforestation, and the financial firms that back them, have no policy to rein it in, a report on Wednesday said. Analysis by non-profit Global Canopy of 350 companies with the greatest exposure to palm oil, soy, beef, leather, timber and pulp and paper, and 150 banks and asset managers which ...

MUMBAI – India‘s 2023 wheat production is likely to rise 4.1% to a record 112.2 million tons, the government said on Tuesday, as higher prices prompted farmers to expand crop-growing areas with high-yielding varieties and the weather remained favorable. Higher wheat output could help the world’s second-biggest producer of the ...

JERUSALEM – Foreign ministers of four European countries and Canada joined Washington on Tuesday in opposing a decision by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to authorize nine Jewish settler outposts in the occupied West Bank. The foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the United States issued ...

BENGALURU/PARIS – Air India unveiled deals on Tuesday for a record 470 jets from Airbus and Boeing, accelerating the rebirth of a national emblem under new owners Tata Group as Europe and the United States hailed deepening economic and political ties with New Delhi. The provisional deals include 220 planes ...

WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund’s strategy director on Tuesday said the goal of a new sovereign debt panel of creditors and borrowers due to meet on Friday is to try to reach understandings on common standards, principles and definitions for how to restructure ...

Maybe it’s just Valentine’s Day, so the food and commodities market sees a push to chocolates, flowers, and fine dining. And maybe not. The CPI came out with an unexpected rise…but goods remained softer. Services on the other hand, rose. However, ...

US President Joe Biden is expected to name Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard to the White House’s top economic policy position as early as Tuesday, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. Brainard would replace White House ...

India is currently the seventh-largest country in the world with the largest youth population. There are many elements that make this country unique, the foremost being diversity—diversity of culture, race, ethnicity, and linguistics. India faced an era of colonialism under ...

The recent case of retired megastar Usain Bolt losing millions of dollars to bad investments highlights the importance of sound money management. Original Article: “Managing Money Is as Important as Making It: The Sad Case of Athletes Going Broke” This Audio ...