briefs

QatarEnergy locks in 20-year US LNG from Woodside as it bulks up outside the Gulf

QatarEnergy to buy 3mtpa from Woodside and 4mtpa from Cheniere, becoming the largest US LNG buyer; Woodside shipments start ...
briefs

Banking assets at GIFT City surge about 60% since June, IFSCA chair says

Bank assets at GIFT City rose to $193B by Sept, up ~60% since June, driven by hard‑currency deposits and overseas commercial ...
briefs

Poland Opposition Leader Floats EU Exit Talks as Leverage for Reform

Jaroslaw Kaczynski proposes EU-exit talks as leverage to push decentralization, heightening political risk ahead of elections ...
briefs

South Africa's GDP Rebase Shows Economy 5.3% Larger, Trimming Debt Ratios

Stats SA's 2022 base-year rebase lifts 2025 GDP to 8 trillion rand, trimming the gross debt ratio to about 74.5% and ...
briefs

Sinopec Q3 profit jumps 64% as Iran war lifts oil prices

Sinopec reported Q3 net income of ¥13.6bn, up 64%, revenue +9.3% as Brent averaged ~$91, boosting upstream margins while ...
briefs

Sitharaman pushes back as Rahul Gandhi spotlights Tata power fight

Sitharaman says Rahul Gandhi is politicizing the Tata Sons vs Tata Trusts leadership fight over Chandrasekaran's ...
briefs

FSD Africa plans £10 billion push to deepen Africa's markets by 2030

UK-backed FSD Africa aims to unlock £10bn by 2030 to deepen local-currency capital markets, fund infrastructure, renewables ...
briefs

World Bank Says Better City Planning Is Needed For Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank warns unchecked urban sprawl in sub‑Saharan Africa raises transport and utility costs, hurts productivity, and ...
briefs

UK mortgage approvals slide in September, missing forecasts

UK mortgage approvals dropped to 53,443 in September, the lowest since Dec 2023; higher rates curb demand as unsecured ...
briefs

ALMA launches $100 million vehicle targeting women-led businesses in emerging markets

ALMA unveils a $100M vehicle for women-led businesses in Africa and Asia, backed by a $75M GuarantCo guarantee and a $10M ...
briefs

Shell ups Q4 repurchases to $5B on record refining margins

Shell raises Q4 share repurchases to $5B as a record $42/boe refining margin lifts adjusted net income to $10.8B; ...
briefs

Students push to "free the onions," reviving a long-running fight over what markets can trade

UChicago students rallied at the CME to urge repeal of the 1958 Onion Futures Act, backed by Kalshi and sparking debate over what risks markets should allow hed ...