05 December 2025 A growing wave of borrowing by tech giants and upstart AI firms is reshaping credit markets but it is also revealing sharp divergences in investor sentiment between high-rated borrowers and riskier issuers. According to a recent analysis from Goldman Sachs, the surge in bonds tied to artificial intelligence projects is being absorbed very differently in investment-grade and high-yield corners of the market. In 2025, as big tech companies rushed to build out d

04 December 2025 People walk past Tesla electric vehicles (EV) at the carmaker's delivery centre in Beijing, China January 8, 2025. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo In November 2025, Tesla saw a sharp drop in UK car registrations, delivering a sobering reality check for the electric-vehicle maker’s dominance in Europe. According to preliminary data from research group New AutoMotive, registrations fell 19 percent year-on-year slipping to 3,784 cars from 4,680 in the same month

29 November 2025 The 2025 Black Friday shopping frenzy rewrote records. According to Adobe Analytics, U.S. shoppers spent a staggering $11.8 billion online, a 9.1 percent jump from the previous year. This surge came amid a fraught economic backdrop. With unemployment near a four-year high and consumer confidence at a seven-month low, many Americans entered the holiday season tightening their belts and scrutinizing each purchase. Still, the lure of discounts and the convenienc

25 November 2025 Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is on track to join the elite few corporations ever to cross a $4 trillion market-cap milestone as its shares climbed sharply this week. Trading surged after a 4.1 percent jump in pre-market trading pushed Alphabet’s share price to about $331.70, driving an equity rally that has persisted throughout 2025 and positioning the company to surpass the $4 trillion threshold at market open. At the root of this surge is renewed

23 November 2025 Investors heading into the final weeks of 2025 are bracing for a stormy year-end as the twin pillars of the equity rally artificial intelligence excitement and expectations of near-term Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts appear to be wobbling. The benchmark S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite have both pulled back sharply from their October record highs, illuminating how fragile market sentiment has grown. The backdrop is unsettling. The S&P 500 is down ro

22 November 2025 Eli Lilly and Company has become the first pharmaceutical company to achieve a $1 trillion market valuation, a milestone that reflects the soaring global demand for its weight-loss and diabetes treatments and marks a dramatic transformation in the healthcare-investment landscape. The company’s rise to the so-called “trillion-dollar club” comes amid a surge in the use and approval of its blockbuster drugs, notably Mounjaro and Zepbound both branded versions of

17 November 2025 Gold prices edged downward on November 17, 2025, as investors navigated an increasingly firm U.S. dollar and tempered expectations for near-term interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. According to data from four o’clock ET, spot gold was trading at approximately $4,019.12 per ounce, a decline of around 1.5 % on the day, while U.S. gold futures for December delivery settled at about $4,074.50 per ounce, down around 0.5 %. The mood shift in the precious-m

16 November 2025 On Sunday afternoon U.S. time, Bitcoin dropped 1.59 percent to $93,684 at 4 : 21 p.m. ET, marking a subtle yet telling shift in momentum for the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value. The decline, while modest in magnitude for a market often accustomed to double-digit swings, resonates precisely because of the broader mood it reflects. Rather than explosive plummets, this move suggests that crypto investors are growing cautious, trimming exposure and

12 November 2025 Hong Kong’s stock market surged to its highest level in a month on Wednesday, driven by growing investor confidence that the United States may soon end its longest-ever government shutdown and that the Federal Reserve could execute a rate cut, both of which are bolstering sentiment for global equities. The Hang Seng Index climbed approximately 0.9 percent to close at 26,992.73, marking a fresh high since early October. The tech-heavy Hang Seng Tech Index also

11 November 2025 British investors have withdrawn a staggering £7.4 billion (roughly US $9.9 billion) from equity funds over the period from June to early November 2025, marking the longest consecutive stretch of net selling since the post-Brexit era. Data from fund-network Calastone show that the series of monthly outflows now spans five months or more, with October alone witnessing a net withdrawal of £3.6 billion. The trend covers all equity categories from UK-focused fund

6 November 2025 A WeRide autonomous taxi is seen in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China May 15, 2020. Picture taken May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Yilei Sun/File Photo In the bustling trading floors of Hong Kong on 6 November 2025, the strong momentum in the initial public offering market hit a significant stumbling block as two high-profile Chinese autonomous driving companies, Pony.ai and WeRide, saw their stock prices fall sharply in their debut a sign that investor enthusiasm for

5 November 2025 A view shows EQT AB's logo at the company's office in Tokyo, Japan May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Miho Uranaka/File Photo Major global private equity firms are signalling a strategic shift back into China after years of reticence, citing compelling valuations and a growing sense that U.S. allocations have become overly concentrated and less opportunistic. This change in posture was highlighted at the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in Hong Kong, where senio

04 November 2025 Attendees walk through an expo hall at AWS re:Invent 2023, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., November 29, 2023. Noah Berger/AWS/Handout via REUTERS Amazon’s announcement that it will supply OpenAI with up to $38 billion of cloud-services capacity over the next seven years marks a decisive shift in the e-commerce giant’s artificial-intelligence ambitions and presents a turning point for its cloud-computing arm. In an

31 October 2025 People walk next to the Google Cloud logo, during the 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, March 4, 2025. REUTERS/Albert Gea Once dismissed as a laggard in the cloud race, Google Cloud has blossomed into one of Alphabet’s fastest-growing and most pivotal divisions, largely fueled by a bold bet on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and services. According to fresh filings and executive commentary, the unit generated over $15 billion in

29 October 2025 British luxury carmaker Aston Martin announced on October 29 that it will slash its five-year development spend by £300 million, reducing its planned investment from £2 billion to £1.7 billion, following a wider-than-expected adjusted pre-tax loss of £106.9 million for the three months ended September 30. The company pointed to a confluence of macro-headwinds as the cause: demand in China described as “extremely subdued,” the impact of U.S. import tariffs on i

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