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Stockpiling Returns As A Price Driver In Metal Markets
Rolls of copper sheeting at a factory in China's Zhejiang province. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) Stockpiling has returned as a price driver for key metals, including copper and aluminum, preventing steep falls even if the world slips into a…
Germany Puts Industry at Core of EU Carbon Market Reform
Germany wants the European Union to place industrial transition to cleaner energy at the heart of a planned review of its carbon market, after rising power and fuel prices prompted criticism of the bloc's key climate tool. In July, the European…
Editorial: Prediction markets are a gamble we can't afford
When will the U.S. government confirm that aliens exist? How many people will fall ill with measles this year? Will President Donald Trump be impeached? Today, you can bet on all of these — and much more — at the websites of booming…
Is Australia ready for prediction markets?
Prediction markets are making a lot of noise – not only because of the booming popularity of sites such as Polymarket and Kalshi, but also the criticism that they facilitate insider trading and let people place bets on strikes in the Middle…
Unemployment drops sharply as inactivity in jobs market rises
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. The UK unemployment rate has fallen…
Unemployment drops sharply as inactivity in jobs market rises
News from The City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. The UK unemployment rate has fallen unexpectedly to its…
Sanrio launches gaming brand, tapping fast-growing global market
Hello Kitty creator Sanrio is launching a new gaming brand as it looks to monetize its portfolio of popular characters and tap into the fast-growing global games market. Sanrio Games will incorporate its characters into a party game for Nintendo…
John Oliver on prediction markets: 'Betting on war is really dark'
On the latest Last Week Tonight, John Oliver examined the surging field of so-called prediction markets, which have seen exponential growth in recent months with billions of dollars of bets every week for questions such as “will traffic in…
China Flashes New Tech Swagger to World Markets Convulsed by War
At the world's largest trade show, it's not just the clientele that had a different look this year. Despite the near absence of buyers wearing a traditional Arab headdress and robe at the Canton Fair, a vast showcase that started last week in…
Here's what the stock market might have gotten wrong about the Iran war
As stocks soared this week and oil prices dropped amid an apparent cooling of tensions between the United States and Iran, it may have left the impression that the energy shock that rattled the world would quickly fade, along with the risk of…
Inside Kalshi's Washington play as Congress eyes prediction markets
One platform is offshore, largely unregulated, and acting like a real-time war casino. The other spent five years building federal approval and explicitly bans markets involving death or destruction. Congress is coming for both anyway. Earlier this…
UK jobs market was in a fragile state - even before Iran war threatened recovery
Despite a surprise fall in the unemployment rate, the latest jobs data show the labour market in a fragile state, even before the Iran war threatened to derail the UK's nascent economic recovery. At 4.9% in the three months to February, the…
10 Marketing Moves Artists Should Make After Coachella To Maximize The Hype
INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 12: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NOT TO BE LICENSED FOR ANY STANDALONE OR SPECIAL INTEREST BOOK PUBLISHING USE CONCERNING THE COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND/OR STAGECOACH MUSIC FESTIVAL) Karol G performs at the Coachella Stage…
Unemployment drops sharply as inactivity in jobs market rises
The UK unemployment rate has fallen unexpectedly to its lowest level since last summer as inactivity in the jobs market increases and vacancies tumble, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate of UK…
Prediction Markets Ramp Up Washington Lobbying to Stop US Rules
Prediction markets are pouring money into Washington to defend against escalating criticism that their fast-growing platforms are contributing to a gambling explosion and enabling insider trading. Leading online platform Kalshi, alongside crypto…
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