Economy and Finance

Dubai’s Economic Endurance Is Being Tested in War With Iran

Dubai, unlike its oil-dependent neighbors, built an economy on trade, tourism, finance and logistics.

Oddone hails EU-Mercosur accord's 'civilisational approach' beyond commercial and economic interests

Français Picard is pleased to welcome Gabriel Oddone, economist, professor and Uruguay's Economy and Finance Minister. He offers a striking defense of the social democratic model at a moment when much of Latin America appears to be espousing hard right socio-political and economic policies. Speaking at the OECD's Latin America Forum in Paris, Oddone argues that Uruguay's commitment to the welfare state, fiscal responsibility, and inequality reduction is not an ideological anomaly but the...

EU’s 6 biggest economies agree on capital markets supervision

India Bank Shares Jump as Deposit, Yield Worries Ease

Signage at the State Bank of India (SBI) headquarters in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. SBI is supportive of another wave of mergers among state-backed lenders as policymakers explore ways to build scale and finance growth in the world’s fastest-growing major economy. Photographer: Abeer Khan/Bloomberg

EU’s AI Data Center Plans Stumble Due to Delays, Funding Issues

Flags of the European Union (EU) in front of the Berlaymont Building, which houses the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. The European Union must provide a “credible” funding commitment to Kyiv to unlock fresh International Monetary Fund money, the EU’s economy chief said, as the country’s lenders race to avoid a financing crunch in Ukraine. Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg

Botswana diamond slump hits miners living on the edge of survival

Botswana diamond slump hits miners living on the edge of survival Botswana’s diamond-driven economy is under mounting strain as global demand weakens and production falls. Orapa, Botswana – It is a year since Motshwegwa Rakhudu lost his job after 14 years working as an installer at Debswana diamond mining operations in northern Botswana. He says he had been on rolling three-year renewable contracts with Enabler Hires (Pty) Ltd, and expected the arrangement would continue through to 2027.

All the Ways Wall Street Gets Paid to Fund AI Boom

All the Ways Wall Street Gets Paid to Fund AI Boom Enormous valuations are rewriting the IPO playbook. This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.

Off the Record: Politics, protests and dead flamingos dominate EU-Western Balkans summit

Euronews Europe editor Maria Tadeo provides highlights and analysis from the EU-Western Balkans summit held this week in her signature newsletter Off the Record. When I launched this newsletter, I promised you zeitgeist, so here's the zeitgeist — I am filing this at ungodly hours, from a flat in Tivat, on the coast of Montenegro, on five hours' sleep, praying for no typos and my keyboard on fire. But oh boy how I love this job.

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi

Illustrations by Joan WongWho broke Britain? Someone—or something—must have. The past 18 years, enough time for a whole lost generation to be born and brought up, have yielded nothing but stagnation and mass disillusionment.

Here Comes the Age of the Rockstar CFO

Here Comes the Age of the Rockstar CFO Financial decision making has never been more strategic. This article is for subscribers only. Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe.