The number of mergers and acquisitions topping $10 billion in value has set a record at 14 in this year’s third quarter, the Financial Times reported after analyzing data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).
Category: TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT – Oct 7 2025
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TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU
A federal tax incentive of as much as $7,500 for the purchase of electric vehicles (EVs) ended 30 September, leaving auto companies and their dealers with an estimated 134,000 cars that suddenly cost thousands of dollars more than they did last month.
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SPOTLIGHT: MONEY GOES DIGITAL
The tokenization of stocks, real estate, and other assets is irreversible, according to Vlad Tenev, CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform Robinhood, who spoke in a CNBC interview.
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PRESSURED BY PARENT COMPANY, COTY SLIMS DOWN
Coty, the 121-year-old beauty products brand, is investigating the pros and cons of “partnerships, divestitures, and spin-offs” as it looks to unload its consumer beauty product line, the company has announced.
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TESLA’S SALES REBOUND IN THIRD QUARTER
In this year’s third quarter, Tesla’s electric vehicle (EV) sales rose 7.4 percent above the same period last year after two quarters of sharp declines.
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MIDDLE EAST SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS LEAD PEERS AGAIN THIS YEAR
For a fourth consecutive year, sovereign wealth funds among the Gulf oil states are making more investments than similar funds of other nations, the Financial Times reported.
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EUROZONE’S JOBLESS RATE RISES AS LABOR MARKET DIVIDES IN TWO
In August, the unemployment rate among the 20 countries sharing the euro currency ticked up to 6.3 percent from 6.2 percent in July. About 11,000 more people were without work.
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EU WANTS PEOPLE TO STOP SAVING, START INVESTING
Europeans traditionally have saved a larger share of their incomes than Americans do.
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‘A LONG, SLOW GOODBYE’ TO RUSSIA’S OIL RESERVES
Russia has depended on its oil reserves to keep its war on Ukraine, and its economy, functioning for almost four years. Now Western sanctions and heavier production from those reserves to fuel the war machine are beginning to drain that natural resource.
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LABOR MARKETS IN ADVANCED ECONOMIES ARE SEIZING UP
Employers in G7 countries, considered the world’s most advanced, hesitate to hire or to lay off workers as uncertainties over interest rates, taxes, tariffs, and artificial intelligence (AI) leaves them unable to plan, the Financial Times reported.