Investment bank Goldman Sachs is poised to take a market-leading 34 percent share of the advisory services for this year’s mergers and acquisitions as measured by value, data service LSEG reported earlier this month.
Category: 25 November 2025
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STABLECOIN COULD DESTABILIZE EUROPE’S ECONOMY, ECB GOVERNOR SAYS
A U.S. run on stablecoins—a mass rush to convert them to cash—could force the European Central Bank (ECB) to change its interest rate to contain potential damage to Europe’s economy, Olaf Sleijpen, governor of the Netherlands’ central bank and a member of the ECB’s governing council, warned in a statement last week.
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CRYPTO MARKET HAS LOST $1.2 TRILLION IN SIX WEEKS
From 7 October through 18 November, investors yanked $1.2 trillion out of the crypto market as their concerns rose over the short-term future of risky assets.
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SPOTLIGHT, TREND FORECAST: DOT-COM BUST 2.0
What is now being reported by the mainstream media regarding the fears of an AI stock bubble is old news for Trends Journal subscribers, since we have noted for some 11 months to beware of a Dot-com Bust 2.0.
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EUROPE’S DIESEL PRICES SPIKES ON HIGH DEMAND, TIGHT SUPPLY
The price of diesel fuel in Europe rose as high as $845 a metric ton on 19 November, up from as low as $628 in October, as demand rose unexpectedly at a time when supply tightened.
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INDIA’S TECH SECTOR EXPANDS BEYOND CALL CENTERS, PROGRAMMING
India’s tech sector has been defined by its programming services and customer service call centers, but that has overshadowed the breadth and depth of the country’s overall tech industry, the Financial Times reported.
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JAPAN TEES UP A $135-BILLION STIMULUS PROGRAM
The cabinet of new Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi endorsed her plan for a $135.4-billion economic stimulus package on Friday. The plan includes about $460 million in tax cuts, with the rest of the cash influx to be spread widely through the economy.
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TRUMP’S TARIFFS HOBBLE GLOBAL GROWTH
The impact of Donald Trump’s tariff war on the world’s economy has been less than feared but still has taken a toll, according to figures released by several national governments.
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U.S. BOMBS AWAY OVER SOMALIA: PENTAGON CARRIES OUT 110th STRIKE ON COUNTRY OF THE YEAR
The Trump administration has ramped up its attacks on so-called terror groups in Somalia and carried out its 100th of the year in the impoverished country’s northeast.
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GAZA DEATH TOLL
Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced Sunday that a total of 69,756 Palestinians have been killed inside the enclave since the start of the war and 170,946 have been injured.