As we had forecast, with Donald Trump winning the race to the White House and promising to cut corporate taxes and lower interest rates, M&A activity will accelerate. Here are the latest deals…FRONTIER TRIES AGAIN TO BUY SPIRIT AIRLINESSpirit Airlines has spurned a $2.1-billion cash-and-stock offer from Frontier Airlines, saying the offer was too low but......
Category: TRENDS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC FRONT – Feb 4 2025
TOP TREND 2025, DRAGFLATION: EUROZONE ECONOMY FLATLINED IN FOURTH QUARTER
The Eurozone’s economy stagnated in 2024’s final three months as GDPs in France, Germany, and Ireland contracted.
SPOTLIGHT, TOP TREND 2025: THE TRUMP CARD
Trump Media and Technology Group, in which Donald Trump is the majority shareholder, is launching Truth.Fi, an investment venture that plans to buy Bitcoin and other digital assets as well as conventional financial instruments, the company has announced.
SPOTLIGHT: ECONOMIC GLOOM OR ECONOMIC BOOM?
What is totally ignored in the reports by the government and the mainstream media is that the economic downside of both developed and emerging market economies is a direct result of three years of fighting the COVID War…
GOLD FUTURES’ PRICE SETS NEW RECORD
The April gold futures contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange set a new record of $2,853.20 during trading on 30 January and closed the day at $2,845.20.
ECB CUTS INTEREST RATE AGAIN
On 30 January, the European Central Bank (ECB) cut interest rates on Thursday for the fifth time since June, dropping its rate on deposits to 2.75 percent and its marginal lending rate to 3.15 percent.
CHINA HAS USED LOANS TO GAIN CONTROL OF CRUCIAL MINERALS
More than 26 government-controlled Chinese banks and private ventures, working together with some affiliates outside the country, have secured control of deposits of key minerals across large swaths of the global South, research group AidData reported.
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
The economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that will profoundly affect the business community this year.
WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
Federal employees are on the chopping block as President Donald Trump looks to cut staff and programs.
TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
Investors began to return to commercial properties in the latter part of 2024 but are still avoiding office buildings as a category, the Financial Times reported.