Qatar’s real estate market faces reality check ahead of World Cup
DOHA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s Doha Tower, a spike-tipped cylinder that glows orange at night, won an award when finished in 2012 amid a Gulf-wide real estate boom, but today about…
GE drags premier U.S. corporate debt, which posts worst year since 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The stock market’s gyrations have grabbed the year-end headlines, but another key financial market, investment-grade U.S. corporate debt, is turning in its worst yearly performance since…
Lab-grown diamond prices slide as De Beers fights back
LONDON (Reuters) – Since De Beers abandoned its decades-old policy of refusing to sell lab-grown diamonds as jewelery, the price gap between man-made stones and natural gems has widened –…
Slump persists, China fails to stimulate markets hobbled by pledged shares
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is struggling to restore confidence in its stock markets, which are being weighed down by a massive amount of shares that have been pledged as collateral…
Machines take the blame as U.S. stock market sells off
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors searching for perpetrators and victims in this week’s U.S. stock market selloff pointed to a familiar source: number-crunching fund managers and machines. Traders work on…
?? ? Analysis: Why is Turkey’s currency crisis shaking global markets? | Al Jazeera English
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will be boycotting US electronic products in retaliation for what he calls an economic attack on his country. source
J&J vows to overturn $4.7 billion talc verdict but experts see hurdles
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson has vowed to appeal a $4.7 billion verdict awarded to 22 women who claim asbestos-contaminated talc in the company’s products gave them ovarian…
Italy’s euroskeptics and their currency ideas take center-stage
ROME (Reuters) – If Italy leaves the euro, it will be late on a Friday night. FILE PHOTO: A two Euro coin is seen in this picture illustration taken in…
Thundercat’s New Music Corner Ep. 1: VICE News Tonight (HBO)
In his Music Critic debut, Thundercat reviews “Skimask” by Yung Lean, “Gorgeous” by Taylor Swift, “Gave Your Love Away” by Majid Jordan, and “Lacrymosa” by … source
Andrew W.K.’s New Music Corner Ep. 2: VICE News Tonight (HBO)
In this week’s Music Critic rockstar Andrew W.K. reviews songs: De Lux, “875 Dollars,” Meat Beat Manifesto, “Nocebo,” Cadence Weapon, “High Rise,” and The … source