PETALING JAYA: As a trading nation, a “ pivot to green ” is needed to prepare the country for the

WASHINGTON--Days before Spain holds a pivotal election, misleading claims about mail ballots and

February 24 was another “Black Monday” for global equities markets. All three major US stock indexes fell by 3.

Powell responded to the pandemic by doubling down on strategies developed by his predecessors to combat prolonged high unemployment and very low inflation.... That’s not where we wanted to be," said Eric Rosengren, who as president of the Boston Fed until last September had a hand in designing those policies.In some ways, Mr.... No Fed chairman since Paul Volcker in the early 1980s has had to grapple with inflation this high....

GEORGE TOWN: Many quick changes are needed for Penang to be ready for international tourism to restart when borders reopen on April 1, say industry players. With China’s Covid-19 situation facing uncertainty and its borders largely still closed, tourism players here must focus on leisure travellers from Western and Middle Eastern markets. While tourists from China are known to love shopping and food, travellers from the West and elsewhere seek experiences, nature and adventure, said industry pla

Russia and China continue to demonstrate their commitment to a win-win strategy and a readiness to cooperate in all spheres to serve their national interests, rather than “target any third party. ” At the same time, there is no substantiation for the Western fear of a nascent Russian-Chinese militar

creation of a redistribution process not only in Russia (this task has been going on for a long time

In a few years we will understand that we are no longer the eastern periphery slowly disappearing into the past, although close to most of Europe. Moving to Asia, to new wealth, strength and progress, we return home.

If the old saw is true about insanity defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, what are we to think about Mark Zuckerberg’s latest idea to save his company?... Dubbed Reels, the service is a copycat of TikTok, the enormously popular video social media platform.If Zuckerberg is serious about this, it’s an indication that he may be out of ideas about how to keep his company growing.... More on that in a moment. Unless our civilization fundamentally co

INVESTORS are asking a key question after the US Federal Reserve( Fed) accelerated its taper of bond purchases and unveiled more aggressive rate hike projections: When could the central bank eventually start to shrink its massive balance sheet?... “ And so this should still be a good environment for risk taking by investors.” — ReutersKaren Pierog and David Randall write for Reuters.... The views expressed here are the writers’ own....