Bloomberg All through the pandemic era, buying stocks when corporate America delivers its quarterly reporting card has been a reliable winning trade. But the streak may be coming to a close. While second-quarter profits may look robust when banks start reporting on July 13, the forecast earnings increase of 64% for all firms in the S&P 500 Index probably marks …

Bloomberg Top officials from the US, Germany and France each expressed confidence that a global tax deal endorsed at the Group of 20 meeting in Venice has enough momentum to overcome political obstacles in Washington and within the European Union (EU) in time for it to be finalised in October. “There’s more work to be done, but I’m really hopeful …

New Delhi / WAM India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, who deals with the Gulf and the rest of the Arab world, V Muraleedharan, has held a meeting with Indian ambassadors in the Gulf to discuss initiatives to resume passenger flights to India from their countries of accreditation. “Our ambassadors were requested at that meeting to take up with …