Bloomberg Brazilian assets tumbled on Tuesday, leading losses across the globe, on reports the government will breach the country’s spending cap rule to finance a new social program, hurting the fiscal position of Latin America’s largest economy. The new aid program to the poorest, dubbed Auxilio Brasil, will give handouts of as much as 400 reais ($72) per individual, according ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai World Trade Centre Free Zone and CNMENA Holding BVI — the parent company of CoinMENA, the Sharia-compliant digital asset exchange company licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain — have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a Crypto Asset and Blockchain Hub at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). The agreement was ...

Bloomberg Oil surged to multiyear highs, spurred by an energy-supply crunch as winter approaches. Global benchmark Brent futures earlier rose above $86 a barrel, reaching the highest intraday level since 2018, as Russia opted to keep a lid on gas flows to Europe. West Texas Intermediate crude neared a seven-year high. A shortage of natural gas is creating extra demand ...