Bloomberg Silver hasn’t been so cheap relative to gold for more than seven years and with mine supplies forecast to contract this year that may be a sign it’s ready to come out of the yellow metal’s shadow. Mine production of silver will probably drop in 2016 for the first time in over a decade and demand is set to ...

Bloomberg Rice farmer Prapatpon Rungsatien perches on a plastic chair in a classroom in rural Thailand. Ceiling fans stir the humid air as she and 49 of her neighbours hunker down for a talk on Southeast Asian economics. Prapatpon, 48, returned to school last month for a state-funded training programme designed to wean farmers off water-intensive rice and teach them ...

Bloomberg The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will be hosting the first ever retrospective of the famous American fashion designer Oscar de la Renta’s work. The exhibition, organised by André Leon Talley, a former editor-at-large for Vogue and lifelong friend of the designer, runs until May 30. The Retrospective features over 130 pieces designed by de la Renta over ...