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Draghi stimulus fails in stock market as swings match 2008

Bloomberg Mario Draghi is having no success convincing stock investors that the European Central Bank has the firepower to reignite growth. While all economists in a Bloomberg survey expect the central bank to cut interest rates when policy makers meet on Thursday, and 73 percent project them to boost the amount of money put into the financial system through bond ...

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Norway wealth fund isn’t joining global stock selloff, CEO says

Bloomberg Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, hasn’t been part of a global selloff in stocks this quarter, according to its chief executive officer, Yngve Slyngstad. “We have not been participating in the selling, and we don’t foresee” that a change of strategy will be necessary, Slyngstad said at a presentation of the fund’s 2015 results on Wednesday. The ...

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Clinton’s surprise loss in key primary as Trump triumphs

Washington / AFP Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton suffered a surprise loss to challenger Bernie Sanders in a major state primary, as billionaire Donald Trump notched a trio of easy victories in the Republican presidential nomination race. The former secretary of state slumped to defeat in the industrial rust belt state of Michigan, where Sanders snagged 49.9 percent of the vote ...

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