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Big cap stocks in US turn into world’s top haven as risk rises

  Bloomberg Investors are scrambling for safety as risks mount, from the war in Ukraine to rising interest rates and a global recession. They have found it in the US stock market — particularly the biggest American companies. The S&P 500 Index is up more than 8% over the past two weeks, recouping all of its losses since the Russian ...

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Bitcoin’s stealth rally past $45,000 erases its losses for the year

  Bloomberg Bitcoin’s stealth rally over the past two weeks not only pushed it past a key level of $45,000 — it also put the world’s biggest cryptocurrency back in positive territory for the year. The token rises to around $47,000 at 3:30 pm in Hong Kong, well above the $35,000-to-$45,000 range where it’s been stuck since early January. With ...

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Earth Hour 2022: Time to make peace with nature, says UN chief

Abu Dhabi / WAM Noting that climate disruption, biodiversity loss and pollution threaten lives, jobs and health the world over, the UN chief said on Saturday that it was essential “to make peace with nature.” “Without nature’s help, we cannot thrive or even survive on this planet Earth,” Secretary-General António Guterres underscored in his message for Earth Hour, commemorated annually ...

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