Russians are facing a psychological conundrum all human beings confront every day, but at a far more consequential level. It is this: How much will they choose to know, or deliberately not know? Their answer may decide the course of history. If the war of aggression by Russian President Vladimir Putin against Ukraine is the world’s most urgent problem, the ...

Investors shouldn’t get overly excited about stock splits. In most cases, they don’t amount to much. After the close of regular trading, Amazon.com shares surged as much as 10% after the internet giant announced plans for a 20-for-1 split. The company also said it would buy back up to $10 billion of its stock. Companies that do stock splits make ...

  Forget the open road. The true emblem of the contemporary United States is the “stroad” — those high-volume, hybrid arteries that are not quite walkable streets, not quite high-speed roads. Lined on both sides by parking lots and strip malls, they are the commercial lifeblood of conventional suburban development. They may also be the answer to America’s housing affordability ...

  It’s a future investors in China must learn to live with: The expanding list of Chinese companies subject to US sanctions or procurement controls. As the US and European Union impose sweeping economic penalties on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, China Inc can easily become collateral damage, too. The US government has already put Beijing on notice. US ...

  Bloomberg Citigroup Inc, in the midst of overhauling its businesses in Russia when the country went to war, has seen efforts to sell a consumer-banking unit there stall and is helping some employees transfer abroad. The moves show how Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has quickly made the future less certain for many of Citigroup’s roughly 3,000 workers in ...

  Bloomberg Equity-index futures and European stocks fell amid concern US inflation may have accelerated for a sixth month, with investors turning to the European Central Bank to gauge policy makers’ response to the war in Ukraine. Contracts expiring this month on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes slid at least 0.2% each after US stocks posted the biggest ...

  Bloomberg Bitcoin dropped back below $40,000, erasing almost all the gains sparked by optimism about US President Joe Biden’s executive order to put more focus on the crypto sector. The largest cryptocurrency declined as much as 7.2% to $38,894, falling for the first time in three days. Ether dropped as much as 5% to $2,574. Most of the top ...

  Bloomberg Gold extended losses after posting the biggest decline in 14 months as risk sentiment improved following indications that Ukraine is ready for a diplomatic solution with Russia. Bullion is paring some of its gains this year as demand for haven assets eases following remarks from a top foreign policy aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The official said Ukraine ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi’s agricultural production has achieved remarkable growth in terms of volume and value, with the total value of agricultural production reaching about AED13.7 billion in 2020, with an increase of 12 percent compared to 2019, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 6.5 percent for 2017-2020. Statistics collected by the Abu Dhabi Agriculture ...

DUBAI / WAM In his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister, issued the Dubai Virtual Asset Regulation Law aimed at creating an advanced legal framework to protect investors and designing much-warranted international standards for virtual asset (VA) industry governance that will promote responsible business growth, under prudential ...