Stocks rose on growing speculation that a deal to end the war between the United States and Iran is getting closer, which has led operators to take greater risks after an extraordinary rise. S&P 500 futures rose 0.8% after the index hit consecutive all-time highs. The index is heading for its third consecutive week of ...
Renewed demand for technology stocks propelled US stocks to new highs, amid growing optimism that Washington and Iran are seeking to extend a two-week truce. S&P 500 futures rose slightly after the benchmark index closed above 7,000 points for the first time. Nasdaq 100 contracts rose 0.2% as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s strong revenue outlook ...
The Cisneros Group prepares a fund of US$1,000 million to invest in VenezuelaThe group’s executive director, Adriana Cisneros, said Thursday. The executive of the group, which is a conglomerate of mass media and entertainment, among others, He added that they are raising capital for the fund, which could inject capital into three to four sectors ...
President Yamandú Orsi reported that the government will promote the elimination or correction of the provision on early release included in the draft reform of the Code of Criminal Procedure, given the strong public and political rejection that generated the possibility of early releases. The text, prepared by a Technical Advisory Group (GAT) of the ...
He benchmark index S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, with great technological weight, closed at record highs on Wednesday, boosted by corporate results and hopes for progress in negotiations between the United States and Iran. Stocks have found support this week in the investors’ hopes that Washington and Tehran can return to the negotiating table with ...
Financial Diary – Santiago Exactly 33 weeks had passed since the last time the former Minister of Finance, Mario Marcel, had set foot in the Chamber of Deputies, in Valparaíso. He himself recognized it, in a playful tone, at the beginning of this Tuesday’s session of the Corporation’s Finance Commission, as far as he went ...
Between March 15 and 30, President Daniel Noboa decreed a curfew measure to combat the activities of organized crime groups in four provinces of the country. During the 16 days of this exceptional measure, the Prosecutor’s Office opened 1,179 investigations in the intervened jurisdictions. The measure decreed by Noboa deployed thousands of police and military ...
Israeli troops launched an attack on Monday to capture Hezbollah fighters entrenched inside a key town in southern Lebanon. thus intensifying the war against the Iran-backed group on the eve of historic talks between envoys from the Israeli and Lebanese governments. With the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors to the United States set to meet Tuesday ...
President Donald Trump announced that the United States would block the Strait of Hormuz following the collapse of peace talks with Iran in Islamabad this weekend. “Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the best in the world, will begin the process of blocking any and all ships attempting to enter or exit the Strait of ...
The Brazilian economists raised their inflation forecast for 2026 above the maximum limit set by the central bank, the latest consequence of the energy impact of the war with Iran. According to a weekly central bank survey of economists released Monday, The increase in consumer prices will reach 4.71% in December, exceeding the previous estimate ...
