Last updated: September 28, 2026 Summary: The Naira Enters Q4 2026 From a Position of Strength The naira goes into the final quarter of 2026 in better shape than at any point in the past two years, and most forecasters now expect it to hold or strengthen slightly rather than slide. The main findings: Below, … Read more
Few weeks on the economic calendar carry as much weight as this one. Investors get a fresh read on the labor market, a final look at second-quarter growth and the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge, all within days of each other and barely two weeks after the central bank raised interest rates for the first … Read more
Last updated: September 28, 2026 Summary: What the Data Says Going Into Q4 2026 Nigeria enters the final quarter of 2026 with the most favourable macroeconomic picture in several years, though not yet a fully comfortable one. Three developments define the outlook: For businesses and investors, the practical message is that price pressure is easing, … Read more
Global stocks fell on Monday after oil jumped on a stalemate in US-Iranian negotiations, handing investors a rough start to a week already crowded with economic risks. The dollar, meanwhile, was heading for its strongest monthly showing since June, a sign that money has kept flowing toward safer assets as the standoff drags on. The … Read more
SpaceX’s Nasdaq-100 Weight Just Doubled: What Actually Matters Next for SPCX Investors SpaceX shareholders got a mechanical boost to their stock this week that had nothing to do with a rocket, a satellite, or an earnings report. Following the Nasdaq-100’s quarterly rebalancing that took effect Monday, SpaceX’s weighting in the index more than doubled, jumping … Read more
President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington this week for a state visit heavy on pageantry, as the leaders of the world’s two largest economies looked to project stability in a relationship still shadowed by deep, unresolved tensions. Xi’s arrival marks his first trip to Washington in more than a decade, and … Read more
Trump’s White House Media Ban Faces Long Odds in Court President Donald Trump’s decision to bar three major news outlets from the White House over coverage he dislikes is running into serious skepticism from legal scholars, who say the move likely violates well-established constitutional limits on government retaliation against the press. Four legal experts told … Read more
Critics Say California’s Settlement With Paramount Gave Away Too Much to Clear Its Warner Bros Deal Opponents of the merger argue the settlement does little to protect jobs, fails to meaningfully preserve competition across Hollywood’s film, television and news businesses, and extracted only modest, temporary concessions from a media conglomerate about to become one of … Read more
Alibaba shares climbed roughly 3 percent in Hong Kong trading on Tuesday after the Chinese technology giant unveiled a powerful new AI chip and laid out an ambitious plan to more than triple its global data center capacity over the next several years, the latest sign that China’s largest cloud provider intends to compete directly … Read more
IDP Education Turns Down Blackstone’s Sweetened A$2.50 Takeover Bid, Calling It Substantially Undervalued Australian education services firm IDP Education has knocked back a second takeover approach from private equity giant Blackstone, telling the market on Tuesday that even an improved offer still falls well short of what the business is actually worth. Blackstone Singapore lodged … Read more