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Time magazine named singer-songwriter Taylor Swift as its Person of the Year — the first solo entertainer to receive this coveted designation. 'The rare person who is both the writer and hero of her own story' is how the magazine's editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs aptly described Swift. Swift's popularity is so deep and widespread that Harvard English professor Stephanie Burt has announced a new course, 'Taylor Swift and Her World', for the spring semester.

FIFA Club World Cup 2023 is here and Pep Guardiola's Manchester City will be eyeing to lift the silverware for the first time in Saudi Arabia. If successful, Manchester City could join the ranks of the four Premier League teams that have clinched victory in the tournament. Additionally, Guardiola is aiming for his fourth Club World Cup title, a feat achieved with a third different team, having previously won twice with Barcelona and once with Bayern Munich.

A month ago the trend in global markets remained bullish despite the fallout from a correction that started mid-summer, based on several sets of ETF pairs. Following yesterday’s upbeat Federal Reserve news, however, the upbeat outlook has strengthened.

Kuwait’s ruling emir has died at age 86

It was the most painful inflation Americans had experienced since 1981, when “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “The Jeffersons” were topping the TV charts

The Treasury Department is spelling out the rules for tax credits designed to stimulate production of sustainable aviation fuel

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Guatemala violated Indigenous rights by permitting a huge nickel mine on tribal land almost two decades ago, according to a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

The U.S. military says an American warship shot down 14 suspected attack drones over the Red Sea on Saturday

BSE Sensex reported it longest weekly winning streak in six years, as it rallied to cross its lifetime high mark of 71,000 on the back of strong global cues. On the stock-specific front, Mangalam Cement, TVS Holdings, INOX Green Energy, Hudco, HBL Power, Mastek, KPI Green Energy, RBL Bank, Equitas Small Finance Bank, Coforge, Aether Industries, and others are among the smallcaps that logged a double-digit rise in their share prices last week.

prime minister is taking heat for what’s been termed inaction on securing a new prisoner exchange deal, weeks after a brief cease-fire ended. The Israel Defense Forces revealed Saturday that the hostages emerged shirtless from a building in the Shejaiya neighborhood of northern Gaza during fighting, holding a makeshift white flag to signify surrender, and that one shouted “help" in Hebrew. Yet they were shot, contrary to the rules of engagement, as soldiers suspected a Hamas threat.

Growth, innovation, enthusiasm and uncertainty were some of the key takeaways used to describe what the financial markets are likely to look like in the U.S. next year, according to executives speaking at a Bank of America roundtable on Thursday.

Kristalina Georgieva (pictured) is managing director of the IMF.

'Permanent Distortion' author Nomi Prins argues Fed policy is adversely affecting everyone, on 'Making Money.'

An investigation into the possibility of establishing bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is now being conducted by Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), which is in the exploratory phase. The use of digital assets inside regulated financial markets is becoming more popular throughout the world, and this move is in line with that trend.

Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States of America made an announcement that they will be extending the decision-making time for the Grayscale Ethereum Trust's application for a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). In the past, the SEC had planned to reach a decision by December 6, 2023; however, they have now decided to postpone this until January 25, 2024. With this step, the regulatory body is demonstrating that it is taking a careful and comprehensive approach to the fast developing world of bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Cutting the Bank of Canada’s policy interest rate doesn’t seem to be top of mind for governor Tiff Macklem, who said Dec. 15 that it’s still too early to consider undoing the most aggressive series of rate hikes in decades. Macklem made the remarks while delivering his end-of-year speech before the Canadian Club Toronto on Friday, two days after United States Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell poured fuel on a stock market rally by suggesting that rates were at or close to their peak. The Financial Post’s Denise Paglinawan breaks down what you need to know about Macklem’s speech.

Electric vehicle inventories on United States dealer lots reached a new high in December, with a 114-day supply that was more than double what it was a year ago.

India’s plans to import reactors from America and France. The historic agreement was signed by then US President George Bush on October 8, 2008.

carbon emissions to preserve the planet, but oil and natural gas should not be demonized in the medium-term, Elon Musk, the founder of electric car maker Tesla, said on Saturday. Earlier this week representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age. «Climate change alarm is exaggerated in the short term,» the US billionaire said, adding that the environmental movement may have gone too far, causing people to lose faith in the future. Musk said he considers himself an environmentalist and added that it is important that, in the long run, industries reduce the billions of tons of carbon they are taking from the earth and free in the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. «We should not demonize oil and gas in the medium term,» he added, speaking in Rome at a gathering of the Italian Prime minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing political party.

Bitcoin (BTC) chart analysis suggests the price has formed a key short-term technical pattern that could be a harbinger of extreme volatility ahead, with quick dump to $38,000 or pump towards $48,000 possible depending on how the pattern is broken.