HUNG YEN PROVINCE: When officials in the home province of Vietnam’s top leader went door to door recently, pressing residents to sign letters agreeing to the Trump Organisation’s plans for a new golf community, Le Van Truong wanted to refuse. Planning documents promised a “new benchmark in luxury, recreation and business”. Truong, 54, pictured something
Gold price has continued to surge this year, becoming the best-performing major asset. It has soared by almost 30% and is nearing the important resistance point at $3,500. Analysts have boosted their gold forecasts, with Goldman Sachs estimating that it will hit $3,700. Some pros anticipate that gold will hit as high as $4,000 this
Analyst firm foresees a ‘much weaker outlook for short-term investment in new technology projects’ Image: IDC: Tariffs will raise tech prices and cause ‘significant disruption’ to supply chains The US government’s tariffs will directly increase technology prices and cause significant supply chain disruptions, particularly for devices, compute, storage and network hardware, according to analyst firm
Twisted Sister are the latest artists to cash out to a corporation. Warner Music Group now owns all Twisted Sister’s catalogue, image, name, and likeness. According to Blabbermouth, the band’s manager Jay Jay French told Forbes that the contributing factor was the age of the band members and that none of the children of the
The latest: The top rates on online bank accounts, money market mutual funds, and short-term Treasuries have slipped from last fall’s peak above 5 percent. But thanks to a cautious Federal Reserve and a murky economic outlook, they’re still hanging in at 4 to 4.5 percent, much better than the pitiful yields that prevailed for
In the USA, it is likely to become more time-consuming and expensive to bring down questionable patents in areas such as software. In an instruction issued on February 28, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has made it significantly more difficult to access a review procedure for industrial property claims that have already been
The price of silver, denominated in Indian Rupees (INR), has experienced a significant increase of 15% during the calendar year 2024. This upward trend has continued into 2025, with a further 11% rise in prices year-to-date. This surge in silver prices can be attributed to a confluence of multiple factors. The decline in US interest
A national conversation on land use has been launched by the UK Government which will seek the views of farmers, landowners, businesses and nature groups on a new approach to managing land use in England. According to Defra the Land Use Framework uses “the most sophisticated land use data ever published” and aims to provide
Works by Marcel Duchamp, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, and numerous other artists are entering the public domain this year as a major trove of copyrights expired in the US on January 1. It’s the first time in 21 years that there’s been a mass expiration of this kind, which pertains to thousands of works
PNC Bank is unveiling the next installment of its recent brand refresh, “Brilliantly Boring since 1865,” which boldly states what other banks won’t admit: Banking should be boring. Now, in two 30-second spots – “Finance Bro” and “Sir Ronald” – the 160-year-old brand is reminding Americans that the right money moves aren’t as risky as