Business

How economics is changing

The subject is becoming more inventive and empirical, but questions about reproducibility and AI abound

Walmart and Target are about to reveal the health of the U.S. consumer

MarketWatch

Walmart and Target are about to reveal the health of the U.S. consumer

Earnings reports from the two major retailers will show how shoppers are holding up in an era of persistent inflation.

MarketWatch

Ukraine presses drone attacks on Moscow and Russian logistics

Ukraine presses drone attacks on Moscow and Russian logistics

Kyiv launches more than 600 drones at enemy capital in one of its largest assaults of the summer

Nigeria’s PTAD Pays US$2.8 Million in Pension Arrears to 30,356 Retirees

Nigeria’s PTAD Pays US$2.8 Million in Pension Arrears to 30,356 Retirees

Nigeria · FINANCE Key Facts —Payment amount: PTAD disbursed ₦3,817,568,592.80, commonly rounded to ₦3.82 billion, in backend computation pension arrears. —Beneficiaries: The payment covered 30,356 Defined Benefit Scheme pensioners across…

The SADC Summit in Durban Puts Critical Minerals at the Centre

The SADC Summit in Durban Puts Critical Minerals at the Centre

Sixteen southern African heads of state meet in Durban on 17 August under a theme built around critical minerals, with South Africa taking the chair. The post The SADC Summit in Durban Puts Critical Minerals at the Centre appeared first on…

Kenya Borrowing Plan Reaches for Yen, Yuan and Sukuk Money

Kenya Borrowing Plan Reaches for Yen, Yuan and Sukuk Money

The Treasury’s 2026/27 borrowing plan leans on Japanese money and liability management, and keeps a Chinese panda bond and an Islamic sukuk as options rather than commitments. The post Kenya Borrowing Plan Reaches for Yen, Yuan and Sukuk…

Dangote Refinery IPO Is Aimed at Nigerian Savers, Not London

Dangote Refinery IPO Is Aimed at Nigerian Savers, Not London

Chief executive David Bird calls the planned October listing a “people’s IPO”, aimed at Nigerian retail savers, with no foreign listing for at least three years. The post Dangote Refinery IPO Is Aimed at Nigerian Savers, Not London…

China to fly flags at half-mast for former premier Zhu Rongji’s funeral

South China Morning Post

China to fly flags at half-mast for former premier Zhu Rongji’s funeral

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji will be cremated in Beijing on Tuesday, with flags across the country – including in Hong Kong and Macau – flown at half-mast, state media reported on Sunday. Zhu, who served as premier from 1998 to 2003…

South China Morning Post

How a sports billionaire threatens to upend Wall Street

How a sports billionaire threatens to upend Wall Street

Mark Walter’s much-copied strategy of leveraging insurers to build an empire has drawn regulatory scrutiny

Big Tech’s data centre boom poised to drive up carbon emissions

Big Tech’s data centre boom poised to drive up carbon emissions

FT analysis finds 60 largest planned facilities could emit equivalent of 27 coal plants or 24mn cars per year

Ashaiman and Parts of Accra Face 14-Hour Power Outage Sunday

Ashaiman and Parts of Accra Face 14-Hour Power Outage Sunday

GRIDCo will cut power to parts of Greater Accra from 3:30am to 6pm on Sunday, 16 August 2026, for emergency repairs to a transmission tower damaged by a tanker explosion at Ashaiman. The post Ashaiman and Parts of Accra Face 14-Hour Power…

Philippine Daily Inquirer

P4/liter oil price hike looms on Aug. 18