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Nach den gestrigen Warnungen macht Gazprom offenbar Ernst. Umweltministerin Gewessler und Bundeskanzler Nehammer sehen Österreich gerüstet

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Peruvian counterpart Dina Boluarte inaugurated a $1.3 billion port that could transform South American trade with Asia just as Beijing prepares for a potential trade war with the US.

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against any efforts to unwind globalization in his first major remarks since Donald Trump won the US presidential election after threatening to impose tariffs as high as 60% on the world’s second-biggest economy.

Nach fast zwei Jahren Funkstille hat Bundeskanzler Scholz wieder mit dem russischen Präsidenten Putin telefoniert. Scholz forderte Putin auf, den Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine zu beenden und die Truppen zurückzuziehen.

The Republican sweep of the presidency and Congress has transformed what could have been a struggle to merely renew Donald Trump’s tax cuts into a multi-pronged campaign to slash levies in new and bigger ways.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the recent performance of the US economy has been “remarkably good,” giving central bankers room to lower interest rates at a careful pace.

Russia backs the Paris climate agreement, the Kremlin’s envoy said, adding he hoped President-elect Donald Trump will also keep the US in the landmark agreement.

Der Zweiradhersteller KTM AG mit Hauptsitz in Mattighofen hat nach der Ankündigung weitreichender Einschnitte im Unternehmen diese am Freitag konkretisiert. 300 Stellen fallen bis Jahresanfang 2025 weg, und der Weihnachtsurlaub wird gestreckt.

Catch up: Trump nominates RFK Jr. for health secretary; Hyundai’s new boss

Zum ersten Mal seit einem Jahr wollen US-Präsident Joe Biden und Chinas Staatschef Xi Jinping nach Angaben des Weißen Hauses wieder zu einem persönlichen Treffen zusammenkommen. Das Gespräch der beiden sei am Rande des Gipfels der Asiatisch-Pazifischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (APEC) am Samstag in Peru geplant, kündigte eine hochrangige US-Regierungsvertreterin an. Biden will ein letztes Mal seinen Einfluss geltend machen. Unter Donald Trump als US-Präsident könnte ein noch härterer Kurs gegen China gefahren werden, so die Befürchtungen.

Catch up: Trump nominates RFK Jr. for health secretary; Hyundai’s new boss

Das Salzburger Trachtenunternehmen Gössl steckt offenbar in finanziellen Schwierigkeiten. Geschäftsführer Maximilian Gössl lud für Montag zu einer Pressekonferenz mit dem Titel „Gössl vor dem Aus“. Laut „Salzburger Nachrichten“ („SN“) dürften millionenschwere Überbrückungskredite fällig werden.

The euro area’s economic growth will pick up as obstacles to consumption and investment fade away, though geopolitics poses an increasing threat, according to the European Commission.

President-elect Donald Trump has started to choose the people he wants to carry out his “America First” policies on the border, trade, the economy and more.

China’s economy showed encouraging signs as retail sales grew at the strongest pace in eight months, indicating Beijing’s recent stimulus efforts have boosted some key sectors.

An ally of Donald Trump in the US Senate has a plan for filling up the president-elect’s proposed strategic Bitcoin stockpile without adding to the government deficit: Sell off some of the Federal Reserve’s gold.

Air pollution in the Indian capital is more than 50 times what is considered safe by the World Health Organization.

The Federal Reserve is likely to pause its interest-rate cuts after December to assess the economic impact of policies under President-elect Donald Trump, Karen Ward, chief market strategist for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at JPMorgan Asset Management, said.

US regulators led by the Federal Reserve have refused to endorse a plan that would have seen the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision push lenders to disclose their climate risk, according to people familiar with the matter.

Traders pared back their expectations for an interest-rate cut in December and policy-sensitive US yields jumped after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said economic resilience gives officials room to ease more carefully.

Global stocks fell after Jerome Powell signaled the Federal Reserve was in no rush to cut interest rates, and unease built over the composition of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet.

Republican Donald Trump’s election win quickly pushed up US stocks, the dollar and Bitcoin — reshaping the outlook for investments as he prepares to return to the presidency in January. The “Trump trade” is set to hang over markets, with his disruptive policy agenda of tariffs, tax cuts and deregulation driving big moves across the global investment landscape. The era could get even more volatile with Trump looking to break norms on everything from free trade to Federal Reserve independence.

What had been a steady decline is definitely stuck, and it’s feeding through into higher expectations for interest rates next year.

China's state-owned CHN Energy has begun power generation at a 1 gigawatt (GW) offshore floating solar park, according to a statement on the company's website on Wednesday.

Catch up: Senate backlash at Gaetz’s nomination; Israel strikes Syria

Russians are facing a surge in food prices, creating a headache for President Vladimir Putin as he tries to balance the Kremlin’s military ambitions with a need for domestic stability.

Global oil markets face a surplus of more than 1 million barrels a day next year as Chinese demand continues to falter, cushioning prices against turmoil in the Middle East and beyond, the International Energy Agency said.

Europe’s stock market is lagging behind the US by the most in nearly 30 years — a trend that’s likely to worsen as the election of Donald Trump drives a global preference for US assets.

Europe is making a last-ditch appeal to the outgoing Biden administration to boost American support for Ukraine in order to solidify Kyiv’s position as much as possible before the presidential term ends in January.