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UK’s Market Woes Shift to Pound With Currency at One-Year Low

(Bloomberg) -- As broad selling took hold in UK markets for a fourth day, focus turned to the pound after it fell to the lowest level in over a year.Most Read from BloombergWhat Robotaxis Brought San FranciscoNYC Condo Owners May Bear Costs of Landmark Green Building LawNYC’s Subway Violence Deters Drive to Bring Workers Back to OfficeDutch Central Bank Restores Amsterdam’s ‘Ugliest Building’Can American Drivers Learn to Love Roundabouts?Concern that the Labour government will struggle to keep t

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Cocoa Jumps as Market Weighs Hershey Ask for Huge Exchange Buy

(Bloomberg) -- Cocoa futures surged, reversing losses from the prior session, on news that chocolate maker Hershey Co. is seeking permission for a large purchase through the New York exchange.Most Read from BloombergWhat Robotaxis Brought San FranciscoNYC Condo Owners May Bear Costs of Landmark Green Building LawNYC’s Subway Violence Deters Drive to Bring Workers Back to OfficeDutch Central Bank Restores Amsterdam’s ‘Ugliest Building’Can American Drivers Learn to Love Roundabouts?The most-active

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UK markets are in the eye of the global bond storm

British markets are among the biggest victims of a global bond selloff that has spilled over into currencies and stocks this week. Yields on long-dated British government bonds are at their highest in decades - putting government finances under pressure - while sterling is struggling and British domestic stocks are underperforming. Britain's Treasury says it will maintain an "iron grip" on the public finances and Treasury minister Darren Jones told parliament the UK bond markets "continue to function in an orderly way."

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Nvidia and AI Chip Stocks Brace for Impact as Biden Administration Considers New China Export Ban: Report

Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) and rival semiconductor chip companies could be hit with one more embargo from the Biden administration to China to concentrate artificial intelligence technology development with allies and on Washington’s terms. The Biden government weighed a fresh sanction on the export of AI chips used in data centers on both a country and company basis before passing the baton to the Republican government headed by Donald Trump on January 20, Bloomberg reports. Washington could ena

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Japanese Chipmaker Rapidus Sets Sight on Broadcom to Emulate Taiwan Semiconductor's Market Dominance

Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) could soon avail 2-nm chip samples from Japan’s Rapidus starting in June. The development marks the Japanese chipmaker’s efforts to emulate key contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (NYSE:TSM) strategy, which catapulted it into the trillion-dollar market cap, Nikkei Asia reports. Prior reports indicated that International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM) and Rapidus are co-developing IBM’s 2-nm node technology for implementation at Rapidus’ fab in

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UK Minister Says Gilt Markets ‘Orderly’, Debt Demand Strong

(Bloomberg) -- Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’s deputy said the gilt market is functioning as normal and underlying demand for UK debt is strong, as pressure grows on the British government amid a rise in borrowing costs and wider market selloff.Most Read from BloombergWhat Robotaxis Brought San FranciscoNYC Condo Owners May Bear Costs of Landmark Green Building LawNYC’s Subway Violence Deters Drive to Bring Workers Back to OfficeDutch Central Bank Restores Amsterdam’s ‘Ugliest Buildi

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