Customers exit a Uniqlo store, operated by Fast Retailing Co., in Tokyo, Japan. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing Co Ltd on Wednesday said it would raise wages by as much as 40%, a clear sign that Japan's rock-bottom salaries may be
The Candy Crush Saga logo displayed on a phone screen. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Spending on mobile games declined last year as consumers got more frugal with their purchasing decisions in response to rising inflation, according to a report from app analytics firm Data.ai. Mobile
Sylvain Sonnet | The Image Bank | Getty Images A man with a knife wounded several people at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Wednesday morning, France Bleu radio reported. The attacker was "neutralised" by police, interior minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter, without
Apple has one remedy for the gloom in the technology sector. The manufacturer of the iPhone and the iPad has not been spared by the global economic uncertainty, which has obliterated technology-stock prices. In 2022 Apple's (AAPL) - Get Free Report market value had evaporated the most, even
Global stocks were hit hard in 2022, with the MSCI World Index falling almost 20%. What will this year bring? Join CNBC's next Pro Talks for insights on how to play the market in 2023. Portfolio manager Trent Masters of investment management firm Alphinity will
In 2022, Sweden's central bank undertook an aggressive interest rate hiking cycle that ricocheted through the property market. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / Contributor / Getty Images Sweden's property prices are facing a serious drop as the country's central bank governor warns of lofty household debt levels. House prices in
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An ETF tracking Canadian consumer stocks is the only major fund to have had a positive return every year over the past decade, data shows. The iShares S & P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index ETF (ticker XST) is the sole fund of almost 7,000 equities
Last year was a tough one for stock and bond investors, many of whom flocked to the relative safety of cash amid the market turmoil. Hedge fund manager Dan Niles, for instance, opted to navigate the bear market by staying on the sidelines , and
With the dollar weakening, it's time for U.S. investors to get more serious about going abroad for stock market gains. Europe and some other international markets have outperformed the U.S., especially since the back part of 2022, and equity strategists expect that to continue. For
