Global Headlines

Chipmakers are by far the hottest stocks in the market, but their recent surge is lending urgency to the debate over whether investors are buying into an artificial-intelligence bubble that’s due to burst.

The global aluminum market is being squeezed by two powerful forces at once: conflict in the Middle East and rising US tariffs. Industry executives say disruptions to production and shipping in the Gulf region are removing significant supply from global markets just as tariffs are already pushing pr

The European Central Bank shouldn’t hesitate to act, given elevated consumer-price pressures, according to Governing Council member Alvaro Santos Pereira.