Trump swept rural Michigan on promises to ease the cost of living, but persistent inflation is testing that pledge

Spot gold was up 1.4% at $4,397.16 per ounce, as of 0502 GMT

From tomorrow, the precious metal will be sold at Tk 218,116 per bhori

The European Central Bank all but confirmed it was done with monetary easing

Asia's imports of US crude oil are expected to reach 1.43 million barrels per day

Home sales increased 0.5 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.13 million units

Earlier this week, Musk became the first person ever to surpass $600 billion in net worth

The funds will be released under the bank's Public Resources for Inclusive Development - Multiphase Programmatic Approach

Under the deals, each drugmaker will cut prices on most drugs sold to the Medicaid program

Interest in data centers has swelled this year as tech giants and AI hyperscalers have planned billions of dollars in spending to scale up infrastructure

The port city custom house collected Tk 31,602 crore in revenue during the period

Nvidia said in September it would invest $5 billion in Intel

The announcement comes a day after Sri Lanka's government unveiled plans for $1.6 billion in additional spending next year

Throughout 2025, companies including Labubu-maker Pop Mart, trinket purveyor Miniso, sportswear giant Anta and fast‑fashion label Urban Revivo have announced new US stores

The artificial intelligence boom will upend how chips are made. For decades, the majority of the world’s semiconductors have been built on know-how developed by two players. That is starting to change as companies seek out alternatives, including a promising open-source technology known as RISC-V. Pronounced “risk five”, it’s a niche product at present but could have its breakout moment in the year ahead.

Global coal consumption is expected to hit a record in 2025, the IEA said Wednesday, thanks in part to policy measures introduced by the Trump administration to boost the industry.

Dollar acquisition reached $691.50 million so far in December 2025

The report, delayed by a lengthy government shutdown, also indicated that the US economy lost 105,000 jobs in October

The Bank of Japan is expected to hike interest rates Friday for the first time since January, pushing them to their highest level in 30 years and potentially exacerbating turmoil in debt markets.

Global shipments of thermal coal - burned in power stations - have posted their first annual decline since 2020 on the back of lower coal-fired power generation in key Asian markets.