Vietnam domestic coffee prices, Indonesia premium rise on thin supplies
Vietnamese coffee prices extended gains on Thursday on concerns about thin supplies, traders said.
China’s attempts to lift confidence in economy fall flat
Chinese Premier Li Qiang went to the World Economic Forum in Davos last week with a mission to present a positive image of the economy and schmooze financial elites: "Investing in the Chinese market is not a risk, but an opportunity."
Europe launches AI one-stop shop with supercomputers for startups
Europe's startups will get easier access to artificial intelligence-dedicated supercomputers to help them develop general purpose AI models as part of a new one-stop shop to boost take up of the technology, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
Oil edges up 1% on big US crude withdrawal, China stimulus
Oil prices edged up about 1 percent on Wednesday on a bigger-than-expected U.S. crude storage withdrawal, a slump in U.S. crude output, Chinese economic stimulus, geopolitical tensions and a weaker dollar.
World stocks pick up, China markets struggle
Global stocks neared one-month highs on Tuesday, after the Bank of Japan left monetary policy unchanged, bolstering the yen and Japanese stocks, while Chinese equity investors took little heart from speculation of a huge government rescue package.
