Pricing power in a market long dominated by Western institutional money is moving East and the implications are profound The gold price has risen to a series of new all-time highs of late, a development that has received only cursory attention in the mainstream financial media. But as is the case with so much else…

A court has ruled that retail chain Tegut must comply with centuries-old legislation despite not having human employees A court in the central German state of Hesse has banned local vending machine chain Tegut from operating on Sundays, citing the country’s century-old law, Financial Times reported on Friday.

The fast food chain has reported decreased sales amid boycotts in Muslim countries over the Gaza conflict McDonald’s has announced that it will be buying back all of its restaurants in Israel after sales in the region plunged due to a boycott of the franchise over its perceived support for the Jewish State in the…