[ad_1] SEOUL (Reuters) – Demonstrators supporting and opposing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held rival protests several hundred metres apart in Seoul on Saturday, a week after he was impeached over his short-lived declaration of martial law. Yoon’s presidential powers are suspended but he remains in office. He has not complied with various summonses by authorities investigating whether martial law, which he declared late on Dec. 3 and rescinded hours later, constituted insurrection. He has also not responded to attempts to contact him by the Constitutional Court, which decides whether to remove him from office or restore his presidential…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The London Stock Exchange is full of passive income opportunities. Home to some of the most generous dividend policies, investors can easily build a diversified income portfolio. And thanks to the latest data from Barclays, we can see which income stocks British investors are finding most attractive. Top 5 passive income stocks As of December 2024, the most actively bought income shares among Barclays trading accounts were: International Consolidated Airlines – 0.86% yield Glencore – 2.66% yield Lloyds Banking Group – 5.24% yield Barclays – 3.04% yield Ashtead Group (LSE:AHT) – 1.86% yield These firms…
[ad_1] By Milana Vinn and Rishi Kant (Reuters) – Buyout firm TPG is in advanced talks to buy the fiber unit of tower operator Crown Castle for about $8 billion, a person familiar with the matter said. Shares of the Houston, Texas-based Crown Castle were up 2.1% in trading after the bell. A deal for the fiber and wireless units could be announced within weeks, the source said. However, the source added that while no final decision has been made, the discussions could fall through or another buyer could emerge. The development was first reported by Bloomberg News. TPG, along…
[ad_1] Investors on the hunt for ways to play defense if losses deepen in what has suddenly become a volatile market may want to take a look at these stocks. Financial markets tumbled this week on the heels of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting of the year, as the central bank cut rates by a quarter point but pointed to just two cuts next year instead of the four originally projected. That fueled a sell-off that extended the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s longest daily losing streak since 1974. Stocks bounced back Friday, but that doesn’t mean the volatility has run…
[ad_1] Ryan Sakamoto, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of ZipRecruiter, Inc. (NYSE:ZIP), recently sold 1,072 shares of the company’s Class A common stock. The shares were sold at a price of $7.58 each, totaling $8,125. Following this transaction, Sakamoto retains direct ownership of 112,336 shares. The sale comes as ZIP trades near its 52-week low of $7.21, with the stock down nearly 47% year-to-date. Despite challenging market conditions, the company maintains impressive gross profit margins of ~90%. According to InvestingPro analysis, ZIP currently appears undervalued. Additionally, it’s noted that Sakamoto holds an indirect ownership of 77,700 shares through…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday agreed to provide $571.3 million in defense support for Taiwan, the White House said, while the State Department approved the potential sale to the island of $265 million worth of military equipment. The United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means to defend itself despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties between Washington and Taipei, to the constant anger of Beijing. Democratically governed Taiwan rejects China’s claims of sovereignty. China has stepped up military pressure against Taiwan, including daily military activities near the island and…
[ad_1] By buying an index fund, you can roughly match the market return with ease. But if you pick the right individual stocks, you could make more than that. Just take a look at MAX Automation SE (ETR:MXHN), which is up 43%, over three years, soundly beating the market decline of 17% (not including dividends). On the other hand, the returns haven’t been quite so good recently, with shareholders up just 8.8%. So let’s investigate and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business’ progress. See our latest analysis for MAX…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images BAE Systems (LSE: BA.) has been in the shadow of Rolls-Royce Holdings in 2024, with its share price falling back since November. It’s up 5% year to date, but a 94% gain for Rolls-Royce puts it firmly in the shade. We’re looking at a 140% rise for BAE shares in the past five years, so it’s still been a big success story since the 2020 stock market crash. What next? BAE will deliver full-year 2024 results on 19 February. And judging by November’s trading statement, things are on track. CEO Charles Woodburn said “Our operational…
[ad_1] Investing.com – Cardano was trading at $0.9734 by 00:58 (05:58 GMT) on the Investing.com Index on Saturday, up 10.05% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since November 22. The move upwards pushed Cardano’s market cap up to $33.6763B, or 0.99% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, Cardano’s market cap was $94.8001B. Cardano had traded in a range of $0.9366 to $0.9734 in the previous twenty-four hours. Over the past seven days, Cardano has seen a drop in value, as it lost 13.83%. The volume of Cardano traded in the twenty-four hours to…
[ad_1] By Kantaro Komiya and Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) – The top business risk of the Trump presidency for heavy-duty equipment maker Komatsu is not the tariffs he has threatened, but Canada’s potential retaliatory duties on American-made mining machines, the head of the Japanese company said. The view of a global manufacturer flags the possible knock-on impact of Trump’s pledge for tariffs on imports from Canada, China and Mexico when he takes office, especially if the targets decide to retaliate with trade barriers on their own. Komatsu, the world’s second-largest construction machinery company after Caterpillar, earns more than a quarter…