News about World markets
South Korean Samsung Electronics is facing the threat of a large-scale strike: up to 50 thousand workers may stop working as early as May 21.
French luxury holding LVMH has agreed to sell the Marc Jacobs brand to the American company WHP Global, which manages a number of fashion brands and actively buys fashion assets. G-III Apparel Group is also involved in the deal. According to Reuters and the Financial Times, the value of the brand could be about $1 billion.
One of the largest and most developed chemical clusters in the world is on the verge of a large-scale crisis. Over the past year, two of the cluster’s ten companies have already closed plants. Europe’s chemical industry is under pressure due to high energy prices, weak demand and growing competition from China.
The United Arab Emirates plans to double its ability to export crude oil by bypassing the Strait of Hormuz by 2027. According to the Emirates’ press service posted on social network X, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is completing construction of a pipeline that will connect oil fields to the port of Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman.
China and the US announced the biggest aircraft deal of recent years: Beijing agreed to buy airplanes from Boeing after negotiations between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. But instead of the expected surge, shares of the American aircraft manufacturer went down sharply – investors considered the contract too modest.
A major analytics company spoke about the reasons for bitcoin’s rise in mid-May, as well as the factors holding back further growth
Chipmaker Cerebras Systems raised $5.55 billion in an initial public offering, the largest IPO of 2026 amid growing demand for semiconductors, Bloomberg reported.
Ukraine and Moldova have signed five international certificates, which open new opportunities for exporting Ukrainian products and simplify the access of Ukrainian producers to the Moldovan market.
Starbucks shares rose in pre-market trading after analysts at TD Cowen upgraded the stock to a “buy” rating and raised the price target to $120.
Export licenses to China for hundreds of U.S. meat processors, which were recently renewed after more than a year’s hiatus, are now listed as expired, according to Chinese Customs.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, May 15.
Natural gas prices in Europe posted moderate gains on Thursday amid expectations of new signals from international politics and talks between the U.S. and China.
Moldova ranked fourth among the largest suppliers of apples to the Russian Federation in 2025. The volume of Moldovan exports of apples to the Russian market last year amounted to $36.8 million.
The Web Summit Vancouver 2026 technology forum kicked off in Vancouver, Canada, which organizers call one of the largest platforms in North America for discussing artificial intelligence, the digital economy and the startup industry.
Experts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the May report almost did not change the global oilseed balance for the ending 2025/26 marketing year, and focused on the first crop estimate for the 2026/27 season. The forecast predicts global record production, processing growth and a continued tight balance in the vegetable oil market.
In 2025, European businesses are facing the need to cut back on investment, causing the level of business investment in the EU to fall to its lowest level in 11 years. This fell to 21.8% by the end of 2025 (Q4).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s calls to cut fuel consumption and stop buying gold have heightened nervousness in India’s financial markets, raising fears the government may revert to tight import restrictions amid mounting pressure over the energy crisis.
Chinese trading giant Alibaba Group has reported accelerating growth in its artificial intelligence-related businesses amid a global AI boom. However, the company’s total revenue grew only 3% to 243 billion yuan (about $36 billion).
On the eve of Donald Trump’s visit to China, which runs from May 13 to 15, the U.S. Commerce Department authorized the sale of H200 chips to several Chinese companies.
On May 13, the Senate in the United States confirmed as head of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) Kevin Warsh, who was personally proposed for the position by President Donald Trump.
