October 16, 2026

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Bolivia is monitoring global credit markets for an opportunity to issue debt at more attractive borrowing costs, Finance Minister Christian Andrés Morales said.

The market for credit-default swaps, financial instruments that function much like insurance policies for Wall Street’s debt trades, rarely attracts attention when everything is going well. But when the cost of insuring a company’s debt starts climbing, more often than not it’s a warning that concerns are building beneath the surface.

India, one of the world’s top urea importers, was able to secure less than 25% of the crop nutrient it sought in a tender last month, indicating that hostilities in the Middle East continue to keep farm input costs elevated.

“I’m at the stage of not knowing whether I’m going to travel again.”

Actor Michael Palin opens up to Mishal Husain about the challenges of visiting some of the toughest countries at 83-years-old. (Source: Bloomberg)

An Indigenous community in Peru is proposing to buy part of a copper concession from MMG Ltd. and turn thousands of artisanal miners operating there into formal suppliers to the Chinese-owned company.

“I have some reservations about the long-term stability of my younger son’s marriage.”

Think carefully about your Social Security, Medicare, credit cards and bank accounts before picking your new home overseas.

Brasil tiene un problema de deuda que ningún presidente podrá ignorar: 9,3 millones de empresas están en mora y los impagos de hogares y agricultores alcanzan niveles récord.

“My plan is to continue working as long as I’m able to do so and invest my Social Security benefits while I’m still earning a paycheck.”