The Hunt for a 316-Year-Old Stradivarius Stolen in the Fog of War
As Germany devolved into chaos at the end of World War II, a rare violin from the famed shop of Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari was plundered from a bank safe in Berlin.
The instrument, crafted in 1709 during the golden age of violin-making, had been deposited there years earlier by the Mendelssohn-Bohnke family as Nazi persecution put assets owned by Jews in jeopardy.
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Read MoreSaving and investing choices of the South African consumer class
South Africa’s national savings month arrives this July, in another year with the economy still grinding in low gear and unrelenting global uncertainties. For those managing to save and invest, the challenge is staying the course to ensure long-term financial health.
According to the BrandMapp 2024 dataset, 80% of the country’s consumer class has savings and/or investments.
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Read MoreS&P 500: This Is Unusual, Week Starting 7th July (Technical Analysis)
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Andrew McElroy is Chief Analyst at Matrixtrade, author of the ebook ‘Fractal Market Mastery’ and producer of the ‘Daily Edge.’
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Read MoreSTI’s top performing stocks for the first half year revealed
[SINGAPORE] The Singapore market has done well this first half of 2025, as investors flocked to safe havens amid volatility caused by tariff uncertainty and tensions intensifying in the Middle East.
The Straits Times Index (STI) reached a new high of 4,011.78 last Wednesday (Jul 2). As at Friday, the index has advanced nearly 6 per cent year to date (YTD) – comparable to that of the S&P 500,
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Read MoreUK to invest €163.3 million in Eutelsat
By Ojasvi Gupta
The United Kingdom will invest €163.3 million (Rs 1,634 crore) in French satellite operator Eutelsat, strengthening Europe’s effort to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink in the global satellite Internet race. This move is part of a larger €1.5 billion (Rs 15,008 crore) capital infusion into Eutelsat,
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Market Commentary: Shocking 2030 Trend Will Make Millionaires
What percentage of the US population is obese? Go on, hazard a guess. What do you think the figure is without looking it up?
According to Healthline, a little over 42% of the US population is clinically obese. And that figure is expected to balloon to 50% by 2030.
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19.6% of Buffett’s Berkshire Is In 1 Stock
With an $863 billion market capitalization, Berkshire Hathaway is not the largest company in the world, not by a long shot. That title goes to Microsoft with Apple a close second. Both tech giants are about 3x larger than Buffett’s firm but what the Oracle of Omaha has built is the largest company by revenues.
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