Analysts are pointing to Hong Kong-traded Air China as the leading turnaround candidate among struggling Chinese airlines. China has been far slower than the U.S. to recover from the shock of the 2020-2023 pandemic as the world’s second-largest economy faces its own unique challenges. But among several analysts, ranging from DBS to Citigroup, Beijing-based Air China is the top pick for playing a sustained pickup in Chinese travel at home and abroad. Air China, part of United Airline ‘s Star Alliance group, “is the only Chinese network carrier serving all six continents across the globe, with a particularly strong presence…
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Major U.S. indices had a good run in 2024, thanks to the buzz around artificial intelligence and interest rate cuts. However, macro uncertainty could weigh on investor sentiment in 2025. In this scenario, investors looking for regular income can consider adding dividend stocks to their portfolios.Top Wall Street analysts can help investors pick attractive dividend stocks that offer consistent payments, supported by strong fundamentals.Here are three dividend-paying stocks, highlighted by Wall Street’s top pros as tracked by TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.Ares CapitalWe start with Ares Capital (ARCC), a specialty finance provider that offers financing solutions to…
Tens of millions of Americans braced Sunday for a massive winter storm, expected to bring the heaviest snowfall and coldest temperatures in over a decade to parts of the country.Kansas, Arkansas, Kentucky and Virginia have declared states of emergency as the storm, driven by a polar vortex, moved east after striking the central United States. Southern states like Mississippi and Florida also warned of dangerous cold and treacherous conditions, according to the National Weather Service.A polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that swirls like a wheel around each of Earth’s two polar regions. Sometimes the Arctic…
Boeing 737 Max aircraft are assembled at the company’s plant in Renton, Washington, on June 25, 2024.Jennifer Buchanan | Via ReutersBoeing is embarking on another rebuilding year.A year ago, the company was thrust back into the spotlight for concerns over safety and quality when a fuselage panel that covered an unused emergency exit door blew out midair from a nearly new Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines. The accident terrified those on board though no one was seriously injured and the plane made a safe emergency landing back in Portland, Oregon.Key bolts were not installed before the aircraft…
The air is laced with cigarette smoke and Cantonese profanities as half a dozen taxi drivers hang out by their fire-engine-red cabs on a quiet corner of the gritty Prince Edward neighborhood of Hong Kong.It is the afternoon handover, when day shift drivers pass their taxis to those working the night shift. They are surrendering wads of cash to a taxi agent, a matriarchal figure who collects rent for the vehicles, manages their schedules and dispenses unsolicited advice about exercising more and quitting smoking. The drivers wave her off.There may be no harder task in this city of more than…
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – DECEMBER 24: Protesters demonstrate against President Yoon on December 24, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea’s National Assembly on Dec 14th impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and Yoon has been suspended from duty pending the Constitutional Court’s trial on his impeachment by the National Assembly. South Korea’s constitutional court has begun trial proceedings for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. (Photo by Antonia Giordano/Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesThousands braved heavy snow in Seoul on Sunday to rally for and against arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, as South Korea’s political…
Chile’s president visited the South Pole on Friday in a bid to fortify his country’s territorial claims to part of Antarctica, as competition in the region is growing bit by bit.Gabriel Boric, the president, and a delegation of officials visited Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, a U.S. research base; the first time, his office said, that a Latin American president in office has set foot on the freezing continent.Mr. Boric called the trip “a landmark” and “a confirmation of our claim of sovereignty in this space.”At the other end of the world, the Arctic has drawn notice with climate change making…
VIENNA, AUSTRIA – AUGUST 08: Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer speaks at Bundeskanzleramt on August 08, 2024 in Vienna, Austria. Thomas Kronsteiner | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTalks between Austria’s two main centrist parties on forming a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) collapsed on Saturday, prompting conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer to announce he would step down.A day earlier a third party, the liberal Neos, walked away from the talks, blaming the other parties for failing to take the bold and decisive action it said it had called for.”I will stand down as chancellor and as leader of the…
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy has gone to Mar-a-Lago to visit President-elect Donald J. Trump for an informal meeting being held on Saturday, three people familiar with the trip said.The trip comes just a few days before Ms. Meloni is set to welcome President Biden in Rome for an official visit to Italy and the Vatican on Jan. 9 to 12.Ms. Meloni and Mr. Trump have expressed mutual appreciation in the past, and her trip is one of the first few visits by a foreign leader to the president-elect’s estate in Florida since his election. The meeting reinforces the…
For decades, Syria was Iran’s closest Arab ally in the Middle East while the wealthy Persian Gulf monarchies were locked in a competition with Tehran for power and influence across the region.With the sudden overthrow of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, his close ally Iran has been sidelined. That presents an opportunity for Gulf states to fill the void and develop ties with the new government in Damascus.The two leading Gulf powers, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are taking a cautious approach, because Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the main rebel faction that has seized control of much of Syria,…
