Treasuries Close Slightly Higher Following Lackluster Session
Treasuries showed a lack of direction over the course of the trading session on Friday before ending the day slightly higher. Bond prices spent much […]
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Exclusive: Biden set to ban most travel to U.S. from India to limit COVID-19 spread
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the Democratic National Committee’s “Back on Track” drive-in car rally to celebrate the president’s 100th day in […]
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Tunisia to seek $4 billion IMF loan, PM says
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia will seek a $4 billion loan programme from the International Monetary Fund in talks starting next week, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi […]
Continue reading »Italian banks may face 9 bln euros in loan losses in 2021-2022-BoI
MILAN, April 30 (Reuters) – Italian banks could face around 9 billion euros ($11 billion) in loan losses this year and next as the economic […]
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India demand fears, weak Japan crude imports knock oil prices 2%
FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick OxfordNEW YORK (Reuters) […]
Continue reading »Analysis: Investors straining to look beyond India's COVID-19 crisis
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Indian financial markets have struggled this month as the world’s worst COVID-19 crisis engulfs the country but international investors are betting […]
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Italy's Eni to shed retail-renewable energy stake
MILAN (Reuters) -Italian energy group Eni is planning to spin off a minority stake in its new retail and renewable business next year, it said […]
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Sweden extends vaccination target after rejecting J&J shots
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden said on Friday it would take three weeks longer then expected to offer all adults their first COVID-19 shot after it decided […]
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Chevron posts a profit, raises dividend as oil price recovery lifts quarterly results
After a brutal year for the energy sector, Chevron reported a profit for the first quarter of 2021 as a recovery in oil prices boosted […]
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Chevron profit drops on weaker refining margins, storm hit
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron Corp’s first-quarter profit fell 29% from the same period a year ago as gains from oil and gas prices were undercut by […]
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Pfizer, BioNTech seek to extend COVID-19 vaccine use to adolescents in EU
FILE PHOTO: Syringes containing Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are seen at the Impfzentrum Basel Stadt vaccination center at the Congress Center of the Messe Basel fairground, […]
Continue reading »South Africa's Eskom and unions to start key wage talks next week
JOHANNESBURG, April 30 (Reuters) – South African state utility Eskom will start a fresh round of wage negotiations with trade unions next week, it said […]
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Ride-hailing giant Gojek to shift to electric vehicles by 2030
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Indonesian ride-hailing startup Gojek plans to make every car and motorcycle on its platform an electric vehicle (EV) by 2030 through partnerships […]
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Taiwan's Q1 GDP grows fastest in more than a decade
FILE PHOTO: A construction site in seen during sunset in Taipei, Taiwan, February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Ann WangTAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s economy grew at its fastest […]
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European markets set for mixed open with spotlight on economic data, earnings
Investor focus in Europe will be on economic data on Friday, with a flash inflation figure for April expected at 10 a.m. London time. Europe's […]
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Costa Rica to close non-essential businesses next week over COVID-19
FILE PHOTO: An employee cleans a restaurant chair in a hotel, as Costa Rica tourism industry braces for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Heredia, Costa […]
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Former Trump lawyer Giuliani denies representing Ukrainians
(Reuters) -Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani denied on Thursday he had ever represented a Ukrainian national, a day after federal agents searched his […]
Continue reading »UFC-owner Endeavor shares spike as trading begins on NYSE
Robinhood ramping up plans for IPO as trading volume soars: Sources Sources tell FOX Business’ Charlie Gasparino that investors are telling underwriters they are eager […]
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Brazil passes 400,000 COVID-19 fatalities with high death toll to plateau for months
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil on Thursday became the second country to pass 400,000 COVID-19 deaths after the United States, and experts warned the daily […]
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Amazon's sales and profit rise as retailer rides wave of pandemic shopping
(Corrects paragraph 8 to remove the word “said”)FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, August 8, […]
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