[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar was little changed on Wednesday after U.S. retail sales rose more than expected in May, although caution kept investors from aggressively buying riskier currencies like the Australian dollar. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this photo illustration taken February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/Illustration/File Photo U.S. Federal
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[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask walks past a logo of HSBC bank at the financial and business district of La Defense near Paris as France begun a gradual end to a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC (HSBA.L) is
[ad_1] SEOUL (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Wednesday as data showed an increase in U.S. crude and fuel inventories, raising the prospect of oversupply as a potential second wave of the coronavirus pandemic threatened to halt any recovery of demand. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar held firm against many of its rivals on Wednesday after U.S. retail sales jumped far more than expected in May, while risk-sensitive currencies were hobbled by concerns about the coronavirus and diplomatic tensions in Asia. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this photo illustration taken February 12,
[ad_1] SEATTLE/CHICAGO/TRURO, Mass. (Reuters) – U.S. senators introduced legislation on Tuesday that would strengthen FAA oversight of aircraft certification following fatal Boeing Co (BA.N) 737 MAX crashes, though a victim’s father said the bill, while a positive step, “still lacks teeth.” FILE PHOTO – Dozens of grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are seen parked in
[ad_1] WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – After 15 years working as a hair stylist in other people’s salons, Gary Connell opened his “Healthy Hair” studio in Montgomery County, Maryland in early March, sinking his savings into a two-chair shop in a busy mall. It hadn’t even been up and running for a full month when stay-at-home
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Lufthansa presents its new logo during a press event in a maintenance hangar of the airline at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, Germany February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German investor Heinz Hermann Thiele sharply criticised a 9-billion-euro ($10.14 billion) bailout deal for carrier Lufthansa (LHAG.DE), saying he had
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Jelena McWilliams, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on “Oversight of Financial Regulators” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. bank profits fell by 69.6% to $18.5 billion in the first quarter
[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Apple (AAPL.O) is being investigated by EU antitrust regulators over its App Store and mobile payment system Apple Pay as the bloc turns up the heat on gatekeepers of online platforms on which thousands of companies depend for business. FILE PHOTO: An Apple iPhone 6 with Apple Pay is shown in
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks were back firing on all cylinders on Tuesday as a record rebound in U.S. retail sales and fresh support from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan reignited risk appetite after a bumpy few days. A near 5% jump by Japan’s Nikkei gave Asia its best day since late
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A logo of Renault carmaker is pictured at a dealership in Nantes, France, May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe PARIS (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) plans to cut 1,500 engineering jobs in France, a trade union source told Reuters on Tuesday. The engineering job cuts are part of cost savings plans that
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The global stocks rally was back on track on Tuesday, with more support from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan helping end a bumpy few days for financial markets. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past the London Stock Exchange Group building in the City
[ad_1] TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices made marginal gains on Tuesday, reversing out of earlier losses, as hopes for further cuts in crude supplies took the sting out of concerns that a resurgence of new coronavirus infections around the world could hamper fuel demand. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump
[ad_1] (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales likely experienced a record rise in May as 2.5 million Americans went back to work, although any rebound will retrace only a fraction of the historic drops in March and April amid the coronavirus lockdowns. FILE PHOTO: A shopkeeper works inside his retail store as the phase one reopening
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK.N) is preparing to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week, said three people familiar with the matter, becoming the largest oil and gas producer to unravel after an energy market rout caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s 50 acre campus is seen in
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices dipped on Tuesday on jitters that a rise in coronavirus infections around the world could hurt fuel demand, but hopes that production cuts could be extended kept declines in check. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County,
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve on Monday launched its Main Street Lending Program, the most complex program undertaken yet by the U.S. central bank to help keep the backbone of the economy from buckling under the strains of the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Six former eBay Inc (EBAY.O) employees have been criminally charged with cyberstalking a Massachusetts couple who published an online newsletter viewed as critical of the e-commerce company, federal prosecutors in Boston said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: An eBay logo is projected onto white boxes in this illustration picture taken in Warsaw, January
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose more than 2% on Monday as signs that fuel demand was recovering, while OPEC+ members were complying with a production cut deal, outweighed fears that new coronavirus infections could further slow the global economy. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in
[ad_1] ROME (Reuters) – Italian Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri said on Monday the government is closely watching the merger between the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Refinitiv, and its implications for the Italian bourse owned by LSE. “It is clear that we consider our bourse a strategic asset with great potential and so we are
[ad_1] BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – The London Stock Exchange (LSE.L) will not offer concessions to EU antitrust regulators reviewing its $27 billion bid for data and analytics company Refinitiv, two people familiar with the matter said, a move which will likely trigger a four-month probe. FILE PHOTO: The Refinitiv logo is seen on a large screen
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: The logo of U.S. conglomerate General Electric is seen on the company building in Belfort, France, October 19, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (Reuters) – General Electric Co (GE.N) said on Monday David Joyce, the chief executive of the company’s aviation unit, would retire after 40 years with the industrial conglomerate, and would be
[ad_1] CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Smithfield Foods Inc [SFII.UL] is missing about a third of its employees at a South Dakota pork plant because they are quarantined or afraid to return to work after a severe coronavirus outbreak, according to the workers’ union. FILE PHOTO: Workers walk out of Smithfield Foods pork plant as the spread
[ad_1] MILAN (Reuters) – Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI) has increased the number of branches and amount of assets it will sell to rival BPER (EMII.MI) if its proposed takeover of UBI Banca (UBI.MI) goes through in an effort to overcome antitrust objections to the deal. FILE PHOTO: Intesa San Paolo bank headquaters is seen
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – BP (BP.L) will take a writedown of up to $17.5 billion in its second-quarter earnings after sharply lowering its long-term oil and gas price outlook as it now expects a faster transition away from fossil fuels. FILE PHOTO: Signage at a BP petrol station in London, July 29, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s factories stepped up production for a second straight month in May, as the country shook off the economic torpor of the coronavirus, although the weaker-than-expected gain suggested the recovery remained fragile. FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen on a production line manufacturing masks at a factory in Shanghai, China January 31,
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: The logo of Volkswagen is pictured at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG’s (VOWG_p.DE) Mexican unit will begin sending workers back to its plant in the central state of Puebla on Tuesday for “preparation and training eyeing a
[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian markets started the week on the backfoot on Monday while oil prices slipped as fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections in China sent investors scurrying for safe-havens. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks near an overpass with an electronic board showing stock information, following an
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, U.S., October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Systemic racism and high unemployment levels among black and Hispanic Americans create a drag on the U.S. economy, Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said on Sunday. “A
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, U.S., October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Systemic racism and high unemployment levels among black and Hispanic Americans create a drag on the U.S. economy, Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said on Sunday. “A
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