By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Japan and the United States agreed to closely communicate on currency markets, Japanese Finance […]
US stocks end down, crude slides amid Fed, geopolitical crosscurrents
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks closed lower on Wednesday as crude prices tumbled and investors weighed cautious […]
IDB eyes joint goals statement with multilateral banks on Saturday
By Marcela Ayres WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Inter-American Development Bank plans to release a statement on Saturday with joint goals […]
Top US markets regulator probing insider trading guardrails, official says
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing whether investment advisers and other firms […]
Social media platform X blocked in Pakistan over national security, ministry says
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s interior ministry said on Wednesday it had blocked access to social media platform X […]
Oil settles down 3% as demand worries outweigh Middle East supply risks
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices settled down 3% on Wednesday, pressured by a rise in U.S. commercial inventories, weaker […]
Biden pushes higher Chinese metals tariffs in ‘Steel City’ Pittsburgh
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and David Lawder WASHINGTON/PITTSBURGH (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for sharply higher U.S. […]
US dollar weakens as market consolidates gains, but uptrend intact
By Herbert Lash and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar on Wednesday fell for the first time in six […]
US economic activity expanded slightly in recent weeks, Fed says
(Reuters) -U.S. economic activity expanded slightly from late February through early April and firms signaled they expect inflation pressures to […]
Amazon to push cashierless shopping tech into more third-party stores, while backing off itself
By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) – Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to push its cashierless shopping technology into more third-party […]