FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission logo adorns an office door at the SEC headquarters in Washington, June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House announced Thursday that President Donald Trump intends to nominate Caroline Crenshaw to fill a Democratic vacancy at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Crenshaw, a
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LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Global stocks drifted on Thursday as spiking coronavirus cases in some U.S. states and China crushed hopes of a quick global economic comeback from the pandemic. FILE PHOTO: A street cleaning operative walks past the London Stock Exchange Group building in the City of London financial district, whilst British stocks tumble as
A Kentucky State Trooper explains to Margaret Wells, of Louisville, that the line outside a temporary unemployment office established by the Kentucky Labor Cabinet is closed, at the State Capitol Annex in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston FRANKFORT, Ky. (Reuters) – Hundreds of people who lost jobs during the coronavirus crisis but
NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. shale producers are expected to restore roughly half a million barrels per day (bpd) of crude output by the end of June, according to crude buyers and analysts, amounting to a quarter of what they shut since the coronavirus pandemic cut fuel demand and hammered oil prices. FILE PHOTO: A
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 Reserve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Asian stocks were set to climb on Wednesday after another late Wall Street surge in response to upbeat trial results for a COVID-19 treatment and data showing U.S. consumers spent big in May. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, is silhouetted in front
FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Huawei shop, amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday posted a new rule that allows U.S. companies to work with China’s Huawei to develop standards for 5G and other cutting-edge technologies,
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 jack
(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 21,
FILE PHOTO: Founder, Chairman, CEO and President of Amazon Jeff Bezos unveils his space company Blue Origin’s space exploration lunar lander rocket called Blue Moon during an unveiling event in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is willing to testify to a congressional panel investigating potential
TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil slumped on Monday, extending last week’s losses, as new coronavirus infections hit China, Japan and the United States’ increasing concerns that a resurgence of the virus could weigh on the recovery of fuel demand. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in
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 more
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the U.S. economy begins to emerge from the sharp slowdown during the coronavirus pandemic, some fund managers have been drawn to value stocks, a sector that underperformed during the recent rally. FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange as the building opens for the first time since
(Reuters) – The corporate response to a wave of protests over the treatment of African Americans has included pledges to increase diversity, donations to civil rights groups and, in some cases, changes in policies or practices long sought by critics. Here is a sampling: FILE PHOTO: Protesters rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a mask walks past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China, the central bank, in Beijing, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo/File Photo SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s central bank has given the final nod to a
FILE PHOTO: A logo of CVS Health is displayed on a monitor above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (Reuters) – Drugstore chain CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) joined Walmart Inc (WMT.N) in announcing it will stop keeping beauty and
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump signs the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act financial response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal authorities administering business payroll loans as part of U.S. coronavirus relief
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks inside Cidade Sao Paulo shopping mall, as malls reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Home rental firm Airbnb struck a partnership with Brazil’s Sao Paulo state to encourage tourism once the
FILE PHOTO: Tencent Music Entertainment celebrates the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Bryan R Smith/File Photo (Reuters) – China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group on Friday reported a 5.2% passive stake in Warner Music Group Corp, about a week after the world’s third-largest recording label’s
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Zoom logo is placed between small toy people figures and a keyboard in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration (Reuters) – Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) said on Thursday the Chinese government demanded the termination of four public meetings held on its video conferencing platform on June 4
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The safe-haven Japanese yen and Swiss franc gained on Thursday while a gauge of global equity markets fell the most in seven weeks after the Federal Reserve’s sobering outlook cast doubt on hopes for a V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Stocks on Wall Street fell, a 10-day winning streak in
FILE PHOTO: British Airways aircrafts are seen at Bournemouth International Airport in Bournemouth, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Bournemouth, Britain, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways will sell at least 10 works of art from its extensive collection, a source said, to try to raise millions of pounds
AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK (Reuters) – European food ordering firm Just Eat Takeaway.com NV said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy U.S. peer Grubhub Inc in an all-stock deal that, if completed, would create the world’s largest food delivery company outside China. FILE PHOTO: Signage for Just Eat is seen on the window of a restaurant
PARIS (Reuters) – The global economy will suffer the biggest peace-time downturn in a century before it emerges next year from a coronavirus-inflicted recession, the OECD said on Wednesday. Updating its outlook, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) forecast the global economy would contract 6.0% this year before bouncing back with 5.2% growth
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil fell more than 1% towards $40 a barrel on Wednesday after a report showed a rise in crude inventories in the United States, reviving concerns about oversupply and weak demand due to the coronavirus crisis. FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates at a well site leased by Devon Energy Production Company
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER plane lands at Hong Kong, China August 14, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SYDNEY (Reuters) – Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (0293.HK) said it expects to repay the Hong Kong government for HK$19.5 billion ($2.52 billion) of preference shares over a three to five year period. The shares are
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday, as traders said concerns about a resurgence in coronavirus cases offset recent commitments from major oil producers to curb production. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2019. Picture taken February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo Brent crude
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (0293.HK) revealed on Tuesday the Hong Kong government will lead a recapitalisation plan worth HK$39 billion ($5 billion) to help it through the coronavirus pandemic, the latest public rescue for a troubled airline. Governments around the world have been bailing out airlines amid a plunge in travel demand,
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court on Tuesday denied an arrest warrant request for Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee after prosecutors accused him of accounting fraud and stock manipulation. Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee arrives for a court hearing to review a detention warrant request against him at the Seoul Central District
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Monday, building on last week’s sharp gains after a surprisingly upbeat jobs report raised bets of a swift recovery from a coronavirus-driven downturn. FILE PHOTO: Traders wearing masks work, on the first day of in person trading since the closure during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease
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