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Jittery U.S. bond market braces for supply wave

FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington September 16 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bond investors, who have been on edge over signs of growing inflation and a possibly more aggressive Federal Reserve, will have... More »

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Republicans face first test of tax cuts’ power to sway voters

A window announcing support for Congressional candidate Rick Saccone is seen on High Street in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 14, 2018. Picture taken February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Maranie Staab WASHINGTON, Penn (Reuters) – Mark Marran, an operations man... More »

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Thailand decorates Myanmar’s army chief amid Rohingya crisis

FILE PHOTO – Myanmar military commander-in-chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, attends a military exercise at Ayeyarwaddy delta region in Myanmar, February 3, 2018. REUTERS/Lynn Bo Bo/Pool BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand awarded Myanmar’s army chief a royal de... More »

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Britain still thinks Northern Ireland power-share deal possible

Britain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, greets Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley at Stormont House, in Belfast, Northern Ireland February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne BELFAST (Reuters) – Britain still believes a deal can be done to restore Northern... More »

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Swedish central banker Floden gets renewed mandate

FILE PHOTO: The sign for Sweden’s central bank is pictured in Stockholm, Sweden, August 12, 2016. REUTERS/Violette Goarant STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – One of the Swedish central bank’s most hawkish rate-setters, Deputy Governor Martin Floden, has had his mandate ext... More »

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Soros lobbies ECB for more euro zone integration, draws criticism

FILE PHOTO: Business magnate George Soros arrives to speak at the Open Russia Club in London, Britain June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Billionaire investor and activist George Soros has met a European Central Bank director... More »

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Exclusive: Mexico foreign minister heads to Caribbean to win over…

FILE PHOTO: Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray arrives to a meeting with senators of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) at the Senate building in Mexico City, Mexico January 30, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s forei... More »

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UK to push EU for City of London’s favored Brexit plan

FILE PHOTO: A man takes a photograph of the Canary Wharf financial district from Greenwich Park in London, Britain, January 22, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government is ready to push for the kind of Brexit plan for financial servic... More »

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India’s fraud-hit PNB looking to monetize assets: source

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s fraud-hit Punjab National Bank (PNBK.NS) is considering monetizing its real estate assets, including a giant office space in New Delhi worth an estimated 50 billion rupees ($778.63 million), a bank source with direct knowledge of ... More »

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Hackers stole $6 million from Russian bank via SWIFT system:…

FILE PHOTO: A man using a mobile phone passes the logo of global secure financial messaging services cooperative SWIFT at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo MAGNITOGORSK, R... More »

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China’s ZTE says is trusted partner after U.S. concern

FILE PHOTO: People stand at ZTE’s booth during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 27, 2017. REUTERS/Paul Hanna/File Photo – RC1E5FFE31F0 BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese telecoms equipment group ZTE Corp hit back on Thursday against concerns from U... More »

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Got cash? Here is what to do with it now

U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this photo illustration taken February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/Illustration CHICAGO – Cash is no longer trash. While there is no return to the 5 percent money market yields savers got a decade ago, there is some r... More »

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Trump plan to overhaul U.S. infrastructure faces steep hurdles

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will roll out an infrastructure plan on Monday that already f... More »

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Bond vigilantes awaken counterparts in the stock market

A specialist trader works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bond vigilantes could be finding allies in the stock market. With inflation fears back ... More »

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Trump signs deal to end brief agency shutdown, boost U.S. spending

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, U.S. February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A brief U.S. government shutdown ended on Friday after Congress passed and President Donald Trump ... More »

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Fidelity restricts clients from buying ‘fear gauge’ ETF

A sign marks a Fidelity Investments office in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fidelity Investments on Friday told clients they could not buy shares in an exchange-traded fund that bets... More »

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U.S. stock market chill threatens to ‘put IPOs on ice’

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wide swings in the U.S. stock market has blunted initial public offering (IPO) activity on Wall Street in what was set... More »

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Italy’s Northern League chief attacks euro, says preparing exit

FILE PHOTO: Northern League leader Matteo Salvini gestures during the television talk show “Porta a Porta” in Rome, Italy, January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Remo Casilli FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – The leader of Italy’s right-wing Northern League said on Wednesday his... More »

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Germany wants to develop ESM into EU monetary fund: coalition…

BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) want to develop the euro zone’s bailout fund into a full-blown European Monetary Fund, a blueprint of their coalition agreement seen by Reuters showed on Wednesday. The ... More »

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German would-be coalition allies reach deal on Europe, SPD says

BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and their would-be coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), have concluded their talks on Europe with an agreement to invest more in the euro zone and end austerity, SPD chief Martin Schulz sai... More »

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China rebuffs U.S. criticism of relations with oil-rich Venezuela

FILE PHOTO – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (2nd L) talks with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (2nd R) during a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Nicolas Asfouri/Pool BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s sup... More »

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Stocks punished as inflation shadow spooks bonds

A man walks past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares fell the most in over a year on Monday as fears of resurgent inflation battered bonds, ... More »

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Boeing may express interest in Canada fighter jet bid: executive

FILE PHOTO: The Boeing logo is seen on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane in Long Beach, California March 14, 2012. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Boeing may express interest in a jet fighter competition in Canada despite a recent trade ... More »

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Australia green bond market muzzled by policy uncertainty

SYDNEY (Reuters) – When National Australia Bank launched the country’s first ever “green” mortgage bond last week, it kept its expectations for demand in check with price guidance at a similar level to a non-green bond it was also selling. Global interest in s... More »

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A decade after recession, a jump in U.S. states with wage gains

Newly hired employees take a break from training to pose for a group photo at the chain’s soon-to-open 54th outlet in Oakland, California ,U.S., January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Saphir OAKLAND, Calif./CANTON, N.Y./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The kind of pay raises for... More »

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UPS order for Boeing freighters highlights trade growth

A United Parcel Service (UPS) truck on delivery is pictured in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Files SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A recovery in international trade is reviving demand for aircraft once proudly linked to lon... More »

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House Speaker Ryan deletes tweet praising $1.50 pay increase

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks at a news conference with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan deleted a tweet on Saturday cheering a $1.50 incre... More »

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Fed orders Wells Fargo to halt growth over compliance issues

FILE PHOTO: A Wells Fargo branch is seen in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, U.S. February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co detailed new regulatory restrictions imposed by the U.S. Federal Reserve... More »

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Interest rate angst trips up U.S. equity bull market

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson NEW YORK (Reuters) – For nearly nine years, the global hunt for yield sent you to one place: the U.S. stock marke... More »

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Indiana to impose Medicaid work requirements

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Indiana said on Friday it will require its Medicaid recipients work or do some other form of community engagement, becoming the second state to make this fundamental change to the 50-year-old health insurance program for the poor. The U.S.... More »

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UK PM May says Brexit transition deal will be agreed in seven weeks

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the China-UK business forum in Shanghai, China February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that a Brexit transition period will be agreed with the European... More »

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India’s ‘Modicare’ to cost about $1.7 billion a year: sources

Commuters disembark from a suburban train at a railway station in Mumbai, India, February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to provide health insurance for about half the country’s population wou... More »

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German car production stalled by 24-hour strikes

BMW workers during a 24-hour strike by German industrial trade union IG Metall in Berlin, Germany, February 2, 2018. Placard reads “6% more, we find fair”. REUTERS/Christian Mang FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Car factories across Germany were at a standstill on Friday... More »

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Trump urges compromise as Republicans wrestle with immigration

U.S. President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Thursday to put aside misgivings over letting young "Dreamer" immigrants stay in the United States and pass a bill that includes that measure but also imposes tough new immigration curbs. More »

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Trump will host Australian PM Turnbull at White House on February 23

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (R) deliver brief remarks to reporters in New York, U.S. May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet wit... More »

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Ryan says progress on spending talks, sees another stopgap measure

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday that while there had been progress on a long-term government funding bill, another stopgap measure would be needed as the details are finalized. “Even if ... More »

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Dreading your taxes? Try filing as U.S. military

U.S. service member stands guard as an U.S. military transport plane lands at the Kandahar air base, Afghanistan January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani – RC1A69651DE0 NEW YORK (Reuters) – No matter how U.S. tax policies evolve in the future, it is doubtful tha... More »

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Angelina Jolie urges NATO to tackle sexual violence in war

UNHCR Special Envoy actor Angelina Jolie takes part in a news conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, January 31, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie called on NATO on Wednesday to h... More »

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Far-right AfD lawmaker becomes chair of German budget committee

Peter Boehringer, member of the German parliament from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, poses for a portrait in Berlin, Germany January 30, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERLIN (Reuters) – A lawmaker from the eurosceptic, anti-immigrant Alternative for Ge... More »

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Japan punishes Coincheck after $530 million cryptocurrency theft

Cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck’s signboard is pictured in front of a building where their office is located, in Tokyo, Japan January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s financial regulator on Monday ordered Coincheck to get its act to... More »

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Trump security team sees building U.S. 5G network as option

FILE PHOTO – A video promotes the 5G mobile wireless standard at the Qualcomm booth during the 2017 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s national security team is looking at options to c... More »

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U.S. farmers have much to lose if NAFTA deal collapses

Farmer Blake Erwin drives a combine as he harvests corn on his farm near Dixon, Nebraska, U.S., October 26, 2017. Picture taken October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson CHICAGO/MONTREAL (Reuters) – A collapse of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), ... More »

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Saudi corruption purge winds down but scars will linger

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sits for an interview with Reuters in the office of the suite where he has been detained at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 27, 2018, REUTERS/Katie Paul /File Photo DUBAI (Reuters... More »

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Brexit legislation under fire as it enters upper house

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street, London, January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a fresh challenge pushing her flagship Brexit law through parliament after lawmakers dema... More »

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I tweet from bed sometimes, Trump says

U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives in Zurich, Switzerland January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, who has garnered a large following on social media with rambunctious postings, said he sometimes twee... More »

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‘I am a stable genius,’ Donald Trump says

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he was a stable genius and tha... More »

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Hacked Tokyo cryptocurrency exchange to repay owners $425 million

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a building where Mt. Gox, a digital marketplace operator, is housed in Tokyo February 25, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc said on Sunday it would return about 46.3 billio... More »

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U.S. stocks, VIX dance in tandem in break with history

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – A rising U.S. stock market normally reduces fear among investors, but the blistering pace of the current rally ha... More »

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Baboons go on the run after jumping Paris zoo enclosure

FILE PHOTO: Baboons preen each other at the Paris Zoological Park in the Bois de Vincennes in the east of Paris, France, October 23, 1995. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – Several baboons escaped from their enclosure at a zoo in Paris on Frida... More »

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Currency war is last thing world needs: ECB’s Coeure

DAVOS (Reuters) – Major economies should not target their exchange rates for competitive purposes and discussions among policymakers over currencies should be confined to official fora, European Central Bank board member Benoit Coeure said on Friday. ”The last... More »

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No daylight between Trump, Mnuchin on dollar: official

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – There is no difference between President Donald Trump’s attitude to the strength of the U.S. dollar and that of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, a senior administration official said on Friday. “I don’t think there’s any daylig... More »

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Trump to tell Davos he won’t tolerate trade abuses, IP theft

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will urge a top-level gathering of political leaders and chief executives on Friday that his administration will not tolerate intellectual p... More »

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As cold blast hits, China’s utilities warn of heating, power cuts

FILE PHOTO: A loader is seen amid coal piles at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING (Reuters) – Four of China’s top utilities have told the government some regions will face heating and electricity shortage... More »

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SMA Solar sees U.S. duties making only small dent in market

A worker walks among solar panels at a floating solar plant developed in Huainan, Anhui province, China December 11, 2017. Picture taken December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer FRANKFURT (Reuters) – SMA Solar (S92G.DE), Germany’s largest solar group, expects the i... More »

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Duterte tells Suu Kyi rights activists are ‘just a noisy bunch’

Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a news conference on the sidelines of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Pasay, metro Manila, Philippines, November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao NEW DELHI (Reu... More »

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UK economy unexpectedly picks up speed but Brexit effect felt

FILE PHOTO: A man is silhouetted as he walks past the Bank of England in the City of London, Britain, December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne LONDON (Reuters) – British economic growth unexpectedly picked up speed in the last three months of 2017, accordin... More »

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China’s 2017 industrial profits post fastest growth in six years

FILE PHOTO: A worker stands outside a factory of Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) in Ningde, Zhejiang province, China, December 16, 2016. REUTERS/Jake Spring/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – Profits for China’s industrial firms rose at the slowest pace... More »

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Investors look to France’s ‘Macronomics’ to beat benchmarks

French President Emmanuel Macron in Saint-Genes-Champanelle, France, January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Thierry Zoccolan/Pool PARIS (Reuters) – Investors are banking on an economic renewal under President Emmanuel Macron to beat broader European benchmarks, sparking a ... More »

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U.S. wage growth, tax-bonuses spark shopping in retail stocks

A woman shops at a Macy’s department store in Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Garden City, New York, U.S., November 24, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. fund managers are betting that rising wages and the effects of the Republican-led... More »

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Factbox: What is in Trump’s framework for immigration legislation

Protesters calling for an immigration bill addressing the so-called Dreamers, young adults who were brought to the United States as children, walk through the Hart Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WA... More »

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Starbucks disappoints after holiday drink sales lose steam

FILE PHOTO: A Starbucks store is seen inside the Tom Bradley terminal at LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) on Thursday warned that 2018 global cafe sales grow... More »

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ECB’s Draghi says euro strength is a source of uncertainty

European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi holds a news conference following the governing council’s interest rate decision at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The euro’s recent... More »

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ECB monetary stimulus still needed to push up inflation -Draghi

European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi holds a news conference following the governing council’s interest rate decision at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central ... More »

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Column: Using 529 funds to pay for private school? Check new rules

A student sits in a hallway as he looks through a text book in Chicago, Illinois February 14, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young CHICAGO (Reuters) – Uncle Sam has given families the green light to use $10,000 per child each year to pay for private schools out of 529 savi... More »

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Soy source: Brazil’s share of soybean exports to China hits record

FILE PHOTO: A Chinese ship is loaded with soybeans at Port of Santos May 19, 2015. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Brazil’s share of soybean exports to China, the world’s top buyer of the commodity, grew to the largest on record... More »