Adults who get a flu shot are 36 percent less likely to get the disease, while for children the figure was an unexpectedly high 59 percent, U.S. health officials said on Thursday, predicting that the current "intense" season could continue for weeks. More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed John Demers to head the Justice Department’s national security division, after a Republican senator lifted a hold he had put on some of the department’s nominees in protest against the government’s m... More »
U.S. fund investors fled the riskier corners of the debt market, pulling the second-highest amount of cash on record from high-yield "junk" bonds during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
FILE PHOTO – A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland August 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo (Reuters) – U.S. regulators have proposed lowering the bar for clinical trial success for experimental ... More »
FILE PHOTO: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is seen in McLean, Virginia, April 24, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence and security agencies will meet with senior election officials from all 50 states this wee... More »
Representation of the Bitcoin virtual currency standing on the PC motherboard is seen in this illustration picture, February 3, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday an investigation... More »
Officials are working to arrange a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto "in the near future" to review progress on trade talks, a border wall and other issues, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. More »
The logo of Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG (ROG.S) said on Thursday it would buy the rest of U.S. cancer data company Flatiron Health ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon speaks during a campaign event for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Judge Roy Moore in Fairhope, Alabama, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former... More »
FILE PHOTO: Amazon.com’s logo is seen at Amazon Japan’s office building in Tokyo, Japan, August 8, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc will pay a $1.2 million penalty to settle nearly 4,000 alleged violations of U.S. l... More »
FILE PHOTO: Voters cast their votes during the U.S. presidential election in Medina, Ohio, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday fought in federal court to keep some minor detai... More »
The sign outside a McDonalds restaurant is seen in Westminster, Colorado, U.S. January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp is removing cheeseburgers from U.S. Happy Meal menus and shrinking the french fry serving in one “Migh... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Thursday she would be surprised if the United States doesn’t at some point impose sanctions on Russian firms or entities covered by a U.S. sanctions law that went into effect in la... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House attack on a bipartisan immigration bill gathered force on Thursday when President Donald Trump blasted th... More »
FILE PHOTO: An orangutan hold its baby at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island on January 11, 2004. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hunting by people and habitation destruction b... More »
FILE PHOTO: Protesters gather outside the Trump Building at 40 Wall St. to take action against America’s refugee ban in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting p... More »
FILE PHOTO: Designer Vivienne Westwood poses for a portrait before her catwalk show at London Fashion Week Men’s in London, Britain June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall LONDON (Reuters) – Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood brought models off the catwalk and onto t... More »
Presenter Anke Engelke during the opening ceremony of the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. director Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” – a quirky movie about a Japanese... More »
People watch the CCTV Spring Festival Gala TV show on a screen at the Beijing West train station in Beijing, China, January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter BEIJING (Reuters) – Two of China’s most famous and well-loved pop stars stole the show at state televisio... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Financial advisors and smaller retail investors, wary that inflation may be brewing again, ratcheted up their bets on funds in Morningstar’s Commodities Broad Basket fund category in January, the largest net inflow of cash since March 2011... More »
An elderly couple looks out at the ocean as they sit on a park bench in La Jolla, California November 13, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES – Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) – GM1E9BE0E8L01 CHICAGO (Reuters) – The opinions expressed here are those of the auth... More »
FILE PHOTO – Singer Lorde performs during the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year show honoring Fleetwood Mac at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, New York, U.S., January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly LONDON (Reuters) – Female musical acts took home a slew of... More »
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 »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In late 2017, several well-known hedge funds made bets on companies selling goods considered non-essential by consumers and on companies processing raw materials, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange commission publis... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York-based Paulson & Co, led by longtime gold bull John Paulson, kept its stake in gold investments during the fourth quarter of 2017, while other heavyweights including Soros Fund Management LLC, Jana Partners LLC and Caxton Corp all ... More »
Long-dated bonds "represent a significant risk" as investors focus on signs inflation is rising, a top portfolio manager with BlackRock Inc said on Wednesday. More »
FILE PHOTO: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft onboard, launches from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., June 3, 2017. NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout/Files via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s Spac... More »
A hydrobiologist from the Hydrobiological Institute of Ohrid visually checks a trout during a method of artificial spawning, in Ohrid, Macedonia February 9, 2018. Picture taken February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski OHRID, Macedonia (Reuters) – Macedonian... More »
Tourists look at statues in South Korea’s Haeshindang Park, also know as “penis park”, a shrine to fertility dedicated to the legend of a local girl who died a virgin, in Sinnam, South Korea, February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard SINNAM, South Korea (Reuter... More »
Angus, a a 3-year-old wire-haired Vizsla dog owned by Terran Woolley is pictured in Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S. in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters February 13, 2018. Terran Woolley/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – In the dog-eat-dog world of U.S. po... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A woman in southern China accompanied her purse through a train station’s luggage x-ray machine rather than part with the bag amid the Lunar New Year holiday rush, Chinese media reported. Video from the digital news platform Pear Video, li... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Lithuanian dairy company Pieno Zvaigzdes said on Tuesday it had no plans to produce cheese in Russia after the local government announced it intended to do so. A spokeswoman for Russia’s Moscow region agricultural ministry said earlier Pieno... More »
The Amazon molly, an all-female species that engages in asexual reproduction, appears in a handout photo taken in a laboratory at the University of Wurzburg in Germany, provided February 12, 2018. Manfred Schartl/University of Wurzburg/Handout via REUTERS WASH... More »
While Alpine skiers fought high winds at the Pyeongchang Games on Monday, there were no such problems for robots competing in their own "Olympics" ski challenge. More »
Figure Skating – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Team Event Ice Dance Free Dance competition final – Gangneung Ice Arena – Gangneung, South Korea – February 12, 2018 – Gold medallists, Canada’s team, celebrate. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj GANGNEUNG, South Korea (R... More »
Figure Skating – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Team Event Women’s Single Skating Free Skating competition final – Gangneung Ice Arena – Gangneung, South Korea – February 12, 2018 – Mirai Nagasu of the U.S. competes. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson GANGNEUNG, South... More »
Alpine Skiing – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Women’s Giant Slalom – Yongpyong Alpine Centre – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 12, 2018 – A ski gate is blown by the wind as the women’s giant slalom at the Winter Olympics is postponed due to high winds... More »
Snowboarding – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Women’s Slopestyle Finals – Phoenix Snow Park – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 12, 2018 – Jamie Anderson of the U.S. competes. REUTERS/Issei Kato PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Sochi champion Jamie Anderson of th... More »
Snowboarding – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Women’s Slopestyle Finals – Phoenix Snow Park – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 12, 2018 – Yuka Fujimori of Japan crashes. REUTERS/Mike Blake PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Strong cross-winds played havoc during t... More »
President of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea Kim Young Nam and Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, are greeted by South Korea’s Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon as they smile before a banquet in Seoul, South Ko... More »
FILE PHOTO – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Opening ceremony – Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 9, 2018 – President of South Korea Moon Jae-in and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Kim K... More »
Feb 10, 2018- Gangneung, South Korea- South Korea president Jae-in Moon- IOC president Thomas Bach- North Korea nominal head of state Kim Long Nam- and Kimm Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose for a picture with the women’s hockey team from... More »
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis joins White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst ROME (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on... More »
South Korean President Moon Jae-in talks with president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea Kim Young Nam as Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, looks on after North Korea’s Samjiyon Orchestra’s performance... More »
A Japan Yen note is seen in this illustration photo taken June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The yen edged higher versus the dollar on Monday, but traded below a five-month high as a bounce in U.S. equities late last week dam... More »
A sign on the Qualcomm campus is seen, in San Diego, California, U.S. November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) and Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) plan to meet on Wednesday to talk about the latter’s $121 billion acquisition offer, the firs... More »
The PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games logo is seen at the the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea, September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organizers confirmed on Sun... More »
Biathlon – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men’s 10 km Sprint – Alpensia Biathlon Centre – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 11, 2018 – Arnd Peiffer of Germany finishes. REUTERS/Murad Sezer PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – German biathlete Arnd Peiffe... More »
FILE PHOTO: A sign of Alibaba Group is seen at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) Asia 2016 in Shanghai, China, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) is launching a project that will create a “smarter... More »
FILE PHOTO: Volunteers for the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games walk in Pyeongchang, South Korea, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Egg sandwiches. Bacon and eggs. Egg salad. Eggs on toast. Scrambled e... More »
A worker at Bonhams auctioneers poses next to Tutu,” by Nigeria’s best-known modern artist Ben Enwonwu, ahead of its sale, in London, Britain February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls LONDON/LAGOS (Reuters) – A portrait of a Nigerian princess that was lost for ... More »
FILE PHOTO: The Armani logo is seen on an outlet store in Metzingen, Germany, June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle TOKYO (Reuters) – A public elementary school in Tokyo’s upscale shopping district of Ginza has raised parents’ eyebrows with a plan to adopt uni... More »
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 »
FILE PHOTO: Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea (L), attends the 17th Non-Aligned Summit in Porlamar, Venezuela September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File photo SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s ceremonial l... More »
A propaganda flier from North Korea marking the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics that was found in Seoul is seen in this undated handout photo. NK News/Handout via REUTERS GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Propaganda leaflets from North Korea marking the sta... More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Russian Olympic team is seen on the uniform designed by ZASPORT, the official clothing supplier for national athletes competing in 2018 Winter Olympics, during its presentation in Moscow, Russia January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/... More »
FILE PHOTO: North Korean ferry Mangyongbong 92 arrives at the northern port of Niigata in Japan May 18, 2005. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa/File photo SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean art troupe will likely travel by ship to stage a performance in South Korea for t... More »
Construction cranes and buildings in the financial district are seen at sunrise in Dublin, Ireland November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. payments firm Stripe said on Monday it would place its first engineering center outside its ho... More »
Tennis – Davis Cup – World Group First Round – Serbia v United States – Sportski Centar Cair, Nis, Serbia – February 3, 2018 U.S. Davis Cup team poses for a picture after their win over Serbia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (Reuters) – The United States surged to an u... More »
An employee wipes a Samsung Electronics’ smartphone at its booth in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEOUL (Reuters) – All of the almost 3,000 athletes competing at the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics are set to get perks in... More »
Two Euro coins are seen at the Money Service Austria company’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger LONDON (Reuters) – The euro held above $1.25 on Friday, continuing a strong week in which rising U.S. treasury yields fai... More »
FILE PHOTO: Part of Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine now occupied by artisanal miners, is seen outside Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of Democratic Republic of Congo, June 11, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Ross/File Photo LO... More »
Matthieu Reeb, Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration for Sport speaks during a news conference in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski ZURICH (Reuters) – Twenty-eight Russian athletes have had their Olympic doping bans o... More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
FILE PHOTO – Britain’s Shadow Finance Minister John McDonnell speaks at the Labour Party Post-Budget Rally in West Bromwich, Britain, November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Staples DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – John McDonnell, a proud socialist who wants to run Br... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 25, 2018 REUTERS/Carlos Barria DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump... More »
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Qatar October 22, 2017. REUTERS/Alex Brandon/Pool DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Qatar is confident that it can host a successful World Cup in 2022 and preparations are fully on track a... More »
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – The World Economic Forum (WEF) still expects U.S. President Donald Trump to attend its annual meeting in the Swiss Alps this week, the forum’s chairman Klaus Schwab said on Sunday. Schwab made the comments in an interview with Re... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump appears on stage at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 29, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Trust in U.S. institutions, particularly the government, has plunged in Presid... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Bitcoin logo is seen on a cryptocurrency ATM in Santa Monica, California, U.S., January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Monday that its plans to ban virtual coin exchanges had not yet been finalize... More »
FILE PHOTO: The BlackRock logo is seen at the BlackRock Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo (This January 11 story, corrects name of firm in headline, 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th paragraphs to Alliance Bernstein from ... More »
A man walks past an electric board showing exchange rates of various cryptocurrencies at Bithumb cryptocurrencies exchange in Seoul, South Korea, January 11, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEOUL (Reuters) – With a tech-savvy population quick to adopt the latest gad... More »
The euro surged above $1.21 to a three-year high on Friday on bets the European Central Bank is getting ready to wind down its huge monetary stimulus, and after German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached a deal that should lead to the formation of a "grand coalit... More »
Members of Japan’s idol group “Virtual Currency Girls” wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks pose after performing in their debut stage event in Tokyo, Japan, January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese pop group hopped on the bitcoin b... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s blockchain-related companies extended their bullish run on Friday, as punters brushed aside concerns raised by regulators about the rationality of stock price surges this week. Blockchain mania continued to propel the shares of a d... More »
FILE PHOTO: The BlackRock logo is seen at the BlackRock Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Electronic trading is becoming increasingly important when it comes to corporate debt as fund manag... More »
FILE PHOTO: Japan Yen and U.S. Dollar notes are seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar extended losses against the yen on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan’s move to trim Japanes... More »
The company logo of the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch is displayed at its office in Hong Kong March 8, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bank of America Merrill Lynch banned clients from investing in one of bitcoin mogul Barry Silbert’s top fund... More »
FILE PHOTO: An Israeli flag flutters outside the Bank of Israel building in Jerusalem August 7, 2013. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Bank of Israel is examining issuing digital currency as a means of creating a faster payments system... More »
FILE PHOTO: Sparks glow from broken Bitcoin (virtual currency) coins in this illustration picture, December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks that surged in recent weeks because of the cryptocurrency mania have man... More »
A Monzo card in an undated photo. Courtesy Monzo/via Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – British app-based bank Monzo and others like it want to make money by allowing other firms access to their customers rather than lending to them, but this is an untested path to pr... More »
FILE PHOTO: A copy of bitcoin standing on PC motherboard is seen in this illustration picture, October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency bitcoin tumbled below $14,000 briefly on the Bitstamp exchange BTC=BTSP on Friday, d... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds and other managers of catastrophe bond funds racked up some of the worst losses in more than a decade from this year’s hurricanes and wildfires. But a year that is shaping up to be the costliest on record for insurance losses fro... More »
A U.S. Dollar note is seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar slipped to a nine-day low against the yen on Friday, after wrangling in the United States Congress over a bill to change the ta... More »
A waitress poses with some coins in front of a cash-box of Danish crowns in a pub in Copenhagen, January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Introducing a digital version of the Danish crown currency would pose risks to financial stability w... More »
FILE PHOTO: Bitcoin (virtual currency) coins placed on Dollar banknotes, next to computer keyboard, are seen in this illustration picture, November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin blasted to another all-time high ... More »
Jordanian Dinar, Yuan, Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Pound and Riyals banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration LONDON (Reuters) – How much are you worth? For the FX and bond analysts covering the world’s b... More »
People walk past an Uber advertisement outside the Uber main office in Mandaluyong city, metro Manila, Philippines August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ride-hailing app Uber [UBER.UL] said on Monday it was joining a global public transpo... More »
Central Bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda of the Bank of Japan attends ECB’s Central Bank Communications Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday urged financial... More »
Pound coins are seen in front of a displayed U.S. 100 dollar banknote in this picture illustration taken January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar was broadly higher on Monday, reaching a 2-1/2-week peak against the yen, li... More »
Charles "Chuck" Johnson is not the kind of foot soldier in the army of lobbyists that House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan warned would descend on Washington to fight the biggest overhaul of the tax code since the 1980s. More »
FILE PHOTO: Two Euro coins are seen after being minted in the Austrian Mint (Muenze Oesterreich) headquarters in Vienna June 20, 2013. EUTERS/Leonhard Foeger /File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – The euro hit a two-month high versus the dollar and held firm against ot... More »
A general view shows the aerial subway and the city rooftops in Paris February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – The surprise decision to move the European Banking Authority to Paris will boost its chances of attracting London banks af... More »
50 and 20 Euro banknotes are displayed in this picture illustration taken November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The euro hit a two-month low against the yen on Monday, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s efforts to form ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man stands in front of CITIC bank’s branch in Beijing, China, March 23, 2016.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon BEIJING (Reuters) – China Citic Bank Corp (601998.SS) and search engine giant Baidu Inc (BIDU.O) launched on Saturday a direct banking joint ventu... More »
BARCELONA/LONDON (Reuters) – Vivendi’s Universal Music Group (UMG) could be worth more than $40 billion, Chief Executive Arnaud de Puyfontaine said on Friday, helping to buoy shares in the French media group after third-quarter results in which UMG was a highl... More »
Sterling was flat on the day at $1.3115, nursing losses after it skidded in the previous session against a backdrop of political turmoil as British lawmakers this week debate the U.K. government's plans for leaving the European Union. More »
