WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate could vote to confirm Republican President Donald Trump’s nominee for treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, this weekend,
DAKAR (Reuters) – The U.S. plan to withdraw from the World Health Organization will squeeze Africa’s health initiatives, the Africa Centres for
By Brad Haynes DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Nigeria needs to double economic growth within the next year or two from an annualized rate
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – Giant U.S. asset managers overseeing well over $20 trillion are anticipating continued price pressures because of
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates on Friday to levels unseen since the
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would demand that interest rates drop immediately, and that other countries should
By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become the next chancellor, said on Thursday
By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) – Micheál Martin was elected Irish prime minister for the second time by a coalition
(Reuters) -Miner Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) beat fourth-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, helped by higher copper prices. Average copper prices rose in the fourth quarter,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose marginally last week, suggesting that solid job growth
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds have turned optimistic about European companies that sell things people want but don’t necessarily need,
Investing.com – The European Central Bank may begin to slow the pace of anticipated interest rate cuts this year in the third quarter,
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) – The European Commission is investigating the extent to which EU rules on crypto assets protect the redemption
(Reuters) – Mexico’s annual inflation rate slowed to its lowest level in almost four years in the first half of January, official
Investing.com – The yields on UK government bonds rose Thursday after Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was prepared to announce new measures
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has instructed his government to cut spending by 306.7 trillion rupiah ($18.8 billion) this year,
