Artificial intelligence could help offset Asia's shrinking workforce as some countries' populations age, provided its adoption is scaled evenly across the region
October 12, 2026German automaker Volkswagen reported a 14.3% decline in global deliveries in the third quarter on Monday, its sharpest drop in more than four years, as weakness in China, its
October 12, 2026TotalEnergies said on Monday it is expanding its joint venture with KKR in the United States with an additional renewables portfolio valued at $1.2 billion.
October 12, 2026South Korea’s military says North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, adding to a recent streak in weapons demonstrations
October 12, 2026The European Union will use next month's COP31 climate summit to push for agreement on a "package" of efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions heating
October 12, 2026China's domestic car sales extended their decline for a 12th successive month, while exports remained a key growth driver as automakers looked overseas to cushion the
October 12, 2026China's domestic car sales extended their decline for a 12th successive month, while exports remained a key growth driver as automakers looked overseas to cushion the
October 12, 2026Hurricane Simon pounds Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm
October 11, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
October 12, 2026TSMC, the world's largest manufacturer of advanced AI chips, will likely report a sixth consecutive quarter of record earnings, driven by
October 12, 2026A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message
October 12, 2026British finance minister John Healey will stress the importance of budget discipline and improving resilience to geopolitical shocks when he meets his
October 12, 2026British finance minister John Healey will need to find £36 billion ($47.6 billion) in tax hikes or welfare cuts in his first budget just to offset the
October 12, 2026By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY, Panama Oct 11 - Panama has recorded more than 200 aftershocks following Friday's 7.7-magnitude earthquake that damaged hundreds of homes and infrastructure across the
October 12, 2026Man injured after being struck by ICE vehicle while fleeing on foot during enforcement operation, officials say
October 11, 2026Polish police have detained a man suspected of planning an attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the Interior Minister said on
October 11, 2026Republican and Democratic US senators called on President Donald Trump on Sunday to "reverse course" on his diesel supply deal with Russia, saying
October 11, 2026After oil increasingly left the Gulf, Iran is trying to regain its stranglehold on shipping
October 11, 2026Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall pays off 6-year-old campaign cookie bill
October 12, 2026Residents in north central Nepal have evacuated after flash flooding on the Budhi Gandaki River
October 11, 2026Volkswagen chief Oliver Blume expects European policymakers to create the framework needed to make the German automaker's restructuring a success, he said on
October 11, 2026President Donald Trump shows no signs of budging from a trade policy that many Americans don't like as the midterm elections loom
October 11, 2026Leaders of a popular Indian youth movement vow to continue protests after being released from detention
October 11, 2026In Havana, Laura Mendoza runs a project called “Medicine Is Not for Sale,” providing free medications to Cubans facing severe shortages
October 11, 2026Trump says Ukraine should get a new leader as he spars with Zelensky over US-Russia diesel deal
October 10, 2026Elon Musk said he would price Starlink's satellite internet service affordably in India to take on Mukesh Ambani's low-cost Reliance Jio, escalating
October 11, 2026The World Bank is in discussions with 30 to 40 countries about potential crisis aid to help them manage energy shocks and price increases triggered by the
October 11, 2026Finance officials from around the world will gather in Bangkok this week under the shadow of a widening war in the Middle East, the biggest-ever energy
October 11, 2026At least 12 people were killed and more than 300 wounded in an attack on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, the deadliest in the
October 10, 2026Nvidia is in talks to deepen its investment in open-source startup Reflection AI or acquire it, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people with direct knowledge of the
October 11, 2026Infosys, India's second-largest IT firm, said on Saturday that it does not anticipate a material impact from the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) application suspension
October 10, 2026Palestinians won't head to the polls next month to vote on reviving a dissolved parliament
October 10, 2026Trump launches new effort to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook
October 09, 2026The Trump administration has cut Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants, including refugees and trafficking victims
October 10, 2026Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in two separate attacks on Saturday, health officials said.
October 10, 2026The Irish EU presidency proposed on Saturday an 8% cut in the European Commission's budget plan for the period 2028 to 2034 to €1.6
October 10, 2026The United Auto Workers is working to regain political influence in closely contested Michigan
October 10, 2026Germany said on Saturday it would maintain sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine following US President Donald Trump's announcement that his administration had
October 10, 2026A drone strike blamed on Sudan's paramilitaries has killed 41 displaced people near the Ethiopian border
October 10, 2026Want a high return on your savings without taking a lot of risk? Here’s how
October 10, 2026On paper, Democrat Justin Pearson, a 31-year-old Tennessee state legislator, has little chance of winning the state's 9th
October 10, 2026Chancellor Friedrich Merz's warning this week that extremism was entering Germany's parliamentary system was the latest in a series of
October 10, 2026Despite both a rise in costs and fears around immigration crackdowns, some Latinos are committing to championing other Latino entrepreneurs by offering access to a storefront
October 10, 2026China added 10.52 million urban jobs in the first nine months of the year, meeting 87.7% of its annual target, the labour ministry said on Saturday.
October 10, 2026Hurricane Isaias has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane, which still includes extremely dangerous winds and extensive damage
October 09, 2026A new pact that calls for Russia to boost the U.S. supply of diesel over the next few months is unlikely to make a dent in painfully high prices at the pump or elsewhere, energy policy experts say
October 10, 2026President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to revive his dismissed lawsuit against his 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton accusing her of
October 10, 2026United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain declared victory on Friday in a race to maintain his position as head of the 400,000-member union.
October 10, 2026Amazon on Friday confirmed it was shuffling leadership in its Alexa division, a day after the company announced its first tablet computers featuring
October 10, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump on Friday that Kyiv had undermined the possibility of an immediate resumption of trilateral Ukraine peace
October 10, 2026President Donald Trump said on Friday that Russia had agreed to supply diesel to global markets in an effort to lower
October 09, 2026Quarterly earnings reports from banks, along with inflation data and other economic releases next week, will offer US stock investors insight into the
October 09, 2026The Justice Department has moved to allow more people to purchase firearm suppressors — known as silencers — short-barreled rifles and other certain guns without registering them with the federal government following a court ruling that struck down provisions of a key law
October 10, 2026The U.S. stock market finished its record-setting week with gains, even as other financial markets remained indecisive
October 09, 2026Wall Street ended higher on Friday as investors shifted their focus to next week, with third-quarter earnings season set to start and
October 09, 2026The Port of Los Angeles, the busiest in the US for containers, set a volume record in September as holiday goods hit docks, ships were routed away from
October 10, 2026GSK will invest more than $800 million to expand its Upper Merion, Pennsylvania site into a new biopharmaceutical manufacturing and research hub, creating more than 300 jobs over the
October 10, 2026Why a church parking lot could become your next home
October 09, 2026World stocks rose on Friday, with government bond yields and oil prices only incrementally higher, ahead of key economic
October 09, 2026Oil prices settled higher on Friday as Hurricane Isaias churned toward the northern Gulf of Mexico and oil companies shut more than 70% of crude production in
October 09, 2026Republican nominees for Senate, the U.S. House and governor’s offices across the country are sidestepping President Trump or openly distancing themselves as they debate Democratic opponents before Election Day
October 09, 2026China and the European Union have reached a broad initial agreement to ease trade tensions
October 09, 2026‘Zero tolerance for disruptions.’ Hurricane Isaias could mess with America’s refining nerve center
October 10, 2026Lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said on Friday that if a planned White House hearing on allegations against her is "anything close to objective," it will demonstrate
October 09, 2026The euro was poised for a fifth straight weekly drop on Friday, with early gains fading as oil prices erased earlier declines, but recent selling
October 09, 2026A friend of the suspected thief of a massive cache of personal data from the FBI says he begged the teenager not to do it.
October 09, 2026US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip next week's annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Bangkok, Thailand, due to domestic engagements, a US
October 09, 2026Hurricane Isaias is forecast to miss the oil industry’s biggest hubs along the Gulf Coast
October 09, 2026A first-in-the-nation proposal in California to tax billionaires could test voters' appetite for levying a wealth tax on the ultra-rich
October 09, 2026The European Union and China have agreed to halve Chinese exports of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles to the EU, improve EU access to China's market and ease Chinese
October 09, 2026Delta expects higher fares and strong demand through the holiday season
October 09, 2026Hurricane Isaias strengthened on Thursday as it barreled toward the US Gulf Coast, prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Florida and emergency declarations in
October 08, 2026China and the European Union have reached a deal that could cut Chinese exports of hybrid cars to the bloc by more than half, European Trade Commissioner Maros
October 09, 2026Delta Air Lines said on Friday that the industry may need to curb flight growth further next year to protect profitability, as
October 09, 2026It is white-knuckle time in the bond market.
October 09, 2026Tracking oil prices and US gas prices amid Iran conflict
March 09, 2026With midterms approaching, Americans’ confidence in the economy is in a tailspin
October 09, 2026Bolstered by steady gains in the stock market, families headed by someone aged 75 or older are now America’s wealthiest, while the youngest families saw their wealth decline in the past three years, a government report released Friday said
October 09, 2026Canada's economy shed a net 68,300 jobs in September and the unemployment rate edged up, data showed on Friday, erasing all the employment gains recorded
October 09, 2026Italian bank UniCredit has sought EU antitrust approval for its takeover of German peer Commerzbank, with regulators setting a November 16 deadline for
October 09, 2026US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has hired Judy Shelton, President Donald Trump's former pick for the Federal Reserve Board, as an adviser with a particular focus on China, the
October 09, 2026In a bone-dry valley in Hungary, forest workers and volunteers piled up terraces of logs and deadwood, hoping to catch any
October 09, 2026The Trump administration is pushing forward with a $46 billion border wall from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico
October 09, 2026Rocks deep underground can be used to hold heat until it’s needed.
October 09, 2026Students from military families have specific experiences and needs that require support from their schools.
October 09, 2026US diesel prices remain at near-record highs, up 70% since the US-Israeli war on Iran began despite two recent moves by
October 09, 2026A Polish parliamentary committee has recommended that central bank governor Adam Glapinski be brought before the State Tribunal to answer accusations of constitutional
October 09, 2026French student unions vowed on Friday to keep up protests after scoring what they called their first win in a campaign that is
October 09, 2026US equity funds recorded outflows in the week ended October 7, following two consecutive weeks of inflows, as investors locked in profits during a market rally amid concerns over
October 09, 2026Could bond market pain be contagious?
October 09, 2026Humana's shares rose 15% on Friday after analysts named it the top beneficiary of the new star ratings for 2027 Medicare Advantage plans, marking a sharp
October 09, 2026China allocated 550 billion yuan ($82 billion) in unused government debt quotas on Friday to support local government finances and expand infrastructure investment
October 09, 2026US private equity firm Carlyle Group said on Friday it was no longer actively pursuing a deal to acquire international assets of Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil,
October 09, 2026Major European companies are expected to report substantially higher third-quarter earnings, defying a challenging backdrop in global markets as borrowing costs in some of the
October 09, 2026European stocks recovered on Friday as oil prices and bond yields eased on hopes of a pause in the Middle East war, while telecom stocks slid
October 09, 2026Malaysia will raise minimum wages and expand tax relief measures next year, as the government looks to address rising living costs
October 09, 2026With Goldman Sachs COO John Waldron firmly viewed as David Solomon's likely successor as CEO in coming years, speculation is already building among staff
October 09, 2026President Donald Trump's looming changes to a rural energy program that has distributed billions of dollars in recent years will make it
October 09, 2026Some 78% of Americans blame President Donald Trump's policies for rising prices that are outpacing their earnings,
October 09, 2026Tesla's China-made electric vehicle sales rose 5% from a year earlier in September, picking up from a 3.6% increase in August, as the company's sales rebound in Europe
October 09, 2026The US Department of Agriculture on Friday is expected to lower its estimate of how much of last year's corn harvest was fed to livestock after it reported a
October 09, 2026US companies are likely to deliver another earnings surge for the third quarter, and like the rally in the stock market, AI-related players are
October 09, 2026Thomas Barrack, a top US diplomat in the Middle East, advocated for a firm run by his business partner to take part in the development of an oil pipeline from
October 09, 2026If the Strait of Hormuz is open, why are gas and diesel so expensive?
October 09, 2026Global money market funds drew strong inflows in the week ended October 7 as a global bond selloff, concerns over government debt levels in parts of Europe and lingering inflation
October 09, 2026One of the world’s wealthiest cities is enduring the world’s most polluted air. Here’s why
October 09, 2026Premier League club Everton is on the market again after U.S. owner the Friedkin Group announced it is exploring investment options and a potential sale
October 09, 2026Italian industrial output unexpectedly fell 1.3% in August from the previous month after a 0.6% rise in July, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Friday, a far weaker
October 09, 2026South Africa's Department of Home Affairs said on Friday it had withdrawn a directive allowing the intake of asylum applications, a day after anti-migrant protests
October 09, 2026Anti-migrant protests in two South African cities including Johannesburg's Soweto township turned violent on Thursday, with the government blaming disinformation
October 08, 2026Global economic growth will likely slow to 2.6% in 2026, down from 2.9% last year, as the energy shock from the crisis in the Middle East is putting the global economy to the test,
October 09, 2026The Financial Stability Board, the global body that monitors risks to the financial system, urged authorities on Friday to strengthen emergency funding arrangements for
October 09, 2026Kenya's budget deficit is expected to rise to 5.9% of gross domestic product in the 2027/28 fiscal year from 5.5% in 2026/27, the finance ministry said on Friday.
October 09, 2026The collapse of Nvidia-backed data centre operator Firmus' $5 billion IPO is a blow to Australia's capital markets which are already facing a shrinking pool
October 09, 2026Ekniti Nitithanprapas was a young graduate student in the United States when Thailand devalued the baht in 1997, setting off the Asian financial crisis.
October 09, 2026China is set to resume October refined fuel exports after a brief halt during its Golden Week holiday, four traders familiar with the matter
October 09, 2026Indonesia's sovereign fund said it would step into the local stock market in times of stress if it made investment sense, is cautiously buying
October 09, 2026Wealthy Gen Z collectors spend far more on fine art than purchasers from any other generation, according to a report published on Thursday by Art Basel and Swiss bank UBS.
October 08, 2026Tanker freight rates soaring to record highs are putting US crude oil out of reach for Asian refiners, pushing them to seek alternatives from the Middle
October 09, 2026The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield could rise to 6% for the first time since 2000 as high oil prices fuel inflation concerns and worries over the country's growing public debt,
October 09, 2026China's tax crackdown on wealthy individuals has become the latest headache
October 09, 2026Sand-filled blast barriers and concrete shelters are multiplying at filling stations in Ukraine in a push by retailers to fortify their networks as Russia
October 09, 2026A string of high-profile IPOs have been abandoned, delayed or reworked in 2026 as investors demanded greater valuation discipline, testing hopes for a sustained revival in global
October 09, 2026Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado called for elections next year and said there was "more than enough time" to prepare for a vote by July, the Financial Times
October 09, 2026Singapore is expected to tighten monetary policy at a scheduled review on Wednesday as robust growth and inflation risks bolster the case
October 09, 2026Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday the government will continue to scrutinise exchange-rate and price developments carefully, and respond appropriately.
October 09, 2026Explosions have been heard in Saudi Arabia's capital and at the Riyadh airport where flights were halted
October 08, 2026Japanese household spending fell less than expected in August from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, for a ninth straight month of decline.
October 09, 2026Japan's government said on Friday it would reboot its spending review, widening scrutiny of tens of billions of dollars in public funds
October 09, 2026Starbucks on Thursday declined to comment on a report that it had explored a takeover of Chipotle Mexican Grill,
October 08, 2026RTX's Raytheon said on Thursday it won a multi-year US military contract worth up to $6.3 billion to produce and sustain Standard Missile-3 Block IB interceptors, as the Pentagon
October 09, 2026Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Thursday that Russia agreed with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the Ukraine conflict was in a stalemate.
October 09, 2026Your child may be enrolled in a “Trump Account” whether you realize it or not
October 09, 2026Federal budget deficit climbs to $2 trillion as fiscal jitters multiply
October 09, 2026US President Donald Trump on Thursday said comments he made that Iran could "take out" California cities had been misinterpreted and that he was instead referring to the need for
October 09, 2026Brazil's Finance Minister Dario Durigan on Thursday dismissed market enthusiasm over the prospect of a Flavio Bolsonaro presidency as a "cheap, hollow illusion," after
October 09, 2026President Donald Trump celebrated tech billionaires such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at an event with arguably awkward timing
October 08, 2026Venezuela's economy is projected to expand 6.5% in the third quarter this year, acting President Delcy Rodriguez said on Thursday, highlighting recovery in both oil and non-
October 09, 2026US stocks dipped on Thursday as crude prices surged on a spike in Middle East tensions and a cut in US output that stoked inflation
October 08, 2026The European Commission pushed back on Thursday against Italian and Greek requests to grant euro zone governments more fiscal leeway related to higher inflation caused by
October 09, 2026The US government said on Thursday it is suspending some of the world's biggest tech and IT firms including Microsoft, Cognizant and
October 09, 2026The US suspended Microsoft, major IT outsourcers and software maker Adobe from a key green-card program on Thursday while opening probes
October 08, 2026A week after flood, Omaha residents continue clean up, seek aid
October 09, 2026US Treasuries rose on Thursday, with most yields across the curve falling for just the second time this week, after a 30-year bond auction met
October 08, 2026The US imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Thursday, targeting individuals, networks and 17 vessels for transporting Iranian crude
October 08, 2026Colombia would face major hurdles in meeting any commitments it makes under a prospective agreement with the International Monetary Fund, from which it is
October 08, 2026Airbus delivered 72 planes in September, the planemaker said on Thursday, bringing nine-month deliveries to 547 aircraft, up 8% from the same point last year.
October 08, 2026Oil prices settled 4% higher on Thursday on revived concerns about the ongoing war in the Middle East and growing supply disruptions due to a hurricane
October 08, 2026Cuba's flagship baseball team, Industriales, has debuted a jersey with a private sponsor's logo
October 08, 2026A witness says explosions have rocked Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, including a blast at the international airport
October 08, 2026Brazil's tight presidential election has some investors, executives and climate-focused businesses worried that a government
October 08, 2026US prosecutors on Thursday charged ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiring to torture political opponents and
October 08, 2026A US Army investigative report into the collision of an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
October 08, 2026Britain's Foreign Office announced on Thursday new sanctions targeting individuals and entities it said were involved in the production or transport of Russian oil,
October 08, 2026Alphabet's Google Cloud on Thursday introduced the Gemini agent, a single AI agent for work that can answer questions, handle tasks, create content and write code.
October 08, 2026The dollar retreated on Thursday as a rise in euro zone bond yields stalled, while expectations for the path of interest rates from the Federal Reserve
October 08, 2026Nicolás Maduro and his wife face new charges over alleged torture of Americans
October 08, 2026US stocks opened lower on Thursday as oil prices surged and Treasury yields hovered near multi-year highs, stoking inflation worries ahead of an earnings season that will test
October 08, 2026Intensifying attacks by Russia and Ukraine ahead of the winter are further endangering navigational safety in the Black Sea, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan
October 08, 2026Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Russia's war in Ukraine is at a dangerous stalemate and the United States will keep working toward a
October 08, 2026Governments need to redouble efforts to restore confidence in their public finances, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on
October 08, 2026Tankers are facing a higher risk of attacks and intimidation as they try to get critical shipments through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran
October 08, 2026Euro zone inflation could go higher than already-elevated projections, but policymakers dampened near-term rate hike bets on Thursday, arguing that
October 08, 2026PepsiCo warned on Thursday that growth and margin recovery in its key North American market was taking longer than planned and said it
October 08, 2026Greece has agreed to spend up to $4 billion upgrading more of its F-16 fighter jets and buying advanced missiles from the US, two senior sources told
October 08, 2026The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to continued labor market stability despite a sharp
October 08, 2026Nigeria's economy is expected to grow by an average of 4.4% a year through 2028, with inflation and poverty declining if the government sustains reforms and
October 08, 2026Trump stumps for embattled Texas Senate candidate at raucous rally
October 08, 2026The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits fell slightly last week as layoffs remain low and most American workers enjoy job security
October 08, 2026US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Thursday the US is sticking to its stance in trade talks with Canada, saying a recent election in Quebec province is
October 08, 2026Several global and regional hotel groups are looking to enter or expand in Syria, senior executives told Reuters, betting that its rich
October 08, 2026The US supports an EU-backed undersea power cable scheme in the eastern Mediterranean and will use diplomacy to try to remove any possible hurdles, Secretary of State Marco
October 08, 2026China pushed back against foreign criticism of its exchange-rate policy on Thursday, saying it has never pursued competitive depreciation, as
October 08, 2026Euro zone finance ministers and the European Central Bank told France on Thursday to pass a 2027 budget to calm bond markets, as French borrowing costs
October 08, 2026Stock markets finally stalled on Wednesday and early Thursday as the bond crunch ground on, with the latest Federal Reserve minutes showing most policymakers in
October 08, 2026A hurricane could cripple US refining when the world can least afford it
October 08, 2026Voters who backed Democratic former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 are far more enthusiastic about casting ballots this November than those who
October 08, 2026The European Central Bank is expected to hold its deposit rate at 2.50% this month but raise it by 25 basis points in December as inflation runs nearly
October 08, 2026Technology companies and utilities are increasingly exploring ways to make power-hungry data centers more flexible in when and how they consume electricity,
October 08, 2026British long-term borrowing costs hit fresh multi-decade highs on Thursday as part of a global bond selloff driven by a sharp rise in oil prices triggered by attacks on
October 08, 2026Australia's AI investment boom is likely to boost inflation in the near term as productivity benefits take longer to emerge, leaving the central bank with limited
October 08, 2026Investors will scrutinize US quarterly bank earnings next week for signs that a recent spike in Treasury yields may curb dealmaking and
October 08, 2026British employers look on course to raise pay by around 3.5% next year, a bigger increase than would be helpful in returning inflation to its 2% target, Bank of England
October 08, 2026Goldman Sachs Group's top executives are set to receive special equity awards worth more than $500 million, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
October 08, 2026Millions of Americans who buy cheap drugs from Canada could soon lose access due to a new customs rule
October 08, 2026The Bank of England should not continue to rely on high bond yields to do its job of taming inflation, Monetary Policy Committee member Megan Greene said on Thursday.
October 08, 2026Evicted 87-year-old who became a symbol of Spain’s housing crisis has died
October 08, 2026European Central Bank policymaker Pierre Wunsch pushed back on a proposal to increase charges on commercial banks, warning that it could hurt the credibility of future
October 08, 2026The European Central Bank may have to keep raising interest rates given an abundance of upside inflation risks but the timing and size of any move remain
October 08, 2026US container imports rose 10.3% from a year earlier in September to set a new record for the month, buoyed by a 21.2% increase in shipments from China, supply-chain
October 08, 2026How far French borrowing costs rise will depend on whether presidential candidates, above all far-right frontrunner Marine Le Pen,
October 08, 2026US Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Thursday that additional rate hikes will likely be needed to lower inflation to the Fed's 2%
October 08, 2026Accounting firm Deloitte has been fined £6.05 million ($7.98 million) over its audits of transport operator Go-Ahead Group for the financial years between 2016 and 2020,
October 08, 2026The Japanese operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, Seven & i Holdings, said on Thursday it booked an 11% fall in second-quarter operating profit.
October 08, 2026The Bank of Japan said price increases driven by higher raw material costs were spreading to consumer goods with some firms hiking prices more often,
October 08, 2026The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier is returning home to San Diego after a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war
October 08, 2026Thailand's central bank chief said on Thursday there is no rush to raise interest rates and monetary policy could not address structural issues constraining economic growth.
October 08, 2026The number one challenge to expansion for BYD is geopolitics, Stella Li, BYD's executive vice president, said on Thursday, months after the Chinese company's chairman
October 08, 2026Senior members of Germany's governing coalition have vowed to quickly implement reforms, according to a message to lawmakers seen by Reuters on Thursday, as the government
October 08, 2026China, the world's second-largest economy, has boosted funding of multilateral development institutions tenfold since 2010, but its voting power and
October 08, 2026Chinese taxi driver Wang peered through binoculars at a North Korean flag fluttering beyond a soon-to-open bridge linking his city
October 08, 2026Daimler Truck reported 26% growth in third-quarter vehicle sales on Thursday, as deliveries increased at both its North American unit and largely Europe-based Mercedes-Benz Trucks,
October 08, 2026German exports fell unexpectedly in August due to a sharp decline in shipments to the United States, showing that momentum in the euro zone's largest economy is
October 08, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole Sovereign borrowers are no longer the big boys on the block as AI giants increasingly invade their turf.
October 08, 2026Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration is ramping up efforts to shed its growth and easy money image through changes in
October 08, 2026The European Union is bracing for a confrontation with China as a trade deficit exceeding $1 billion a day heightens anxiety over potential job losses and pushes the bloc’s political leaders to take a more aggressive approach toward its second-largest trading partner
October 07, 2026Asian shares slid on Thursday as strains in sovereign bond markets were aggravated by reports some major tech companies were seeking to raise billions in debt
October 08, 2026The US transportation department said late on Wednesday it approved a five-year exemption for Aurora and other self-driving trucking companies from
October 08, 2026President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point as a major hurricane approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast
October 08, 2026Britain's labour market showed more signs of recovering last month from its protracted slowdown, with permanent staff placements rising at
October 08, 2026Samsung Electronics on Thursday projected its quarterly profit would top 100 trillion won, a world first for a technology company, estimating
October 08, 2026Amazon confirmed on Wednesday it had cut what it said were a small number of jobs, primarily in its Stores unit which oversees the main e-commerce
October 08, 2026Sri Lanka is facing severe drought, leaving reservoirs dry and farming communities struggling
October 08, 2026President Donald Trump has announced that all Americans under age 18 are being automatically enrolled in Trump Accounts, which are set up by the government to invest in stocks
October 07, 2026The US Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is proposing to boost grants for major transit projects by 10% in areas that have above-average
October 08, 2026Federal Reserve meeting minutes from last month’s policy meeting noted some officials believe it’s time for the central bank to get ready for bond market stress.
October 08, 2026Tropical Storm Isaias formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before slamming into the southern US
October 07, 2026Some of the guardrails for children that OpenAI included in its ChatGPT for Teens product do not work as intended and the chatbot poses an “unacceptable risk” to children
October 08, 2026Levi Strauss raised its annual profit forecast on Wednesday, after benefiting from tariff refunds, as it bets on strong holiday demand for its
October 08, 2026A sea of red swept across global stocks on Wednesday as the bond market selloff picked up again and lifted long-dated US yields to 24-year highs,
October 08, 2026Christa Pike is “angry and confused” after surviving an attempt to execute her in Tennessee
October 07, 2026CHICAGO, Oct 7 (Chicago) - Seven current and former students at Lincoln University of Missouri sued the state on Wednesday, alleging it violated the US Constitution and federal civil rights law by
October 08, 2026U.S. stocks pulled back from their record
October 07, 2026Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this year’s war with Israel, two people with direct knowledge of
October 07, 2026The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it will vote on October 29 to bar all Chinese labs from testing electronic devices such as
October 08, 2026The US Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it would soon propose scrapping a Biden-era rule aimed at curbing large leaks of methane from oil and gas operations.
October 08, 2026Wall Street closed lower on Wednesday, as long-dated US Treasury yields resumed their climb, reviving fears about inflation and
October 07, 2026Brazil's antitrust regulator CADE on Wednesday approved American Airlines' $100 million investment in Azul, giving the US firm a minority stake of about 8% in the
October 07, 2026Federal Reserve policymakers were divided last month over the rationale for raising interest rates, with "some participants" seeing a hike as needed
October 08, 2026Trump announces major submarine shipyard plan at former Bethlehem Steel site in Sparrows Point
October 08, 2026Most Federal Reserve officials expect that another interest rate increase will likely be needed this year to combat inflation, minutes released Wednesday from the central bank’s most recent meeting showed
October 08, 2026Michigan Republican Mike Rogers, locked in one of the nation's most competitive Senate races, called on Wednesday for an end to the US-Canada tariff dispute, breaking
October 07, 2026Wells Fargo is facing a potential investigation from the Trump administration's housing authority over programs and commitments the bank made to increase homeownership among Black
October 07, 2026The International Energy Agency agreed on Wednesday to accelerate the release of oil stocks and to prioritise diesel supplies under a plan
October 07, 2026The pharmaceutical industry's top lobby group on Wednesday sued to invalidate the Trump administration's efforts to benchmark US drug prices to lower costs overseas
October 07, 2026The US Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to take action against owner Booking Holdings over online ads that appear to direct consumers to a
October 07, 2026Trade unions in Spain on Wednesday announced a nationwide general strike over housing issues for November 11, a protest that will take place
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October 07, 2026Kenya's central bank maintained its benchmark lending rate on Wednesday, saying it saw inflation staying within its target range in the short term despite
October 07, 2026Apollo Global Management has submitted a non-binding offer for German state-owned energy firm Uniper, two people with direct
October 07, 2026The euro tumbled on Wednesday as French bonds came under renewed pressure on fiscal concerns, while the dollar held gains following the minutes from
October 07, 2026Nearly a month after President Donald Trump signed a sweeping Russian sanctions bill named after Lindsey Graham, bipartisan leadership in the Senate is urging the administration to act to help Ukraine
October 07, 2026The leader of Britain's opposition Conservatives, Kemi Badenoch, pledged on Wednesday to abolish inheritance tax on family homes and let couples pass on
October 07, 2026Thailand is at "the last paragraph" of a trade agreement with the United States, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday.
October 07, 2026Transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz deemed illegal by Iran will soon be closed, an adviser to the Revolutionary Guards' Commander told the semi-official Fars News Agency on
October 07, 2026The interest rate on the most common US home loan jumped last week to its highest in almost three years, worsening affordability for buyers four weeks before elections
October 07, 2026Moody's raised its outlook for sub-Saharan African countries to positive on Wednesday, saying reforms had helped them weather inflationary pressures,
October 07, 2026Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Wednesday as Treasury yields and oil prices rose again, keeping investors cautious as they awaited the minutes of the Federal Reserve's
October 07, 2026For Paige Hansen, changing the food system starts with changing the ingredients
October 07, 2026The head of the International Monetary Fund says countries both rich and poor must take faster action to cut debt and counter growing inequality as their economies weather a triple whammy from the AI boom and shocks from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine
October 07, 2026Existential and financial risks posed by the artificial intelligence boom were top of mind for investors and policymakers at two conferences in Singapore
October 07, 2026Truckers thought the worst was over. Then diesel prices doubled
October 07, 2026British finance minister John Healey is expected to raise taxes in his first budget to restore some of his fiscal room for manoeuvre which has been eroded by the global surge
October 07, 2026US Vice President JD Vance said in an exclusive interview with Reuters that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment
October 07, 2026Indian households are expecting inflation to head higher, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday, signalling that rising food and fuel prices are starting to have an impact beyond
October 07, 2026European Union authorities should take rising inflation into account when assessing government deviation from budget goals, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said, arguing
October 07, 2026Porsche is reshaping its business for a future with lower sales volumes, the sports car maker said on Wednesday, betting that a
October 07, 2026Longer, hotter summers are disrupting fashion's seasonal calendar, forcing luxury brands to adapt designs and threatening sales of higher-margin winter clothing.
October 07, 2026US Treasury yields are forecast to fall over coming months, according to fixed income strategists in a Reuters poll who clung to their long-held view
October 07, 2026United Parcel Service on Wednesday said it would hire 100,000 seasonal employees across the US, as it prepares for a spike in parcel volumes for the upcoming holiday season.
October 07, 2026European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic heads to Beijing on Wednesday for key talks designed to reduce the European Union's growing trade deficit
October 07, 2026Shares in top European banks fell sharply on Wednesday as a renewed bond selloff and rising oil prices stoked concerns that inflation could reaccelerate, putting further
October 07, 2026Kalshi is launching prediction apps with Native American tribes. That’s dividing Indian country
October 07, 2026US President Donald Trump is sending $2.35 billion in direct payments to millions of Americans just weeks before the November 3 elections that will
October 07, 2026In a small outdoor plot in Fargo, North Dakota, plant breeder Carrie Dottey crouched over a tiny flower on a leafy green soybean plant,
October 07, 2026As the US third-quarter earnings season gets set to kick off, Wall Street's S&P 500 joined the Nasdaq in setting a new record high on Tuesday - its first in about six
October 07, 2026A readout on Wednesday of the Federal Reserve's last policy meeting is expected to show a much broader debate than reflected in the unanimous decision
October 07, 2026Nestle is making its biggest-ever international sponsorship play through an NBA deal with its cocoa and malt drinks business, the latest consumer
October 07, 2026Examiners at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gave a largely clean bill of health to most of the companies they inspected earlier this year
October 07, 2026PepsiCo is running out of time to deliver on the growth and margin targets it set out after activist investor
October 07, 2026The world's rich view rising rates and yields as the biggest threat to global economic growth, while a large majority expect Asia to be the most stable geopolitical region
October 07, 2026German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz said on Wednesday sales in its core car business continued to fall in the third quarter, declining 8% year-on-year due to challenging market
October 07, 2026European shares closed sharply lower on Wednesday after three straight sessions of gains, as higher oil prices and a rise in bond yields sapped
October 07, 2026Traders have turned more discerning following a bond market rout, dumping the debt of European countries they deem the
October 07, 2026German industrial production rose more than expected in August despite disruptions to Rhine shipping caused by low water levels, driven by
October 07, 2026The global economy is under threat from persistently high energy prices, record public debt and risks from the AI investment boom, International Monetary Fund
October 07, 2026Iraq's cabinet approved a new exchange-rate structure for the dinar, setting a rate of 1,520 dinars per US dollar, roughly 14.5% below the previous
October 07, 2026A Taiwan union representing workers at Micron Technology said on Wednesday it had secured authorisation from its members to strike over a dispute concerning
October 07, 2026A sharp surge in India's banking system liquidity will not be a long-term phenomenon, with most of the funds likely to be used up by the end of the
October 07, 2026Myanmar's junta chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Malaysia on Wednesday for talks with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as the military-backed leader once
October 07, 2026(Corrects AUM in paragraph 7 to 128 trillion yen for Nomura Asset Management, not 156 trillion yen for Nomura's investment management division) By Anton Bridge and Miho Uranaka TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters)
October 07, 2026The Indian central bank raised its benchmark repo rate INREPO=ECI by 25 basis points to 5.5% on Wednesday, marking the first rise in nearly four years amid mounting inflation and
October 07, 2026India's central bank raised its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5% on Wednesday, marking the first rise in nearly four years amid
October 07, 2026Samsung Electronics is expected to report a nearly nine-fold jump in third-quarter operating profit, driven by robust AI demand, though analysts have cut
October 07, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rocky Swift Wall Street indexes scaled new heights overnight on earnings optimism, but the buzz fizzled out in Asia as oil prices climbed
October 07, 2026France’s student protests highlight a debt crisis that could spill over to the rest of Europe
October 07, 2026Malaysia is likely to deliver a moderately expansionary budget for 2027 on Friday as it looks to boost support for households ahead of a general
October 07, 2026Japan's Rapidus, with $15 billion in state backing, is tying up with chip design firms as it seeks to answer a major question hanging over
October 07, 2026Vietnamese banks are planning nearly $7 billion in share sales as the country's fast-growing economy fuels demand for capital, opening
October 07, 2026Japan's real wages rose 1.5% in August from a year earlier, marking the eighth consecutive month of gains, government data showed on Wednesday, pointing to a continued
October 07, 2026Spain's government has approved urgent measures to tackle the housing crisis after violent protests erupted in Barcelona
October 06, 2026A federal judge on Tuesday allowed a US fund to seek payment records from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Clearing House Interbank Payments
October 07, 2026SpaceX is in talks with banks and asset managers to raise $40 billion for the purchase of Nvidia artificial intelligence chips, two sources familiar with the matter said.
October 07, 2026The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Papua New Guinea on reviews of its funding facilities, potentially unlocking up to $189
October 07, 2026Credit-scoring giant Fair Isaac, known as FICO, said on Tuesday it would trim about 15% of its workforce as part of a broader restructuring and AI integration, becoming the latest US
October 07, 2026Companies spanning tech giant Microsoft to grocer Kroger have announced layoffs this year, deepening concerns that AI adoption will upend established industries, with job losses
July 06, 2026Japan is considering compiling an extra budget focused on relief spending for reconstruction efforts after disasters such as earthquakes and heavy rain, the Yomiuri newspaper
October 07, 2026PARIS, Oct 6 - US credit card spending on luxury brands fell for a third consecutive month in September, retail lender Citi said on Tuesday, signalling further weakness in the industry's biggest
October 07, 2026President Donald Trump traveled to the Baltimore area to highlight a $3.7 billion investment by Anduril to build components for nuclear-powered submarines at a shipyard
October 07, 2026Trump admin blocks Democratic Gov. Wes Moore from speaking at Maryland shipbuilding event
October 07, 2026The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs on Tuesday as a pause in the bond market sell-off and steady oil prices paved the way for a tech- and AI-
October 07, 2026Paramount Skydance completed its blockbuster $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery on Tuesday, creating a Hollywood heavyweight
October 06, 2026Former CIA official accused of stealing $40M in gold bars pleads guilty
October 07, 2026President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was thinking about suspending the federal gas tax as high gas and diesel prices pose a risk
October 07, 2026US stocks hit record high, shrugging off bond market turmoil
October 06, 2026Top Democrat is investigating Jared Kushner’s financial investments after CNN report
October 07, 2026McDonald’s is facing a federal lawsuit that alleges its AI-enhanced pricing tool violates antitrust laws because it shares nonpublic data with competing franchisees
October 07, 2026The amount of oil in storage that is accessible to the global market is running low, industry executives said at a forum
October 06, 2026Video posted by government forces in Yemen showed them driving armoured cars over Houthi fighters as they recaptured areas around the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait from
October 07, 2026Bulgaria’s prime minister says that two commercial vessels have been struck by drones in the first attack on shipping in the NATO member’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea
October 06, 2026World stocks scaled two-week highs on Tuesday with Wall Street indexes setting new records, as steady oil prices and falling bond
October 06, 2026Nvidia-backed cloud-computing company Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a pre-money valuation of $14.5 billion in what would be its final funding round before a planned initial
October 06, 2026Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella has offered legal assistance to a group of Colombian military veterans who were arrested over the 2021 killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse
October 07, 2026San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Tuesday said she supported September's interest-rate hike in the face of rising inflation risks, but feels that whether more are
October 06, 2026Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday after recovering earlier losses, as the market weighed increases in Middle Eastern crude exports and a planned
October 06, 2026US power consumption will rise to record highs in 2026 and 2027, driven by AI-hungry data centers and electrification, the US Energy Information
October 06, 2026Democratic lawmakers from northeastern US states urged Energy Secretary Chris Wright to take action to cut soaring heating oil costs they blamed on President
October 06, 2026Saudi-backed Yemeni forces attack Houthis near key global trade route
October 04, 2026JPMorgan Chase has appointed former Goldman Sachs and Sycamore executive Rob Sweeney as a global chair of investment banking, according to an internal memo
October 06, 2026The Federal Reserve plans to overhaul how it supervises US banks, restructuring its model with a new one that will be more accountable to Washington,
October 06, 2026Democratic US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday pressed Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, an ally of President Donald Trump, to
October 06, 2026Prediction market startup Kalshi launched a stock index perpetual future on Tuesday, broadening the reach of the nascent derivatives instrument as it looks to challenge traditional
October 06, 2026The US Energy Information Administration raised its oil price forecast for this year and next year on Tuesday, as global stockpiles fall rapidly and diesel markets remain
October 06, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Ankara and Istanbul from October 21 to 23, his office said on Tuesday, in what will be the first dedicated bilateral visit
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