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US trade gap wider than anticipated in March
The US trade deficit was wider than analysts anticipated in March -- hovering close to the biggest in nearly a year -- with export...
Markets diverge before Apple earnings, on eve of k...
European stock markets diverged Thursday as investors digested the Federal Reserve interest rate outlook and awaited Apple's lates...
Shell logs 'strong' quarter as earnings fall but t...
British oil and gas giant Shell announced Thursday that first-quarter earnings fell but beat expectations in a "strong" performanc...
OECD lifts 2024 growth forecasts, driven by US
The OECD raised its global economic growth forecast for 2024 on Thursday, driven by strong performances in the United States and e...
Weight-loss drug maker Novo Nordisk's profits soar...
Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk reported more soaring profits on Thursday thanks to the popularity of anti-diabetes and w...
Shell logs sliding profits as revenues sink
British energy major Shell on Thursday posted sharply lower first-quarter net profit on sinking revenues, but adjusted earnings to...
Microsoft announces $2.2 bn AI, cloud investment i...
Microsoft pledged a $2.2 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing in Malaysia on Thursday to help develop...
Yen slips after rallying on suspected intervention...
The yen weakened Thursday following another surge against the dollar that fuelled speculation Japanese authorities had intervened...
Wall Street stocks end mostly down while dollar sl...
Wall Street stocks finished a choppy session mostly lower while the dollar retreated Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's latest...
Harvey Weinstein faces accuser as judge orders ret...
Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein faced one of his accusers in New York court Wednesday as he was told he would be retried for...
Wall Street mixed, dollar steady ahead of Fed upda...
The dollar steadied Wednesday and Wall Street shares were mixed as investors went into a holding pattern ahead of key announcement...
Harvey Weinstein due in court after NY convictions...
Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein was due in court in New York on Wednesday for the first time since his convictions in the st...
Wall Street mixed, dollar steady, before Fed deliv...
Wall Street shares opened mixed and the dollar steadied Wednesday as investors waited to hear the US Federal Reserve's latest thin...
US private sector job growth higher than expected:...
Hiring in the US private sector cooled in April but job growth was still higher than anticipated, boosted by the services sector,...
Pfizer profits drop on lower Covid-19 product sale...
Pfizer reported a drop in profits on lower sales of Covid-19 related profits Wednesday as it steers investments to other pharmaceu...
Dollar steady and London shares higher before Fed...
The dollar steadied and London shares were slightly higher in holiday-thinned trading Wednesday as investors awaited clarity on th...
Asian markets track Wall St down as Fed looms
Asian stocks sank in holiday-thinned trade Wednesday, tracking a sharp sell-off on Wall Street after fresh US data dealt another b...
Asian markets track Wall St down ahead of Fed deci...
Asian stocks sank in holiday-thinned trade Wednesday, tracking a sharp sell-off on Wall Street after fresh US data dealt another b...
Milei's liberalization reforms get provisional gre...
Argentina's lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved a swath of liberalizing reforms eyed by President Javier Milei, in the f...
Starbucks points to weaker consumer as profit fall...
Starbucks reported lower profits on falling sales on Tuesday as the coffee giant pointed to weakening consumer sentiment and lackl...
Amazon triples quarterly profit as cloud surges
E-commerce titan Amazon on Tuesday said profit in the first three months of 2024 tripled as its cloud, ads, and retail businesses...
Ex-Binance chief jailed for four months in US
The founder of cryptocurrency firm Binance was sentenced to four months in US prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to money lau...
Milei's liberalization reforms get a provisional g...
Argentine lawmakers gave approval in principle Tuesday for a swath of liberalizing reforms eyed by President Javier Milei in a rar...
Tesla to cut hundreds more jobs in Musk cost push:...
Tesla plans hundreds of additional job cuts beyond a recent company-wide layoff as it cracks down on costs in a tough electric veh...
Gaza boycott continues to weigh on McDonald's sale...
McDonald's reported a modest increase in quarterly profits Tuesday despite a boycott stemming from the Middle East conflict expect...
G7 to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-203...
G7 ministers agreed a timeframe Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting as a goal the mid-2030s, in a move hailed...
Iconic French painting to make comeback in true co...
A world-famous painting of a bare-chested woman leading French revolutionaries is this week to reveal its true colours after resto...
Changpeng Zhao, the 'normal guy' who conquered cry...
During his time at the helm of the world's biggest cryptocurrency firm, former Binance boss Changpeng Zhao, who will be sentenced...
European satellite giant SES to buy US rival Intel...
European satellite group SES will acquire US rival Intelsat for $3.1 billion, the companies said Tuesday, seeking to compete in a...
Chinese tech giant Huawei profit surges 564%, biti...
Tech giant Huawei's first-quarter profits surged over fivefold year-on-year, a company filing showed Tuesday, as the US-sanctioned...
Abu Dhabi-backed group ends Telegraph takeover bid
An Abu Dhabi-backed group planning to take over Britain's Telegraph Media Group (TMG) said Tuesday it will withdraw and sell on th...
Eurozone stocks sag on strong euro as region exits...
Eurozone equities sagged Tuesday, weighed down by the strong euro as investors digested bright economic news, while London hit ano...