by iwd | May 20, 2024 | Business
By Eric Onstad and Julian LukLONDON (Reuters) – Copper’s lightning rally to record highs may not be sustainable in the coming weeks, with action concentrated on the shipment of material to cover exposed short positions in the U.S. Comex futures market...
by iwd | May 19, 2024 | General
By Catarina Demony and Ana CanteroLISBON (Reuters) – A bright comet fragment lit up the skies over parts of Spain and Portugal late on Saturday, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), with one Lisbon resident saying the dazzling display “felt like a...
by iwd | May 17, 2024 | General
By Bernard Orr, Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew OsbornBEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) – China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged a “new era” of partnership between the two most powerful rivals of the United States which...
by iwd | May 17, 2024 | General
By Gram Slattery, Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew GoudswardWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some of Donald Trump’s allies are assembling proposals to curtail the Justice Department’s independence and turn the nation’s top law enforcement body into an attack...
by iwd | May 17, 2024 | Economy
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China on Friday announced “historic” steps to stabilise the crisis-hit property sector, with the central bank facilitating 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion) in extra funding, easing mortgage rules, and local governments set...
by iwd | May 17, 2024 | General
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Israel must comply with international law in Gaza and address the devastating humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave, a group of Western nations wrote in a letter to the Israeli government seen by Reuters on Friday. All...
by iwd | May 16, 2024 | General
By Francesco GuarascioHANOI (Reuters) – As the United States intensifies efforts to reduce trade with China by hiking tariffs, it has greatly boosted imports from Vietnam, which relies on Chinese input for much of its exports, data show.The surge in the...
by iwd | May 16, 2024 | Business
By Saqib Iqbal AhmedNEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks are at fresh records, bitcoin is soaring and investors are spurning insurance against portfolio declines as evidence that the economy is headed for a so-called soft landing whets market participants’...
by iwd | May 16, 2024 | Business
(Reuters) – The sports-streaming service set to be launched by Walt Disney Co, Warner Bros Discovery and Fox Corp will be called Venu Sports and is on track for launch this fall, Pete Distad, the venture’s CEO, said on Thursday.Announced in February, the...
by iwd | May 16, 2024 | General
(Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said on Thursday it is looking whether more regulations are needed to prevent money laundering and illicit finance. Closing legal and regulatory gaps is a top...