[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street indexes rallied and bond yields followed stocks higher on Friday as investors reacted to corporate earnings reports and U.S. President Donald Trump announced an agreement to end the
Wall Street gains on U.S. government shutdown compromise
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street gained ground on Friday in a broad-based rally as investors were heartened by news that Washington would move to end the longest U.S. government shutdown in history. Traders
Queen sends a Brexit message to UK politicians: end your bickering
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth has sent a delicately coded message to Britain’s fractious political class over Brexit, urging lawmakers to seek common ground and keep their eyes on the big picture to resolve
Gold soars to over seven-month high as dollar falls ahead of Fed meet
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Gold jumped over 1 percent to a more than seven-month high on Friday, briefly surpassing the $1,300 mark, as the dollar slid ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting next week where
Mastercard nudges Visa’s offer to buy British payments firm Earthport
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Mastercard Inc made a 233 million pound ($305 million) bid to take over payments firm Earthport Plc on Friday, scuppering rival Visa Inc’s attempts to buy the British company. Mastercard’s offer is
Nearly half WTO members agree to talks on new e-commerce rules
[ad_1] DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Impatient with a lack of World Trade Organization rules to cover the explosive growth of e-commerce, 76 countries and regions including the United States, the EU and Japan agreed on
Colgate-Palmolive expects profit to decline in 2019
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Colgate-Palmolive Co forecast a surprise drop in 2019 profit on Friday, blaming higher raw material costs and a stronger dollar, sending its shares down 3 percent. A display of Colgate toothpaste is
As dismal data flows, ECB policymakers promise caution
[ad_1] PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers promised on Friday to tread carefully in removing stimulus any further, just as two fresh surveys pointed to an even bigger-than-projected slowdown in the euro zone’s growth.
Deutsche Bank board members not pushing for Commerzbank tie-up: union
[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – There is no desire among Deutsche Bank’s supervisory board members for a merger with rival Commerzbank in the near-term, a Deutsche board member said. FILE PHOTO: A Deutsche Bank logo at
Volkswagen to manufacture mobile electric car recharging stations
[ad_1] SALZGITTER, Germany (Reuters) – Volkswagen will manufacture electric car batteries and charging stations in its home region in Germany, as it prepares to mass produce electric vehicles and overhaul its components division, which makes