By Dan Burns – The market for existing U.S. homes softened unexpectedly in December, but 2021 still wrapped up with the strongest annual sales in 15 years, data from the …
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WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of more than 140 U.S. lawmakers called on U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to immediately revive and expand a tariff exclusion process on Chinese goods …
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WASHINGTON – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday signaled her willingness to advance legislation that could ban lawmaker stock trades, if her rank-and-file Democrats support such a …
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By Jahnavi Nidumolu and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – Leon Black accused a former top lieutenant at Apollo Global Management Inc of exploiting the billionaire’s ties to the late sex …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON – Days after U.S. President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, two of his top immigration advisors outlined bold plans, including a major immigration reform …
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON – The United States is analyzing what damage could be done by Russia to Western allies, such as halting oil and gas exports, if the Biden …
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– Pre-production vehicles of General Motors Co’s electric SUV Cadillac Lyriq have been assembled and are expected to be delivered to customers in a “few months”, President Mark Reuss said …
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By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK -Wells Fargo & Co on Thursday said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) terminated a 2015 consent order after the bank …
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits jumped to a three-month high last week, likely as a winter wave of COVID-19 infections …
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PARIS – France has decided to loosen its directive for people to work-from-home, said Prime Minister Jean Castex, as the country aims to get through a fifth wave of the …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The chairmen of two congressional panels on oversight and trade on Thursday assailed Tesla’s expansion in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, where detention camps have drawn heavy …
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By Anirban Sen and Matt Scuffham -Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, Wall Street’s premier investment banks, this week informed staff of bumper bonuses for 2021, following a record-breaking year for …
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MEXICO CITY/HOUSTON – Royal Dutch Shell will supply crude to the 340,000-barrel-per-day Deer Park refinery for at least 15 years, as part of the sale of its stake in the …
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-U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday that global trade policy makers should not try to recreate the pre-pandemic trading system but build one that is more resilient, sustainable …
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– David Perdue, a Republican candidate for Georgia governor, on Thursday called for the establishment of a police unit to investigate voter fraud, underscoring his campaign strategy of promoting falsehoods …
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NEW YORK – Goldman Sachs increased its annual bonus pool for top-performing investment bankers by 40% to 50%, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said, after a record-breaking …
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By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW – Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine would expect Russia’s army to fight with them against Ukrainian government forces if Moscow follows through on a parliamentary proposal …
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WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is preparing for future variants of COVID-19, White House chief of Staff Ron Klain told MSNBC in an interview that aired on Thursday as the …
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By Hilary Russ NEW YORK -McDonald’s Corp said on Thursday it will expand its U.S. test of a plant-based burger it created with vegan meat maker Beyond Meat Inc to …
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BERLIN – The Archbishop of Munich, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, apologised on Thursday to the victims of historic sexual abuse in his archdiocese after a report found fault with his handling …
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-New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said his first paycheck, to arrive on Friday, will be automatically converted into cryptocurrency via Coinbase Global Inc. The salary will be …
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By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Yimou Lee WASHINGTON – The United States is looking for ways to potentially accelerate delivery of Taiwan’s next generation of new-build F-16 fighter jets, …
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By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON – As part of its battle against inflation and a return to more normal monetary policy, the U.S. Federal Reserve is approaching a decision to reduce …
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WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund expects to raise its forecast that the COVID-19 pandemic will cost the global economy $12.5 trillion through 2024, the head of the global lender …
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By Joseph Nasr and Sarah Marsh BERLIN – Germany could find itself in a no-win situation if Russia invades Ukraine, pitting Berlin’s main gas supplier against its most important security …