US and World News

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said on Wednesday the country’s financial system is as a whole resilient but global financial stress will test this. …

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -Grieving relatives of the 17 students and teachers killed in a 2018 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, confronted the killer, Nikolas Cruz, with tearful, angry …

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Dollar General Corp, one of the largest U.S. discount retailers, was sued on Tuesday by Ohio, which accused the company of baiting shoppers with low prices …

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street stocks fell on Tuesday while Treasury yields dipped as investors speculated whether the U.S. Federal Reserve may hint at a slower …

By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) – Infant formula manufacturer Perrigo Company Plc said on Tuesday it is buying the Good Start brand and a Wisconsin plant that makes the …

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury last month repelled cyber attacks by a pro-Russian hacker group, preventing disruption and confirming the effectiveness of the department’s stronger approach to …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Payment-seeking software made by Russian hackers was used in three quarters of all the ransomware schemes reported to a U.S. financial crime agency in the second half …

By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s Google is pausing the enforcement of a policy that requires app developers in India to use its proprietary billing …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank should start shrinking its oversized pile of government debt at the start of next year, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel told a German newspaper, outlining …

(Reuters) – Insurer American International Group Inc on Tuesday reported a more than 39% decline in quarterly profit as investment income fell by more than $1 billion and losses from …

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever Some of the developed world’s central banks might be nearing peak rates and …

By Pavel Polityuk and Jonathan Landay KYIV/MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia told civilians on Tuesday to leave an area along the eastern bank of the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian province …

By Marie Mannes (Reuters) -Framtiden Partnerships, a shareholder of Swedish Match AB for nearly two decades, said it will not accept Marlboro maker Philip Morris International Inc’s higher offer of …

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s trade surplus in October was lower than forecast, even though exports grew faster than imports for the first time since February, official figures showed on Tuesday. …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Several Shanghai residents received fresh stay-at-home orders and mandatory testing notices on Tuesday as authorities raced to trace contacts linked to a COVID-positive woman whose visit to …

(Our weekly analysis of the wild world of cryptocurrencies. Repeats for additional subscribers) By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – After months of tears and tantrums, bitcoin wants …

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar slid against major currencies on Tuesday, on some expectation that the Federal Reserve will signal a slower pace of tightening …

By Julia Harte (Reuters) -U.S. states have enacted more than 30 new voting restrictions since 2020, from voter ID requirements to limits on mail-in voting, fueling tensions between Republicans and …

(Reuters) – Koppers Holdings Inc agreed to pay a $1.3 million civil fine to resolve U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges it failed to disclose material information about financial measures …

By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. soybean futures rose about 2% on Tuesday, buoyed by short-covering as the U.S. harvest winds down, hopes for export sales to China and uncertainty …

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block Senator Lindsey Graham from having to testify before a grand jury in a criminal investigation of …

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Tuesday it would buy about three-quarters of the renewable power from SB Energy Global’s Texas facilities, as it aims to operate data centers …

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose in September, suggesting demand for labor remained strong, tempering financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve would dial back …

By Michael Erman, Leroy Leo and Raghav Mahobe (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it struck a deal to buy heart pump maker Abiomed Inc for $16.6 billion in …