French manufacturing under pressure as new orders fall-PMI
PARIS – A drop in new orders hit France’s manufacturing sector in June as months of high inflation and global logistics problems hurt demand, a survey showed on Friday. S&P…
PARIS – A drop in new orders hit France’s manufacturing sector in June as months of high inflation and global logistics problems hurt demand, a survey showed on Friday. S&P…
ROME – Italy’s manufacturing sector grew at the slowest pace in two years in June, a survey showed on Friday, as firms reported weak demand and increasingly downbeat expectations. The…
LONDON – A market indicator measuring how investors are positioned held at “extremely bearish” levels for a third consecutive week as investors yanked more cash out of equities and bonds,…
(Reuters) – South Australia’s gambling regulator said on Friday it would commission an independent review of Skycity Entertainment’s Adelaide casino, after probes in other states found shortcomings at rivals Crown…
A look at the day ahead in markets from Sujata Rao. The good news is the 2022 first-half is behind us — just looking at U.S. markets, the world’s biggest,…
MADRID – Factory activity in Spain grew in June at the slowest pace since January 2021 as a challenging economic environment, notably price increases, weighed on demand, a survey showed…
MILAN – Italian supercar brand Lamborghini plans to invest at least 1.8 billion euros ($1.88 billion) to produce a hybrid lineup by 2024 and more to bring out its fully…
MOSCOW – Russia’s manufacturing industry held steady in June, with a recovery in domestic demand softening the blow from a deepening export slump, a survey showed on Friday. The S&P…
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS – Three times a week, Loris Foreman, a ground handling agent at Paris’ main international airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, drives to his workplace, coffee in hand,…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO – Japanese policymakers worried about the yen sliding lower are increasingly also having to watch out for it rebounding, officials told Reuters, signalling…
TOKYO – Apple Inc has hiked by nearly a fifth the cost of its flagship iPhone phone in Japan, which is battling a weakening yen currency and rising inflation. The…
By Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA – Indonesia’s central bank is in no rush to hike interest rates, its governor said on Friday, even as June consumer prices rose…
ZURICH – Julius Baer has settled a case filed to a Geneva court in relation a Lithuanian corporation for 105 million euros ($109.79 million), the Swiss wealth manager said on…
By Ross Kerber and Tommy Wilkes BOSTON/LONDON – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exposed a gap in socially-minded investing – a hands-off approach to geopolitics and human rights. Before Moscow…
(Reuters) – Industrial conglomerate 3M Co said on Friday it will exit its Neoplast and Neobun brands in Thailand and some other Southeast Asian countries, and sell manufacturing assets at…
BEIJING – New homes prices in China rose at a slightly faster pace in June from a month earlier, a private survey showed on Friday,driven by a slew of policy…
WASHINGTON – Nearly 20% of International Monetary Fund staff say their work has been “unduly influenced” by supervisors, according to an internal survey released on Thursday as part of a…
(Reuters) – Shares of Brambles Ltd rose to their highest in almost seven weeks on Friday, as investors cheered a decision by the Australian firm to scrap investment in a…
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – New Zealand dairy, sheep and beef farmers are largely disappointed by the newly signed New Zealand-European Union free trade agreement, lamenting it provides little new…
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – California on Thursday approved a plan to tax the electric vehicle battery metal lithium to generate revenue for environmental remediation projects despite industry concerns that…
Newark, NJ – United States Marshal for the District of New Jersey, Juan Mattos, Jr., and Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, the Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, jointly announce…
Austin, TX – The Austin woman accused of killing world class cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson May 11 has been captured in Costa Rica. The U.S. Marshals Office of International Operations,…
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK – Wall Street ended the session lower on Thursday, crossing the finish line of a grim month and quarter, a dismal coda to the S&P…
By Cynthia Kim and Jihoon Lee SEOUL -South Korea’s June exports grew at their slowest pace in over 1-1/2 years as soaring inflation saps offshore demand for Korean goods, widening…
WASHINGTON – A Michigan man was found guilty by a jury in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges for his…