(Reuters) -As expectations rise that the U.S. Federal Reserve will step up its efforts to contain inflation with bigger interest rate hikes, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans and Atlanta Fed…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -Senior officials in the Biden administration and major automotive leaders agree that charging station infrastructure for electric vehicles should offer an interoperable experience based on any…
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Noel Randewich (Reuters) – The S&P 500 ended higher on Thursday, with Pfizer and Tesla fueling a late-session rally while investors eyed the war in…
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – The U.S. dollar climbed to nearly two-year highs on Thursday, as investors digested hawkish signals from the Federal Reserve, but wondered whether the currency’s…
By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON -Amazon.com Inc., the world’s biggest retailer, will face a shareholder vote calling for an independent audit of its treatment of warehouse workers after…
By Seher and Dareen (Reuters) – Gold prices rose on Thursday as concerns over rising costs and the Ukraine crisis bolstered its appeal as an inflation hedge and a safe…
By Francesca Landini and Stephen Jewkes MILAN -The Benetton family, which controls Italy’s Atlantia, has told Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and Brookfield it is not interested in the funds’ takeover…
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil settled lower on Thursday, adding to weekly losses on uncertainty that the euro zone will be able to effectively sanction Russian energy exports and after…
(Reuters) – The recent sharp strengthening of the rouble “does not pose a risk to Russia’s fiscal policy,” the finance ministry said on Thursday. The rouble firmed sharply in Moscow…
By Timour Azhari, Enas Alashray and Tom Perry BEIRUT -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it had reached a draft funding agreement with Lebanon – but that Beirut…
BEIRUT – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Lebanon for a four-year extended fund facility that would only get full approval…
SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Gabriel Boric announced on Thursday a $3.7 billion economic recovery plan that includes a hike in the minimum wage, subsidies and financing for sectors of the…
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Rio Tinto, General Motors and even the U.S. Energy Department are investing heavily in a crop of newer technologies that could revolutionize the way lithium…
By Marcy de Luna (Reuters) -The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said on Thursday it granted Sempra Energy an extension to build two pipelines in Texas and Louisiana to connect…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO – Robin Hayes, the ebullient chief executive of JetBlue Airways Corp, was on an Amtrak train on Tuesday coming back from Boston when news broke…
By Eric Onstad and Pratima Desai LONDON – Commodity trader Trafigura and other firms are moving to take large amounts of zinc out of London Metal Exchange approved warehouses in…
(Reuters) – Activision Blizzard Inc said on Thursday nearly 1,100 U.S.-based temporary and contingent quality assurance workers of some divisions will be converted to full-time employees, starting July 1. The…
By Dan Burns (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday signaled it will likely start culling assets from its $9 trillion balance sheet at its meeting in early May and…
By Elvira Pollina MILAN -Telecom Italia (TIM) turned its back on a takeover approach from KKR on Thursday when it refused to grant the U.S. fund access to its books…
MUMBAI – India’s Tata Group on Thursday launched its much-awaited e-commerce “super app” offering everything from apparel to air tickets in a renewed push for a slice of a fast…
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK -When Nicole Flecchia contracted COVID-19 in January of 2021, the University of Rhode Island grad student figured she might be looking at a few days…
(Reuters) -The Russian rouble firmed sharply in Moscow trade on Thursday to levels last seen before Russia sent tens of thousands of soldiers to Ukraine, while stocks indexes jumped higher,…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday crypto asset regulations should support responsible innovation while managing risks, sticking to the contours of a recent…
By David Shepardson and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON/NEW YORK -The U.S. Commerce Department stepped up its crackdown against Russian airlines on Thursday, slapping Aeroflot , Azur Air, and UTair with enforcement…
By Gram Slattery and Gabriel Araujo RIO DE JANEIRO – After two messy, drama-filled weeks struggling to fill the top job at state-run oil company Petrobras Brazil’s government turned this…