By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian mining moguls who have gatecrashed the country’s recent international lithium deals have pushed bankers into trying fresh measures to fend off interlopers unwilling…
By Tim Kelly, Karen Freifeld and Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Japan’s imposition of export controls on chip making tools to align with a U.S. policy restricting China’s ability…
By Patrick Werr CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt risks fuelling its record inflation and putting more pressure on the Egyptian pound if it does not slow an expansion of the money…
By Winni Zhou and Rae Wee SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s heavily managed yuan has dropped to multi-month lows and breached the closely watched 7-per-dollar level, and analysts who are predicting…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are increasingly seeking insurance against a sudden crash in stocks, fearing that more tumult is in store for markets after worries…
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) – In a country where the Big Six banks control 80% mortgage market share, Canada’s smaller lenders are making some rare headway after the Bank…
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stronger-than-expected corporate earnings have helped fuel the rebound for U.S. stocks but some investors are pointing to potential risks ahead for profits that…
By David Alire Garcia BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The “superminister” tasked with rescuing Argentina’s crisis-racked economy needs cash now, and so just days into the job he has launched a…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – An epic rally in the dollar has investors wondering how much further it can run, though many are biding their time before turning…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL – North Korean state media has kept quiet about a recent flurry of missile tests amid an unprecedented coronavirus wave – perhaps to avoid overshadowing a…
By David Henry NEW YORK – Wall Street bankers have long talked about how higher interest rates will deliver additional revenue from loans and higher-yielding securities. Now that rates are…
By Karen Brettell (Reuters) – U.S. sanctions against Russia should hasten a move by some countries to reduce their reliance on the U.S. dollar, which could also soften demand for…
By Shadia Nasralla, Benjamin Mallet and Michel Rose LONDON – France’s TotalEnergies cuts a lonely figure hanging onto its Russian investments during a mass exodus of western oil majors from…
By Elizabeth Culliford NEW YORK/MOSCOW – As Russian missiles rained down on Ukrainian cities, another battle took place online and over the airwaves. Moscow ramped up efforts to control the…