By Huw Jones LONDON – Some of Britain’s top listed companies could be downplaying risks from climate change on their bottom line and could face “appropriate action”, regulators said on…
By Joyce Lee SEOUL – For years, a separate class of South Korean shipyard workers – hired through contractors – say they endured wages barely one-third regular workers’, got no…
By Marcela Ayres and Jose de Castro BRASILIA – Brazilian fixed-income markets are pricing in the highest risk levels in years, raising red flags among investors and government officials who…
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has…
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has…
By Swati Bhat MUMBAI -The Indian rupee hit a record low on Friday and weakened for a 11th straight week as foreign investors continued to dump riskier assets amid rising…
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – Vanguard Group, the world’s second-biggest asset manager, said on Wednesday the U.S. economy had a growing chance of falling into recession in the next…
(Reuters) – The U.S Federal Reserve needs to maintain focus on bringing down high inflation even if it runs the risk of causing economic harm, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said…
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES – Brazil’s real is expected to firm over the next 12 months but will come under growing pressure from planned extra social spending against a…
By Vera Eckert FRANKFURT – Germany has prepared a facility to impose a levy on all gas consumers to help suppliers grappling with soaring gas import prices, according to a…
PARIS – The war in Ukraine that has stalled its wheat exports will keep global prices high into the 2022/23 season, putting millions more people at risk of undernourishment, the…
By Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) – There is risk in the United States that businesses and households could see price pressures persisting for a long time and central bankers must act…
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – Central banks’ focus on fighting persistently high inflation could lead to a recession over the next two years and raise the risk of ‘financial…
LONDON – Record high euro zone inflation risked fuelling “inflation psychology,” European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane said on Monday, referring to a phenomenon when consumers and businesses adjust…
BERLIN – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said there was a risk of a period of high inflation and low growth following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which had driven already…
By David Milliken LONDON – Britain’s economy faces stagnation next year and could easily fall into recession, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) warned on Monday after it slashed its…
By Dan Levine (Reuters) – U.S. health regulators rejected a request to remove popular anti-baldness pill Propecia and its generic versions from the market, but for the first time required…
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has…
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday said that the surge in inflation meant the government could not simply spend more to support people through the cost-of-living crisis,…
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday said that the surge in inflation meant the government could not simply spend more to support people through the cost-of-living crisis,…
By Leigh Thomas PARIS – The war in Ukraine has made the growth outlook far bleaker even though the global economy should avoid a bout of 1970s-style stagflation, the OECD…
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON – Russia warned U.S. news organisations on Monday they risked being stripped of their accreditation unless the treatment of Russian journalists in the United States improves,…
By Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI – Indian cybersecurity rules due to come into force later this month will create an “environment of fear rather than trust”, a body representing top…
BEIJING – Chinese consumers are likely to have to pay more for food staples like noodles and bread this year, as record wheat prices in the world’s top consumer of…
WASHINGTON -Additional cases of monkeypox are likely to be detected in the United States but the risk to the general public is low at this time, a senior U.S. administration…