OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. — Longtime Ocean County Commissioner Ginny Haines will not seek re-election this year, marking the final removal of those who opposed Ocean County GOP Chairman George Gilmore.…
The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) reported a significant reduction in boating accidents and no fatalities during the busiest boating holiday of the year, Independence Day weekend. This year’s “Operation…
By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Just a few months ago ruling party candidate Clara Brugada looked like a shoo-in to be elected the next mayor of Mexico City.…
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s legislature on Thursday approved new rules that lower the maximum stake investors can hold in domestic banks, a move aimed at reducing risks of market manipulation,…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The contest to win Mexico’s presidential election on June 2, 2024, has tightened slightly, but ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum still has a massive lead over…
MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) – Three major Greek shipping firms have stopped transporting Russian oil in recent weeks in order to avoid U.S. sanctions now being imposed on some shipping firms carrying…
By Engen Tham and Julie Zhu SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese civil servants and employees of state-linked enterprises are facing tighter constraints on private travel abroad and scrutiny of their…
By Simon Johnson and Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden’s central bank raised its key policy rate by a quarter percentage point to 4.00%, as expected, on Thursday and said it…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s financial authorities said they would control household debt by tightening certain loan regulations, as rising mortgage demand drove up household borrowing by the biggest amount…
By Mai Nguyen and Siyi Liu (Reuters) – Nickel smelters in top producer Indonesia are making rare purchases of ore from the Philippines to ease tight supplies, people familiar with…
By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s peso was flat on Tuesday at 350 per dollar after the central bank guided a sharp devaluation a day earlier in the…
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The United States imposed restrictions for Hungarian passport holders under its Visa Waiver Program on Tuesday, saying Budapest has not addressed security vulnerabilities repeatedly…
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – In Argentina’s mountainous north, a strong pipeline of lithium projects close to coming online looks set to unlock a wave of production that…
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan said on Monday it would require exporters to file additional documents when sending goods to Russia, following reports that Russian companies have been using local intermediaries…
By Jeffrey Dastin PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday unveiled a flurry of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for its email, collaboration and cloud software, taking aim…
By Divya Rajagopal TORONTO (Reuters) – Junior mining companies hoping to produce lithium, nickel and other green energy metals are worried that Canada’s crackdown on some overseas investors may limit…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China on Saturday tightened risk management requirements on banks, requiring them to classify financial-asset risks in a timely and prudent manner, in a bid to better assess…
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA is toughening terms for buyers after a month-long halt to most exports of crude and fuel, demanding prepayment ahead…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan tightened sanctions against Russia on Friday following its latest wave of missile attacks in Ukraine, adding goods to an export ban list and freezing the assets of…
(Reuters) -China’s stock regulator is set to stop local companies in certain sectors from listing on the country’s main stock exchanges, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing two capital…
(Reuters) -Carnival Corp on Wednesday posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss as the cruise operator kept a tight lid on operating costs, sending its shares up about 7% in morning trade.…
By Divya Rajagopal and Saeed Azhar TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Canada’s swift move to buy HSBC’s Canada unit for C$13.5 billion ($10 billion) strengthens its pole position…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Data on Friday showed inflation’s tightening stranglehold on the German economy, with a surge in import prices and falls in industrial output and retail sales adding to…
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s central bank has tightened access to the foreign exchange market by soybean exporters as it decided they are no longer allowed to trade on alternative…
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever The new month has not signalled a new dawn for financial markets, and the noose of…