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A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan There was little for markets to dislike in the impressive sweep of U.S. economic and corporate …

(Reuters) – Global investors reduced their holdings in equity funds in the week leading up to Jan. 24, exercising caution before a pivotal inflation report due on Friday and a …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp’s labour union is set to demand its biggest annual bonus on record worth 7.6 months of pay, exceeding the previous high of 7.2 months, …

HANOI (Reuters) -Fifteen U.S. companies, including semiconductors firms, have expressed interest in investing $8 billion in Vietnam in clean energy infrastructure, contingent on the country’s progress on renewable energy rules, …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Friday denied a Bloomberg report that President Vladimir Putin was “putting out feelers” to the United States for possible talks on ending the war …

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is stepping up confrontation with the United States and its allies, but officials in Washington and Seoul say they have spotted no …

By Abhirup Roy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -A General Motors Cruise robotaxi that struck and dragged a pedestrian 20 feet (6 meters) in an October accident made a number of technical …

By Evan Garcia and Jonathan Allen ATMORE, Alabama (Reuters) -Alabama on Thursday executed convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who held his breath in vain as officials asphyxiated him with nitrogen gas, …

(Reuters) – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said prison officials had killed Kenneth Smith, a convicted murderer, on Thursday evening, completing the first execution using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas, which the …

By Jasper Ward and Krystal Hu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it had ordered OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Anthropic to provide information on recent …

By Marie Mannes STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish truck maker AB Volvo on Friday reported a bigger-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter profit but a weak order intake as it adjusted lower production levels …

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief on Friday condemned the execution of a prisoner in the U.S. state of Alabama by nitrogen gas, saying the method could …

By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – Investors poured almost $12 billion into Chinese equity funds in the week to Wednesday in the largest inflow since 2015 and the second largest …

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -A Brazilian federal judge ruled that miners Vale and BHP and their joint venture Samarco must pay 47.6 billion reais ($9.67 billion) in damages for a 2015 …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A Shanghai-listed fund that holds U.S. stocks took the unusual step of suspending trading on Friday, saying it was necessary to protect investors after prices hit record …

(Reuters) -BHP Group said on Friday it would review a Brazilian Federal Court decision regarding a 155 billion reais ($31.53 billion) government claim over the 2015 collapse of Fundao dam …

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Investors positioning for Japan’s first rate hike in nearly two decades have cooled on outright cash bets on the yen rising and turned to …

(Reuters) – Nomura on Friday forecast the U.S. Federal Reserve delivering a 100-basis-point interest rate cut in 2024 and reducing the pace of balance-sheet rundown in June, followed by an …

By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – China’s seeming determination to hold the yuan stable in the face of a deflationary asset price bust and capital flight leaves it with an …

(Reuters) -Salesforce is laying off about 700 employees, or roughly 1% of its global workforce, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, in the latest round of job cuts to …

By Arsheeya Bajwa and Max A. Cherney (Reuters) -Intel on Thursday forecast revenue for the first quarter that could miss market estimates by more than $2 billion, as it grapples …

By Clare Jim and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) – A key offshore bondholder group of China Evergrande plans to join a petition to liquidate the developer at a hearing …

By Sinead Cruise, Iain Withers and Hadeel Al Sayegh LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – As cranes speckle the Dubai skyline and ultra-luxury homes change hands at record prices, signs that the city-state’s …

By Noel Randewich and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) -The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high for a fifth straight session on Thursday after data showing strong U.S. economic growth in …