Japan's government will state in its economic blueprint that decisions on specific monetary policy tools should be left to the Bank of
July 17, 2026
Databricks said on Thursday it has signed a term sheet for a strategic funding round that values the data analytics software firm at $188 billion.
July 17, 2026
Two of the three major U.S. television networks and CNN did not broadcast a prime-time address on Thursday by President Donald Trump on their primary
July 16, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The global chip rout extended into Friday, with stocks in Taiwan and Japan bearing the brunt of the beating, while South Korean
July 17, 2026
Japan's core consumer inflation probably picked up in June from the previous month due to elevated energy prices, as well as technical factors including revisions to medical
July 17, 2026
Andy Burnham is about to become Britain’s 59th prime minister, following the sudden downfall of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer
July 17, 2026
To air or not to air
July 17, 2026
China's biggest airlines enter the peak summer travel season facing a more challenging outlook after warning of heavy first-half losses, with weakening
July 17, 2026
Australia's Coles Group said on Friday it had ended discussions with U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital over a potential acquisition of Greencross Pet Wellness, sending its
July 17, 2026
Maine Democrats’ first debate laid bare their difficulty in replacing Graham Platner
July 17, 2026
PayPal’s board sees a $53 billion takeover bid by rival Stripe and private equity firm Advent International as undervaluing the company and facing
July 17, 2026
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson on Thursday suggested he would be open to raising interest rates if there is no near-term
July 17, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks with China's fourth-highest-ranked official, Wang Huning, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Friday, the latest
July 17, 2026
Netflix forecast third-quarter revenue and earnings on Thursday that fell short of Wall Street targets and said it would cut the frequency of viewing-
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has ramped up U.S. air strikes on Iran and threatened broader escalation, but there is little sign that a military strategy
July 17, 2026
China can stabilise economic growth this year by accelerating already-budgeted national infrastructure investment projects, economists and one government adviser said, reducing the
July 17, 2026
As Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur prepared to fly to the NATO summit in Ankara this month, he revealed to local journalists that several hundred U.S. troops
July 17, 2026
Brazil's government convened top ministers on Thursday to prepare retaliatory measures against Washington's latest tariffs, with options including
July 17, 2026
Speaker Johnson suffers humiliating political defeat, yanks veterans benefits bill
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump's media company is planning to charge for special high-speed access to Truth Social posts, including possibly his own affecting national security and financial markets
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the nation’s capital is being extended by more than two years and will last until the end of his term
July 17, 2026
Republicans in the U.S.
July 17, 2026
U.S. refiner margins registered a fresh record high for the third consecutive session on Thursday, as low stockpiles and worsening tensions in the Middle
July 17, 2026
Brazil's ethanol and sugar producers on Thursday despaired at the imposition of new 25% tariffs on Brazilian goods by the U.S.
July 17, 2026
Standard Nuclear's shares slid about 10% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday after the company slashed its offering size by
July 16, 2026
The dollar clung to gains against major peers on
July 16, 2026
The Coca-Cola Company said on Thursday that fairlife, LLC, a dairy company it owns, temporarily suspended production operations in the U.S. after unauthorized access to parts of
July 17, 2026
A shakeout in U.S. semiconductor stocks tanked the tech-heavy Nasdaq on Thursday as AI jitters spread globally, while solid U.S. economic data
July 17, 2026
Netflix said Thursday its second-quarter profit grew thanks to new membership signups and price increases
July 17, 2026
Drops for computer chipmakers and other AI winners dragged down stock markets worldwide
July 16, 2026
Truth Social will sell Wall Street quicker access to posts
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has worked to stop offshore wind development on the grounds it’s a national security risk since late last year, halting work on major projects and buying back leases
July 17, 2026
Ontario requested federal assistance to evacuate people from remote northern Canadian communities ravaged by wildfires on Thursday, as smoke brought poor air quality to
July 16, 2026
Brookfield-backed data center provider Csquare's shares opened marginally lower before closing 1.57% lower in their New York Stock Exchange
July 16, 2026
Oil prices settled about 1% lower on Thursday but remained near their highest level since mid-June as the Iran war escalated, with Tehran asking Yemen's
July 16, 2026
Crypto.com said on Thursday that market maker Citadel Securities had invested $400 million in the crypto exchange at a $20 billion valuation, in its first-ever
July 17, 2026
The U.S. government is reviving a rule that could deny permanent residency to immigrants who use public benefits such as food stamps and Medicaid, the Department of Homeland
July 17, 2026
Chip stocks pulled the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 lower on Thursday as they continued to lead broader market moves despite generally upbeat
July 16, 2026
Alphabet's Google is months behind schedule on the release of Gemini 3.5 Pro, its most powerful flagship AI model, as the tech giant works to improve its capabilities, particularly
July 17, 2026
The U.S. will hit Brazil with new 25% duties on its furniture, ethanol, machinery, footwear,
July 16, 2026
Iran and the United States exchanged intensifying fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has largely
July 16, 2026
The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and more
July 16, 2026
The White House says President Donald Trump's teleprompter operator is on unpaid leave after reports that he used his inside knowledge to make bets about the president's speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi
July 17, 2026
Brazil has criticized a new U.S. tariff on certain Brazilian imports and says it plans to impose reciprocal tariffs
July 16, 2026
‘Let’s get back to work’: Karoline Leavitt returns to the briefing room podium for the first time since maternity leave
July 17, 2026
Fighting between the U.S. and Iran has intensified
July 17, 2026
A ghost gun company has been ordered to pay over $100 million in the death of a Kentucky teenager who had purchased the company's pistol-building kit online
July 17, 2026
Forgotten bank accounts, baseball cards and a Reds signed ball turned up in Iowa treasure hunt
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Labor is trying to win over U.S. senators
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration addressed a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday
July 17, 2026
U.S. wireless carrier Verizon said on Thursday it will sell 274 company-owned retail locations and cut about 500 corporate jobs as part of its restructuring.
July 16, 2026
Equity indexes around the world fell on Thursday as investors offloaded heavy-weight chip stocks while the U.S. dollar and Treasury
July 16, 2026
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday urged the Trump administration to crack down on imports of what they say are partially finished solar cells that are being used to
July 16, 2026
Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan on Thursday became the first of Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's new colleagues to call publicly for an interest-rate hike,
July 16, 2026
Inflation is proving persistent across a broad range of goods and services, and remains the focus of monetary policy given a stable labor market,
July 16, 2026
Latvia has increased security around a hydroelectric dam upstream from its capital Riga and at a huge underground gas storage facility due to intelligence
July 16, 2026
Uber agreed on Thursday to buy Germany's Delivery Hero at an equity value of $14.8 billion to create the largest food-delivery group
July 16, 2026
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in nearly a year, driving up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers
July 16, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shook up his wartime government, drawing thousands into the streets across Ukraine to protest the dismissal of his youthful defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov
July 16, 2026
Trump’s teleprompter operator under investigation for insider trading, sources say
July 16, 2026
Mortgage rates hit highest level since the start of the war with Iran
July 16, 2026
The U.S. Treasury last year swelled with revenue from President Donald Trump’s double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country on earth
July 16, 2026
Most Gulf economies will contract more sharply this year than expected three months ago before rebounding in 2027, a Reuters poll found, as crumbling
July 16, 2026
Armenia has seized control of a cement company owned by an arrested opposition leader, state media said on Thursday, as critics accuse Prime Minister Nikol
July 16, 2026
U.S. business inventories increased moderately in May amid continued strength in sales, pushing the inventories-to-sales ratio to the lowest level since late 2021.
July 16, 2026
U.S. retail sales rose slightly in June as lower gasoline prices weighed on receipts at service stations, but motor vehicle purchases accelerated and
July 16, 2026
United Airlines said on Thursday higher fares had caused minimal to no damage to travel demand, bolstering its confidence that pricing gains can help it absorb nearly $6
July 16, 2026
Hungary's government said on Thursday it sent a report to police about the suspected misuse of public funds during purchases of educational software made by the previous
July 16, 2026
Nigeria's gradual slowdown in inflation has opened the door to interest-rate cuts, but external shocks have complicated the outlook, Central Bank Governor
July 16, 2026
Short sellers targeting SpaceX shares are sitting on an estimated $8.7 billion in paper profit since the rockets-to-AI firm's initial public offering
July 16, 2026
Lebanon and Syria will in the coming months begin revising decades-old trade agreements to revive their economic relationship following the ouster of Syrian
July 16, 2026
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday said it was denying a 2024 petition filed by Tesla to avoid a recall fix for nearly
July 16, 2026
July 16 - Uber will buy Delivery Hero in a deal valuing the German firm at $14.8 billion to create the largest food-delivery group outside China and stave off intensifying competition.
July 16, 2026
There is now a yawning gap between the preliminary deal signed between the United States and Iran less than a month ago and the situation on the ground
July 16, 2026
The tariffs the Trump administration imposed on Brazilian goods on Wednesday thrust Washington into Brazil's October presidential election, reviving
July 16, 2026
Chinese luggage maker Anhui Korrun said on Thursday a fund it invested in deployed 2.9 billion yuan for an indirect 0.8265% stake in DeepSeek, implying
July 16, 2026
Racing to work, to pick up your children from school, or go from one errand to the next not only wastes money and sends harmful emissions into the air, it barely saves you time, new research says
July 16, 2026
Increasing flash flooding is exhausting communities as they’re hit again and again.
July 13, 2026
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to continued labor market stability.
July 16, 2026
Micron Technology on Thursday signed long-term agreements with automotive suppliers, including chip designer Qualcomm and audio products maker Harman, to secure memory and storage
July 16, 2026
The U.S.
July 16, 2026
The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that its staff team had concluded a visit to Bangladesh at the government's request and that discussions on the parameters
July 16, 2026
Europe's leading human rights watchdog urged five EU nations on Thursday to fully protect the rights under international law of rejected asylum seekers they aim to deport
July 16, 2026
GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp said on Thursday that shipments of GEnx engines for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner had risen sharply, pushing back against
July 16, 2026
Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes fell more than expected in June as higher mortgages and house prices pushed prospective buyers to the sidelines.
July 16, 2026
The European Union should consider raising tariffs on cars made in China to increase pressure on Chinese automakers to partner with European manufacturers such as
July 16, 2026
Abbott beat quarterly estimates and raised its annual profit forecast on Thursday, as strong demand for its cancer diagnostics business and
July 16, 2026
U.S. homebuilder sentiment unexpectedly fell in July, weighed down by economic uncertainty and high mortgage rates amid conflict in the Middle East, a survey showed on
July 16, 2026
Brazil's instant coffee is exempt from a new 25% U.S. tariff on Brazilian imports, a move eagerly awaited by the industry, which had previously been the only segment of
July 16, 2026
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Thursday as chip stocks weakened again, while investors parsed fresh economic data for clues on the health of the economy.
July 16, 2026
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Starbucks of defrauding shareholders by intentionally concealing declining sales in the United States and China, its largest markets.
July 16, 2026
Gas is nearly $4 again and diesel just topped $5. It’s not what you think
July 16, 2026
Triathlon is taking action to try to boost its popularity in hopes of bringing it closer to the level of tennis and golf
July 16, 2026
Zelensky faces protests over ousting of Ukraine’s defense minister despite military gains
July 16, 2026
Courts have long let utilities seize private property to build transmission lines. Does that hold if the power flows to a single data center?
July 16, 2026
Shoppers slowed their spending in June from May, but excluding business at the gas pump, shoppers showed resilience despite economic uncertainty as they bought cars and took advantage of summer sales events
July 16, 2026
I’ve spent years studying economic data. These Americans taught me what ‘affordability’ really means
July 16, 2026
Retail sales last month rose less than expected
July 16, 2026
Filings for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in 10 weeks as U.S. layoffs remain historically low
July 16, 2026
US shoppers are seeing higher fruit and vegetable prices thanks to trade tensions, extreme weather and geopolitics, just to name a few reasons.
July 16, 2026
The missions the foundations’ original donors champion during their lifetimes can become outdated after they’ve died.
July 16, 2026
Nike's swoosh will be notably absent from the World Cup final.
July 16, 2026
AtaiBeckley shares soared 50% premarket on Thursday after a report that Eli Lilly was in talks to acquire the psychedelic drug developer as soon as this week.
July 16, 2026
Israel's economy shrank an annualised 3.8% in the first quarter, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday, in its third estimate in which growth was hurt by
July 16, 2026
Wall Street's biggest banks found few reasons to complain this earnings season.
July 16, 2026
Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to appoint energy executive Sergii Koretskyi as prime minister, the third since the start of Russia's invasion in 2022.
July 16, 2026
Shein's ambitions for a valuation of up to $50 billion in its long-awaited Hong Kong IPO are likely to face a tough test from
July 16, 2026
France's government plans to sharply restrain most public spending growth in 2027 as rising defence outlays and borrowing costs consume an increasing share of the budget,
July 16, 2026
Nigeria plans to publish indicators tracking poverty, incomes and inequality as President Bola Tinubu's government seeks to show that economic reforms are
July 16, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets Another day, another test for chip stocks.
July 16, 2026
U.S. trade regulators have launched a probe into Samsung Electronics' memory chips and products sold by Google, Nvidia, Broadcom and Super Micro Computer that use them following a
July 16, 2026
Global hedge funds bet heavily against manufacturing stocks in June, data from Hazeltree shows, as investors grew more concerned about
July 16, 2026
The European Central Bank will hold interest rates on July 23 but will hike for the second time this year in September as a renewed energy price surge
July 16, 2026
Citizens Financial Group posted a higher second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by higher net interest income and fee growth in wealth and capital markets businesses.
July 16, 2026
BMW has appointed Dorothea von Boxberg as its new board member for human resources, the German carmaker said in a statement on Thursday, outlining her experience in "
July 16, 2026
Custodian bank State Street reported a rise in profit on Thursday, driven by a jump in fees earned from managing client assets.
July 16, 2026
The gap between German and U.S. 10-year borrowing costs sat near its narrowest in a month on Thursday as the escalation of fighting in the Gulf sent euro zone
July 16, 2026
Boeing is in the final stages of getting regulatory certification for an engine anti-ice system fix for its 737 MAX jetliner, company executives said,
July 16, 2026
U.S.
July 16, 2026
Iran has asked Yemen’s Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian
July 16, 2026
UnitedHealth Group on Thursday delivered the quarterly financial report investors have been looking for, beating Wall Street's second-
July 16, 2026
Eli Lilly will buy AtaiBeckley for up to $3.8 billion, the company said on Thursday, joining a race among pharma majors to develop psychedelic
July 16, 2026
GE Aerospace raised its 2026 profit forecast on Thursday as demand for engine repairs and spare parts held up despite high fuel prices and
July 16, 2026
Higher global beef prices and new trade deals under President Javier Milei are encouraging Argentina's ranchers to
July 16, 2026
Hawaii Health Department's enforcement of hemp retailers is helping compliance
July 16, 2026
The European Union has issued new rules for Google, requiring it to share search data and open its Android system to rival AI companies
July 16, 2026
The U.K. government has nationalized British Steel to protect the nation’s steelmaking capacity
July 16, 2026
European stocks posted slim gains for the third straight session on Thursday, as caution over the Middle East war kept
July 16, 2026
Ukraine and Russia launched missile and drone attacks on Thursday on vessels in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, stepping up hostilities in a zone vital for grain
July 16, 2026
Global investment in space startups was near record levels in the second quarter, buoyed by investor enthusiasm following SpaceX's nearly $86 billion initial public
July 16, 2026
Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings is in the final stages of talks to take a stake in Polish convenience store operator Zabka Group, the Nikkei business daily reported
July 16, 2026
Ukraine's parliament approved top energy executive Sergii Koretskyi as the country's new prime minister, the third wartime head of the government appointed in a wider
July 16, 2026
US announces new 25% tariffs on Brazil for ‘unfair’ trade practices
July 16, 2026
For Britain's next prime minister, Andy Burnham, a sprawling car park in the centre of a former cotton-manufacturing town in
July 16, 2026
Russia's federal budget spending and deficit could exceed official plans by more than 1 trillion roubles ($12.85 billion) in 2026, according to the data from the
July 16, 2026
India has ordered shipowners, ship managers and recruitment companies not to deploy the country's seafarers on vessels undertaking trips through the Strait of Hormuz
July 16, 2026
French food caterer Sodexo said on Thursday it expects faster revenue growth from 2027 as it seeks to revive performance through stronger
July 16, 2026
TSMC, the world's main producer of advanced AI chips and a major Nvidia supplier, pledged on Thursday to invest a further $100
July 16, 2026
Exchange-traded funds have been a fixture of financial markets since the 1990s as a popular low-cost way for investors to buy baskets of stocks
July 16, 2026
Major Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC says it plans to spend another $100 billion on expanding its manufacturing capacity in the United States
July 16, 2026
Azerbaijan and Armenia are at "real peace" and rebuilding trade links after decades of conflict, a senior Azerbaijani official told Reuters,
July 16, 2026
TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, posted a 77% jump in second-quarter net profit on Thursday, beating market forecasts and hitting a record, riding the wave of
July 16, 2026
The dip in SpaceX's shares below its blockbuster IPO price of $135 a share is an ominous sign for Elon Musk's internet and rocket company as it faces more
July 16, 2026
As renewed conflict in the Gulf drives up oil prices, airline investors and industry executives see mounting signs
July 16, 2026
Shares in British technology and online grocery group Ocado tumbled to a 13-year low on Thursday after it failed to show tangible progress in talks to secure
July 16, 2026
Britain's economy eked out minimal growth in May as the services industry expanded but other sectors shrank, suggesting fragile
July 16, 2026
Officer resigns after video shows takedown of wrong teen that left him with broken arm
July 15, 2026
Americans are waiting longer for disaster aid under President Donald Trump, with delays often lasting weeks or months
July 16, 2026
The U.S. began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET (1800 GMT) to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities," U.S.
July 16, 2026
Germany upgrades security stance to 'high threat level', interior minister tells paper
The US and Iran have blown past red lines as they lurch back toward all-out war
India's Skyroot launches Vikram-1 in first private orbital rocket mission
Massive fire destroys 100 homes in Norway and forces hundreds to evacuate
US and Iran exchange strikes as they struggle over Strait of Hormuz
Mount Olympus, home of the ancient Greek gods, is a candidate for the UNESCO World Heritage List
Caitlin Clark bounces into record books with 45 points and 10 assists
D-backs lose to Cardinals after star Ketel Marte fails to use ABS system on blown call