US seizes vessel amid military build-up near Venezuela Venezuelan crude exports fall sharply after US tanker seizure Maduro claims US aims to overthrow him and control Venezuela’s oil reserves Dec 20 (Reuters) – The United States is interdicting and seizing a vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, three U.S. officials told Reuters…
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter It turns out Nvidia’s earnings could only smother the blaze on markets for so long. Sign up here. Stock markets are tumbling again after a renewed selloff in tech shares on Wall Street on Thursday, and even though there were…
ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Wall Street experienced a wild rollercoaster ride on Thursday, opening sharply higher on another set of strong results from artificial intelligence giant Nvidia, only to end deep in the red as investors reassessed that optimism and mixed signals from the first U.S. jobs data since the government shutdown ended….
ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The tech-induced selloff across global stocks accelerated on Tuesday and soft U.S. labor market indicators also weighed on Wall Street, while fiscal worries in Japan helped drag Japanese stocks, bonds and the yen lower. More on that below. In my column today I look at what helped trigger this…
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook U.S. economic data starts flowing again on Monday, with construction spending figures for August. September jobs data is due on Thursday. Sign up here. More up-to-date labour and price figures are not due until next month and concern over the data’s…
LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) – A delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reparations commission will hold talks this week with officials and politicians in Britain on addressing the historical injustices of slavery and colonialism, as well as their lasting impacts. At least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped, forcibly transported by European ships and sold into…
ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Wall Street tumbled and Treasury yields rose on Thursday as expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut next month faded rapidly, while the dollar also fell in a bleak session for U.S. asset prices. More on that below. In my column today I look at the emerging parallels…
ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 11 (Reuters) – U.S. tech was the major outlier in an otherwise buoyant day for global stocks on Tuesday, as relief around the expected end of the U.S. government shutdown lifted the Dow to a record closing high and other indices to new peaks too. More on that below. In my column…
ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 5 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks and bond yields rose on Wednesday on surprisingly strong job growth and service sector data, which suggests the economy is in decent shape and calls into question how much lower the Federal Reserve needs to cut interest rates. I didn’t write a column today, but don’t worry…
Trump tariffs met tough scrutiny in US Supreme Court oral arguments Analysts say chances rising of IEEPA tariffs being struck down Trump officials to tap other trade laws to keep tariffs if court voids them Any potential US tariff refund process seen lengthy and “a mess” WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s…