© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way at a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Kantaro Komiya and Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese mother of three Maiko Takahashi was never one to pinch pennies or accept hand-me-downs for her…
© Reuters. A vendor shows gold stud earrings at a jewellery showroom in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/Files By Bharat Gautam (Reuters) – Gold prices fell on Monday as elevated U.S. Treasury yields pressured demand for zero-yield bullion, ahead of a widely expected big interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve to…
© Reuters. Investors and guests arrive for the first in-person annual meeting since 2019 of Berkshire Hathaway Inc in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Scott Morgan OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) – Warren Buffett said on Saturday that inflation “swindles almost everybody” and that it was “extraordinary” how much inflation had been seen in Berkshire Hathaway…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks walk past a street amid snowfall, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a shopping area in Beijing, China March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang By Kevin Yao and Julie Zhu BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -China signalled an easing of its crackdown on the once-freewheeling tech sector on Friday…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “the State of the International Financial System, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged the World Bank and other multilateral…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The flags of the United States and the United Kingdom stand after bi-lateral photo between U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson was cancelled at the State Department in Washington, U.S. March 22, 201 By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain should move further and faster in…
© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden announces additional military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine as well as fresh sanctions against Russia, during a speech in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen at a branch office in Zurich, Switzerland, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo By Danilo Masoni MILAN (Reuters) – Expectations of rising interest rates have failed to lift valuations of European bank shares languishing at near two-decade lows as a worsening growth outlook…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers a speech at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government next week will unveil a plan agreed with business groups to level prices nationwide for staples such as corn, beans, rice and milk…
© Bloomberg. A house under construction in the Cielo at Sand Creek by Century Communities housing development in Antioch, California, U.S., on Thursday, March 31, 2022. U.S. home prices shows signs of becoming “unhinged from fundamentals” like they did in the housing bubble that preceded the 2008 crash, according to a blog post by the…





