April 7 – A look at the day ahead from Danilo Masoni.After European shares reclaimed pre-pandemic levels in a record-breaking session and Wall Street closed near all-time peaks, markets look like they may hit pause today, even though there seems to be nothing out there to stop the party.Japanese household confidence at an eight-year high…
* Tech stocks up for 4th session* Travel stocks extend gains after “travel bubble” announcement* Gold, energy sectors lift benchmark (Updates to close)April 7 (Reuters) – Australian shares on Wednesday closed at their highest in over a year, extending gains for the fourth straight session, helped by the country’s energy and gold sectors.The S&P/ASX 200…
LONDON (Reuters) – Britons spent 439 million pounds ($608 million) on confectionaries ahead of Easter in the four weeks to March 27, a 34% rise compared with the same period in 2020, industry data showed on Wednesday.Ahead of a slight easing of lockdown restrictions in England on March 29 but with non essential retail remaining…
BOSTON (Reuters) – For decades New York’s bankers and fund managers have accepted the city’s high tax rates as a part of working in the world’s premier financial capital.FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past JPMorgan Chase & Co’s international headquarters on Park Avenue in New York July 13, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Burton (UNITED STATES – Tags:…
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday he expects the economy will be back on track in two to three months, as an accelerating nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program gets people back to work and revives activity.FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes speaks during a ceremony to launch a program to expand…
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday he expects the economy will be back on track in two to three months, as an accelerating nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program gets people back to work and revives activity.FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes speaks during a ceremony to launch a program to expand…
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read(Corrects sourcing to ‘sources familiar’)SAO PAULO, April 6 (Reuters) – Brazilian medical lab company Diagnosticos da America SA priced on Tuesday its shares at 58 reais in a share offering, according to two sources familiar with the deal.The company had previously set its price range between 64.90 reais and 84.50 reais,…
(Reuters) – Scores of Venezuelan healthcare students protested Tuesday in front of Caracas’ University Hospital demanding a national vaccination plan and 100% vaccination coverage for doctors and nurses, amid a spike in infections that has led the government to extend lockdown measures.FILE PHOTO: Workers look at the shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against the…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Inflows into cryptocurrency funds and products hit a record $4.5 billion in the first quarter, suggesting increased institutional participation in the once-maligned sector, data from digital currency manager Coinshares showed on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: A representation of virtual currency Bitcoin is seen in front of a stock graph in this illustration taken…
No results matched your search Economy2 hours ago (Apr 06, 2021 03:30PM ET) © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People shop on 5th Avenue in New York WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Community bankers think of themselves as having a keen sense of the economic pulse in the cities, towns and rural areas where they do business, and if…