Daily Wealth Watch

    Dollar climbs after solid retail sales data

    By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar strengthened on Tuesday, after a reading of retail sales proved to be firmer than expected, but was not strong enough to alter expectations for the path of interest rates from the Federal Reserve. U.S. retail sales were unchanged in June, topping expectations of economists polled by Reuters…

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      Where J.D. Vance, Trump’s VP pick, stands on key issues

      (Deletes extraneous words ‘has been’ in paragraph 8) MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Ohio U.S. Senator J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s new running mate, has embraced trade barriers, isolationism and social conservatism, issues that have proven popular with much of Trump’s mostly white, working-class base. Some of those same stances, however, risk turning off moderate voters and major…

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      ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil get second US FTC request over $22.5 billion deal

      (Reuters) – Top U.S. independent oil producer ConocoPhillips said on Friday it received a second request from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for information on its proposed acquisition of rival Marathon Oil. ConocoPhillips said both companies received the requests on July 11 and are working with the FTC to review the merger. CONTEXT Conoco said…

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