By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Inflation data from the world’s three largest economies – China, the United States and euro zone – sets the tone for world markets this week, and Asia gets the ball rolling on Monday following the April figures out of Beijing at…
(Reuters) – Tesla on Thursday launched a new rear-wheel drive variant of its Model 3 long-range vehicle, at a price $5,000 lower than the all-wheel drive version, according to the electric vehicle maker’s website. The new Model 3 long-range variant is priced at $42,490. There were no changes to the prices of the base Model…
ZURICH (Reuters) – The merger of the Swiss units of UBS and Credit Suisse could be completed as early as July 1, a senior executive at UBS was quoted as saying on Tuesday. UBS, which acquired its former rival Credit Suisse last year after the bank’s collapse, had previously indicated the two units would be…
By Jeff Mason PARIS (Reuters) – The White House declined to say on Sunday whether President Joe Biden will meet Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli prime minister visits Washington next month to address the U.S. Congress. “I don’t have anything to announce today,” Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in an interview with CBS’s…
(Reuters) -Brokerages have raised their year-end targets for the U.S. stocks benchmark S&P 500, spurred by expectations of a “soft landing” for the economy and growing odds the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. Following are forecasts from some major banks on economic growth, inflation, and how they expect certain asset classes to…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump is considering tapping billionaire Elon Musk as a policy adviser if the Republican presidential candidate reclaims the White House in November’s election, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the talks. The two have discussed ways for Musk, who runs the social media platform X as…
(Reuters) -3M Co raised the low end of its full-year adjusted profit forecast on Friday expecting to benefit from restructuring measures and increasing demand for electronics, sending its shares up more than 4% in premarket trading. The company has benefited from steady price increases across categories, which have helped it offset inflation and slow demand…
By Tom Sims and Alexander Hübner FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany has fined Citigroup nearly 13 million euros ($13.94 million) for lapses in its trading system controls, the nation’s bank regulator said on Thursday, as its consumer protection division imposed its largest penalty ever. It is related to a mishap in 2022 involving $1.4 billion in mistaken…
The 10-year Treasury yield, which informs the direction of mortgage rates, was heading lower after the Fed’s rate cut.
Shares of Krispy Kreme Inc ( NASDAQ:DNUT ) are surging Wednesday, lifted by a wave of renewed retail investor interest in meme stocks.
