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Russian central bank holds rate at 7.5%, keeps future hikes on the table
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's central bank held its key interest rate at 7.5% on Friday, keeping the need for rate hikes on the table over inflationary risks while lowering its year-end inflation forecas...
Apr 28, 2023
England and Wales company insolvencies remain near 13-year high in Q1
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of companies declared insolvent in England and Wales in the first three months of 2023 was up 18% on a year earlier and remained close to the 13-year high recorded in the...
Apr 28, 2023
Futures dip as Amazon warns of slowdown in cloud segment
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Friday as Amazon's warning about a slowdown in its cloud business and downbeat forecasts from Snap and Pinterest dented Wall Street sentiment after a ral...
Apr 28, 2023
China’s top banks post shrinking margins in Q1
By Ziyi Tang and Engen Tham SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Five of China's largest lenders posted shrinking margins in the first quarter on Friday, as loan re-pricing bites. Borrowers are struggling to ...
Apr 28, 2023
German inflation expected to ease in April
BERLIN (Reuters) - Inflation looks set to ease in Germany in April on the back of lower food and energy prices, preliminary data from six economically important regional states showed on Friday. The i...
Apr 28, 2023
Exxon delivers a record first-quarter profit on higher output
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp on Friday reported a record first-quarter profit that was more than double from a year ago and topped Wall Street estimates as rising oil and gas ...
Apr 28, 2023
Chinese migrants find tips on social media for long trek to U.S.-Mexico border
By Echo Wang and Mica Rosenberg FRONTON, Texas - Lihua Wu's journey to the United States started when she scrolled past the words "The Route", one of several common hashtags on Douyin, the Chinese cou...
Apr 28, 2023
DeSantis’ tough words may come back to haunt him in Disney lawsuit -experts
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Now that the year-long war of words between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Co has landed in the courts, the Republican leader might find...
Apr 28, 2023
Chevron tops estimates with Q1 profit gain despite slide in oil prices
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil major Chevron Corp beat market expectations on Friday as profit nudged higher in the first-quarter, with earnings from refining compensating for a slide in ene...
Apr 28, 2023
First Republic shares gain on hopes of rescue deal
(Reuters) - Shares of First Republic gained 11% in premarket trading on Friday after a report that U.S. officials are coordinating urgent talks to rescue the regional lender as private-sector efforts ...
Apr 28, 2023
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