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Oil climbs on Mideast contagion fears from Israel-Gaza conflict
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices extended gains on Friday, rising about 1% on fears that the Israel-Gaza conflict may spread in the Middle East and disrupt supplies from one of the wor...
Oct 19, 2023
China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged as expected
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged at the monthly fixing on Friday, matching market expectations, as a set of economic data suggested the economy is stabili...
Oct 19, 2023
ECB hiking campaign is over but no easing until at least July: Reuters poll
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's rate hiking cycle is over, according to all 85 economists polled by Reuters, but it won't be until at least July 2024 before it begins ...
Oct 19, 2023
Biden to seek billions in military aid for Israel as invasion of Gaza nears
By Steve Holland, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose WASHINGTON/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Americans to spend billions more dollars to help Israel fight Hamas while...
Oct 19, 2023
Canada’s Conservative leader urges rejection of RBC’s offer for HSBC Canada -media
(Reuters) - Pierre Poilievre, Canada's Conservative party leader, called for the federal government to reject Royal Bank of Canada's C$13.5 billion ($9.84 billion) offer to buy HSBC's domestic unit, t...
Oct 19, 2023
El Salvador’s Bukele says expects IMF deal after next year’s election
SAN LUIS DE LA REINA, El Salvador (Reuters) - Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Thursday he expects to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a new financing progra...
Oct 19, 2023
Dollar broadly up, threatens 150 yen as benchmark Treasury yield climbs
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was within a hair's breadth of the closely watched 150 yen level on Friday, buoyed by a surge in the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield which in the previous sessi...
Oct 19, 2023
UAW head Shawn Fain to hold live event on Friday amid auto strikes
(Reuters) - United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain will hold a Facebook Live event on Friday, the union said, as 34,000 of its members continue selective strikes against the Detroit Three automakers...
Oct 19, 2023
Japan’s core inflation slows below 3% for first time in over a year
By Takahiko Wada and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's core inflation in September slowed below the 3% threshold for the first time in over a year but stayed above the central bank target, keeping...
Oct 19, 2023
Harvard posts investment gain in fiscal 2023, endowment stands at $50.7 billion
BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University's endowment fund, the world's largest university endowment, posted a small investment gain that bested several other top U.S. universities' returns but saw the va...
Oct 19, 2023
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