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By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Global stocks inched higher on Tuesday to a record high for the eight straight session as investors wagered the U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to delay the start of ...

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near recent lows on Tuesday as traders braced for a slew of central bank meetings from Australia to Europe and Canada this week, looking for a...

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices were wobbly on Monday as investors grappled with demand concerns after Saudi Arabia's sharp cuts to crude contract prices for Asia. Brent crude futures fo...

(Reuters) - U.S. electric company Entergy Corp said power had been restored for more than half of its customers who faced an outage after Hurricane Ida. "Just eight days after being struck by one of t...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RBNZ) Deputy Governor Geoff Bascand will leave the bank in January next year, it said in a statement on Tuesday. Bascand has been deputy governor ...

By Kantaro Komiya and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending grew less than expected in July as a resurgence of COVID-19 cases hindered consumer activity, throwing broader econom...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Fumio Kishida, a strong contender to succeed Yoshihide Suga as Japan's prime minister, called for a stimulus package of more than 30 trillion yen ($273 billion) to cu...

By Hideyuki Sano and Tom Westbrook TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - While the race for ruling party leader remains wide open, the Japanese stock market has emerged as a clear winner of Prime Minister Yoshi...

LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer spending jumped last month thanks to a post-lockdown splurge on holidays at home and entertainment, payment card company Barclaycard said on Tuesday. Spending rose ...

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs to ease taxes on banks and make it easier to hire staff from abroad, its financial and professional services lobby said in a blueprint to help London unse...