White House negotiators meeting with Republicans to hash out a deal to avert a historic US default have been instructed not to offer concessions on drug pricing, access to health care, or programs to combat climate change, Lael Brainard, the president’s top economic adviser, said Thursday.
The Bloomberg Sustainable Finance Forum was held Wednesday, focusing on topics ranging from opportunities in the US market to the evolving regulatory environment.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he expects talks with the African nations seeking to mediate in the conflict to take place in June or July just as Group of Seven leaders are gathering in Hiroshima to discuss the invasion.
Egypt left interest rates unchanged, likely putting the brakes on more monetary tightening until a further devaluation of its currency that’s under sustained pressure from an economic crisis.
The Air Force formally opened a multibillion-dollar contest to replace the F-22 Raptor fighter jet that’s likely to draw competing bids by US aerospace giants Lockheed Martin Corp., Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp.
European natural gas futures slumped below €30 for the first time since June 2021 in a stark reversal of last year’s market chaos and a sign of tepid demand as Europe recovers from its energy crisis.
Looming behind market fears over the prospect of a historic US default is the less-discussed risk of what would follow a deal to resolve the debt-ceiling impasse.
The top US bank regulators are vowing to act quickly on long-delayed rules to clamp down on executive pay and bonuses.
A day after dismissing a question that would have forced a payout on some of Credit Suisse Group AG’s default swaps, a panel that oversees the derivatives market received another query that could trigger the contracts.
Travel across England in the first weekend of June is set for further disruption after a major railway union announced another day of strikes, imperiling football fans’ journeys.
