By Dawn Chmielewski, David Shepardson and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -The $8.4 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media won approval from U.S. regulators on Thursday, clearing the way for a sale that evolved into a clash over press freedom in the era of President Donald Trump. The deal will put well-known entertainment properties including …
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By Luciana Magalhaes, Lisandra Paraguassu, Bernardo Caram and Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil is scrambling to avert punishing 50% U.S. tariffs in a week’s time, but high level talks are stalled and U.S. companies are reluctant to confront U.S. President Donald Trump over the issue, officials and industry leaders say. Trump linked the tariffs, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States may not reach a negotiated trade deal with Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday, suggesting his administration could set a tariff rate unilaterally. Trump, speaking to reporters as he left the White House for a trip to Scotland, said, “We haven’t really had a lot of luck with …
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(Reuters) -Inflows into global equity funds picked up again in the week through July 23 as optimism over U.S. trade deals, stronger than expected U.S. economic reports and an encouraging start to the corporate earnings season boosted risk sentiment. Global investors snapped up a net $8.71 billion worth of equity funds during the week, reversing …
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By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday he had a good meeting with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and got the impression Powell might be ready to lower interest rates. “We had a very good meeting … I think we had a very good meeting on interest rates,” …
By Sarupya Ganguly and Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) – Risks to the quality of official U.S. economic data – long seen as the gold standard – are worrying 89 of 100 top policy experts polled by Reuters, with most also concerned that the authorities are not addressing the issue urgently enough. A decline in official …
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets A buoyant week for world markets driven by emerging U.S. trade deals with major economies has gone a bit flat into Friday, with the corporate earnings season throwing up a series of high profile …
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -U.S. Gulf Coast refiners are snapping up higher volumes of Middle Eastern and South American crudes to offset the loss of Venezuelan and Mexican barrels, according to ship tracking data, a workaround solution that might be short-lived if the U.S. allows some sanctioned Venezuelan crude to return to the market. …
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A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Aaaaaand… breathe. After an enormous week of trade deals, a more hawkish ECB and a buyer’s strike in the Japanese bond market, investors are taking a pause from a recent risk-on rally ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s August 1 …
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(Corrects attribution in paragraph 7 to CEO, not CFO) By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Grupo Bimbo, one of the world’s largest breadmakers, said on Thursday it would cut artificial colorings from all of its products by the end of next year, as consumers turn more health-conscious when shopping for staple foods. Shorter term, executives …
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