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Los Angeles seaport June imports rebound as tariff worries loom over US holiday season

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Imports to the busiest U.S. seaport in Los Angeles rebounded strongly in June as retailers moved to stock up on goods for the holiday shopping season amid fears of higher tariffs. The Port of Los Angeles handled 470,450 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of incoming cargo last month after the …

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Goldman Sachs raises Brent oil forecast for second half of 2025 to $66

(Reuters) -Goldman Sachs raised its oil price forecasts for the second half of 2025 on Monday, citing the risk of supply disruption, lower oil inventories in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries and Russia’s production constraints. The bank expects Brent crude to average $66 a barrel in the second half of 2025, up $5 …

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Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Wells Fargo reach settlement tied to Archegos collapse

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo will pay a total of $120 million to settle a lawsuit claiming they hid conflicts of interest while sales of ViacomCBS shares helped fuel the collapse of Bill Hwang’s Archegos Capital Management. A proposed final settlement with former shareholders of ViacomCBS, now …

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Trump tariffs would lift US factory jobs, cut overall income, San Francisco Fed says 

(Reuters) -The Trump administration’s tariffs are likely to boost U.S. manufacturing jobs and real income in a majority of states, but lower employment and income adjusted for inflation in the country as a whole, new research from the San Francisco Federal Reserve showed on Monday.  Assuming a 25% increase in U.S. tariffs on imports from …

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Publisher McGraw Hill targets $4.2 billion valuation in US IPO

By Ateev Bhandari and Pritam Biswas (Reuters) -U.S. publisher McGraw Hill is targeting a valuation of $4.2 billion in its IPO, the company said on Monday, joining other private equity-backed firms looking to take advantage of improved investor sentiment. After a tariffs-driven freeze, activity in the U.S. IPO market has ramped with overwhelming investor interest …

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Crypto bills set to advance this week take industry closer to mainstream

By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -The crypto industry will take a step closer to going mainstream this week as a series of industry-friendly bills progress through Congress, paving the way for digital assets to potentially be further integrated into traditional finance. The House of Representatives is set to pass a series of crypto-related bills in a …

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Bitcoin rally driven more by institutional demand than speculation

By Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) -As bitcoin hit a record high on Monday, evidence from institutional flows and derivatives suggested its rally might be more stable and lasting than previous speculative runs. Bitcoin crossed $120,000 for the first time on optimism over upcoming U.S. House discussions on digital asset regulation, extending its gains this year to …

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GM to produce lower-cost battery cells at Tennessee plant

By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors is planning to produce lower-cost battery cells at its joint-venture plant with South Korea’s LG Energy Solution in Tennessee. The Detroit automaker is rolling out production of lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries, a technology that is gaining popularity at other automakers in the U.S. including at cross-town rival Ford Motor. …

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