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By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors hoping for an end to wild market swings were reminded on Thursday that fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s shifting tariff plans remains a threat to earnings and the economy, and could deal yet more punishment to equities. Relief over Trump’s move on Wednesday to pull back on …

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By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wild swings in global markets are poised to keep U.S. stock investors on edge in the coming week, as a weakening dollar and a selloff in Treasuries compound extreme equity volatility that erupted after President Donald Trump launched his sweeping tariffs. The S&P 500 was set for solid gains …

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By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. energy regulators this week denied a request to reconsider a decision that blocked an Amazon data center, connected directly to a Talen Energy nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, from ramping up its power use, government filings show. Big Tech’s race to secure massive amounts of electricity to …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission took a step toward potentially reversing bans on certain oil executives joining the boards of Chevron and Exxon Mobil that the Biden administration made a condition that allowed them to acquire two other oil producers. Exxon, which acquired Pioneer Natural Resources last year, had agreed to bar former …

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By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) – A little-known insurance product is gaining traction in Canada as exporters seek to guard against losses and bankruptcies of their suppliers and customers due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, insurers said. Trade credit insurance for insolvencies of foreign customers covers 90% of all lost payments and is widely …

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By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Soaring consumer inflation expectations, driven to a level not seen since the early 1980s, coupled with jittery markets and rising U.S. Treasury yields on Friday amplified the Federal Reserve’s dilemma in determining whether the economy is facing a new price shock or headed for a downturn. With households, businesses, and …

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(Reuters) -St. Louis Federal Reserve President Alberto Musalem said on Friday he’s closely watching whether a rise in short-term inflation expectations seeps into longer-term expectations, a development that could make fighting inflation a much harder job and reduce the U.S. central bank’s flexibility to respond to weakness in the labor market.  Noting high uncertainty over …

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