DUBLIN – A global tax deal will make “no difference” to Alphabet Google’s operations in Ireland as the company remains committed to investing and adding staff to its European hub …
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By Mark Weinraub and Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO – U.S. farmers are off to a slow start in their corn planting this year and farmers in many key growing areas will …
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By Daniel Leussink TOKYO – Japan recorded a trade deficit in March that was more than four times wider than market forecasts, as China-bound exports slowed sharply while soaring energy …
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Biden Scraps Green Fuel Rules In Bid To Slow Skyrocketing Gas Prices Thomas Catenacci on April 12, 2022 President Joe Biden is expected to announce a temporary pause on an …
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By Jose Luis Gonzalez CIUDAD JUAREZ – Hundreds of commercial trucks waited in an hours-long line on Saturday to cross the border from the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez into …
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By David Henry NEW YORK – Wall Street bankers have long talked about how higher interest rates will deliver additional revenue from loans and higher-yielding securities. Now that rates are …
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MADRID – Factory activity in Spain grew for a 14th consecutive month in March though at a slower pace because of pressure on supply chains and rising inflation fuelled by …
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MEXICO CITY – Headline and core inflation rates in Mexico are still very high, and bringing them down will be a lengthy process, Mexican central bank board member Gerardo Esquivel …
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WASHINGTON – The Russia-Ukraine crisis is driving up commodities prices and is likely to reduce prospects for global growth in the coming year, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned on …
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PRAGUE – The Czech central bank may discuss whether to use its large foreign exchange reserves to not only stabilise exchange rate fluctuations but also for fighting inflation, central bank …
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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, David French and Krystal Hu NEW ORLEANS – Mergers and acquisitions activity has tailed off after a record-breaking 2021, as the war in Ukraine adds to a …
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MILAN – A worsening in microchip supply conditions triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will prompt carmaker Stellantis to slow operations at its key Melfi plant in Italy next month, …
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By Zuzanna Szymanska and Jonathan Cable BERLIN/LONDON – Home prices in Germany’s booming property market look set to rise sharply again in 2022 and, while the pace will ease in …
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– Several major U.S. companies are dropping their mask requirements for customers and employees who are fully vaccinated as the pace of COVID-19 infections declines in the country. A few …
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By Patturaja Murugaboopathy – Global non-financial companies have issued the lowest debt volumes in three years in the first six weeks of 2022, deterred by rising interest rates as governments …
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– Thousands of truck drivers from Argentina were stuck at the Chilean border on Saturday due to slow COVID-19 testing, as Chile faced its second transport delay crisis. Since Jan. …
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BERLIN – German economic growth will slow down to 2.3% in 2023, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Friday. The government cut its economic growth forecast for 2022 this month …
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UNITED NATIONS – The global economy is projected to grow by 4% in 2022 – down from 5.5% last year – and expand 3.5% in 2023 amid new waves of …
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By Sujata Rao and Danilo Masoni LONDON – This month’s sudden spike in inflation-adjusted bond yields has jolted TINA, the thesis that “there is no alternative” to stocks, yet if …
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By Renju Jose SYDNEY – Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic on Wednesday, with surging Omicron infections leading to staff shortages that …
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LONDON – China, widely seen as an exporter of disinflation for the past two decades, is likely to drive higher inflation in coming years, the chief investment officer of Neuberger …
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– U.S. truck maker Navistar International Corp, backed by Volkswagen, said on Wednesday the Omicron variant of the coronavirus would likely slow the recovery in the global supply chain. A …
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By Fergal Smith TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index will add to its recent record high over the coming year as the domestic economic recovery helps underpin corporate earnings, but …
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SEOUL – South Korea’s factory activity expanded further in November, though output shrank for a second straight month, signalling that Asia’s fourth-largest economy is struggling to fully regain momentum in …
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FRANKFURT – Two top bankers on Friday bemoaned the slow pace of unifying European capital markets, voicing concerns that European investment and innovation too often flee the continent for the …