(Reuters) -Federal Reserve officials in March “generally agreed” to cut up to $95 billion a month from the central bank’s asset holdings as another tool in the fight against surging inflation, even as the war in Ukraine tempered the first U.S. interest rate increase. Minutes of the Fed’s March 15-16 meeting showed policymakers rallying around…
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday confirmed that a preliminary investigation linked to tax fraud had been launched into the French arm of US consultancy firm McKinsey by France’s national financial prosecution office PNF. PNF earlier on Wednesday said launched a tax fraud probe linked to consulting firms without specifying which firms were…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Nathan Gomes (Reuters) -JetBlue Airways Corp on Wednesday mounted a vigorous defense of its unsolicited $3.6 billion bid to acquire ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, saying the company is “highly confident” of securing regulatory approval for the deal. The New York-based carrier on Tuesday surprised Wall Street with a $33 per…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take an aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks to the economy. In minutes from their March policy meeting, released Wednesday, Fed officials said that…
By Helen Reid JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has received enquiries from manufacturers and carmakers seeking palladium in the wake of Western sanctions on top producer Russia, CEO Natascha Viljoen said on Wednesday. Palladium users with no existing contracts with the company have contacted Amplats about “potential alternative sources of palladium”,…
By Timothy Gardner and Liz Hampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oil executives defended themselves in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday from charges by lawmakers that they are gouging Americans with high fuel prices, saying that they are boosting energy output and no one company sets the price of gasoline. Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives…
By Noah Browning and David Gaffen LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil futures fell sharply on Wednesday following a surprising rise in U.S. crude stocks and after large consuming nations said they would release oil from reserves in conjunction with the United States to counter tightening supply. Member states of the International Energy Agency (IEA) will release…
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) – With an election looming, Canada’s province of Ontario is moving to rein in surging home prices with populist measures like a bigger foreign-buyer tax, but economists warn rising interest rates are likely to do most of the work. Already there are signs the red-hot markets are cooling after last…
WASHINGTONG (Reuters) – Member countries of the International Energy Agency besides the United States have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from storage, an official from the U.S. government and an IEA member country official told Reuters. The amount will be matched by the United States as part of Washington’s pledge last week…
PARIS (AP) — Luxury fashion brand Chanel says it has stopped selling its clothes, perfumes and other luxury goods to Russian customers abroad if they plan to take the products back home — a bold response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine that some say goes too far. The move, which some Russians have decried, comes…
