WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday he’s confident Turkey’s objections to Finland and Sweden joining NATO can be overcome swiftly, possibly in time for a summit of alliance leaders at the end of next month. At a news conference in Washington with visiting Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, Blinken said…
BERLIN (AP) — Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035, making it highly unlikely that those countries will burn coal for electricity beyond that date. Ministers from the G-7 countries meeting in Berlin also announced a…
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were indicating a higher open on Wall Street and world stocks eyed their first weekly gain in eight on Friday on a more upbeat earnings view and after this week’s Federal Reserve minutes dampened fears of mega-high interest rates. Optimistic U.S. earnings outlooks from department store operator…
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday ahead of data which will likely offer clues on U.S. consumer spending strength against the backdrop of red-hot inflation, while shares of Gap slumped after the retailer slashed its annual forecast. The Commerce Department’s report at 08:30 a.m. ET is expected to show consumer spending…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -State-backed Chinese property developer Greenland Holdings said on Friday it plans to extend the repayment of its $488 million offshore bond maturing in June by one year, according to a transcript seen by Reuters and confirmed by sources who attended an investor call. Shanghai-based Greenland is the first state-backed developer to extend a…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s economy is likely to grow at a slower pace this year that initially forecast, the statistics office said on Friday, downgrading its outlook due to global inflation and COVID-19 dampening consumer demand at home and abroad. The downward revision came even as the statistics office raised its export growth forecast for…
(Reuters) – Chinese automaker FAW Group is considering acquiring a significant stake in ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing sources. The state-owned FAW Group has reached out to Didi’s top executives and expressed its interest in becoming a major shareholder in the firm, the report https://bloom.bg/38n7Gtm said. U.S.-listed shares of…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp on Friday cut its global production plan for June for the second time this week, reducing its planned output by about 50,000 vehicles to 800,000, citing the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai. Japan’s largest automaker said it still expects to produce 9.7 million vehicles worldwide in the current financial year,…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norse Atlantic Airways said on Friday it had begun ticket sales for flights between London and New York as the budget carrier seeks to take market share on one of the world’s busiest long-haul routes. Round-trip fares for journeys between London’s Gatwick and the John F. Kennedy International Airport will start at…
LONDON (Reuters) – It’s all about the data. Investors are assessing how much U.S rate hikes are biting, whether euro zone inflation is near peaking and how damaging China’s COVID lockdowns are for the world’s No.2 economy. So, just as markets end a turbulent May, U.S. payrolls, European inflation and Chinese business activity data could…
