Ex-first lady, anti-graft candidate poised for Guatemala run-off
By Sofia Menchu and Diego Oré GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Former first lady Sandra Torres will have to face a…
June 2023
UK retail sales fall for second month in June: CBI
LONDON (Reuters) – British retail sales fell again in June as household finances were squeezed by the rising cost of…
Texas power demand again forecast to peak this week amid heat wave
(Reuters) – Texas’ power grid operator on Monday again projected electricity use would break records this week as homes and…
Central bank notes signal Ukraine may soon start cutting key rate
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank could start cutting its key rate by one to two percentage points in coming…
Factbox-Recent policy decisions from Latin America’s central banks
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A stubborn surge of inflation has led central banks worldwide to adapt monetary policy to protect…
German recession to end in Q2 with slight GDP rise – Bundesbank
BERLIN (Reuters) – Recession in Germany is expected to end in the spring quarter, the Bundesbank said in its monthly…
Marketmind: World markets calm after Russia drama
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. More perplexed by events than anything…
In the Market: How to harness the benefits of corporate diversity
By Paritosh Bansal (Reuters) -In the early 2000s, Maryann Bruce and other senior women executives at Wachovia bank formed an…
China’s JD.com to open grocery stores by merging 7Fresh, other units
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com plans to open retail grocery stores through the merger of its 7Fresh supermarket…
Amazon Workers In Leipzig Start 48-hour Strike For Higher Wages
(Reuters) – Workers at Amazon’s warehouses in Germany’s eastern city of Leipzig started a 48-hour strike on Monday to press…