By Lawrence Delevingne and Nell Mackenzie (Reuters) -Wall Street stocks rose slightly on Monday, while oil prices and the dollar dipped, as investors digested Chinese economic data and looked ahead to a key U.S. inflation report and corporate earnings. U.S. stocks gained modestly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.62%, the S&P 500 gained 0.24%,…
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government and the Bank of England “will do what is necessary, for as long as necessary” to return inflation to its 2% target, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Monday, adding to signs that interest rates will stay high for some time. “Delivering sound money is our number…
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – A new Missouri securities rule offers a template for Republican U.S. state officials who want to advance an “anti-woke” business agenda even as such ideas struggle for legislative backing. Missouri’s Republican secretary of state, John “Jay” Ashcroft, issued a rule on June 1 that requires broker-dealers to obtain consent from…
By Sabine Siebold VILNIUS (Reuters) – NATO leaders meet in Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday to tackle a wide range of topics, from divisions over Ukraine’s membership bid and Sweden’s accession to boosting ammunitions stockpiles and reviewing the first defence plans in decades. It will be the fourth NATO summit since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,…
A major player with deep pockets has taken a bullish position on PLTR, raising eyebrows. Today, a substantial position appeared in the publicly available options history, signaling insider knowledge. This is not your average occurrence. A staggering 33 uncommon options trades were uncovered for Palantir Technologies, indicating something significant is brewing. The sentiment among…
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar sank to a three-week low on Monday after comments by Federal Reserve officials reinforced market expectations that the U.S. central bank is near the end of its tightening cycle. The Fed, however, is widely expected to raise interest rates by another 25 basis points this month…
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea accused the United States on Monday of violating its airspace by conducting surveillance flights and warned that, while Pyongyang was exercising restraint, such flights may be shot down. Provocative military actions by the United States were bringing the Korean peninsula closer to a nuclear conflict, an unnamed spokesperson…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission announced a new data transfer pact with the United States on Monday, seeking to end the legal uncertainty plaguing thousands of companies that transfer personal data across the Atlantic. The move was immediately criticised by non-profit group noyb, led by privacy activist Max Schrems, which said…
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices eased 1% on Monday on the increasing likelihood of more U.S. interest rate hikes, but crude supply cuts from top oil exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia limited the losses. Brent crude futures settled down 78 cents, or 1%, at $77.69 a barrel after touching their highest level in…
(Reuters) -Carl Icahn disclosed on Monday he restructured $3.7 billion in personal loans to remove a link between his obligation to post collateral and his holding company’s share price, buoying the stock which had been battered following an attack by short-seller Nathan Anderson. Shares of Icahn Enterprises LP (IEP) had dropped as much as 64%…
