By Lisa Baertlein CHICAGO (Reuters) -Some U.S. importers who shifted cargo away from West Coast ports to rival gateways over fears that labor contract talks could disrupt shipments have begun bringing some of that volume back, even as those negotiations stretch into their 13th month, company supply chain executives said. But anxiety over labor negotiations…
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied and the dollar reached a seven-week peak on Thursday as discount retail giant Walmart Inc raised its sales outlook and strong economic data calmed recession fears while also dampening hopes the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates before year-end. Investors continued to closely monitor debt…
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rose to seven-week peaks on Thursday as another round of solid economic data further pared back bets on easing by the Federal Reserve, with the greenback also boosted by expectations of a U.S. debt ceiling deal to a avert potential default. The dollar index, a measure…
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will hike interest rates by a final quarter point on Wednesday then end its most aggressive tightening cycle since adopting the cash rate in 1999, according to a Reuters poll which then showed a pause until year-end. After surprising financial markets with a…
By Timothy Aeppel CHICAGO (Reuters) -For Matthew Prange, it’s easy to see why the inflation surge of the last two years has proven so difficult for the Federal Reserve to tame. “When prices go up, it tends to stick,” said Prange, who oversees $3 billion worth of purchases of electronic parts, plastics, and metal as…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Thursday he accepted the State Department’s invitation to view a classified cable related to the August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan and would “pause” attempts to enforce a subpoena to obtain it. “In light of this invitation,…
By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices slid about 1% on Thursday after solid U.S. economic data spurred the dollar to reach a two-month high on growing expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve could raise interest rates again in June. Brent futures fell $1.10, or 1.4%, to settle at $75.86 a barrel. U.S. West Texas…
By Aishwarya Venugopal (Reuters) – Lower input costs and inventories, as well as extended price hikes are pushing a quicker-than-expected recovery in margins at U.S. consumer-facing firms including PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, and Target, their recent earnings reports indicated. Investors have zeroed in on gross margins, that faltered in the past several quarters, as high inflation…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government wants Go Airlines (India) Ltd flights to resume as soon as possible, the civil aviation minister said on Thursday, a week after the troubled low-cost carrier was granted bankruptcy protection. Recently rebranded as Go First, India’s sixth largest airline filed for bankruptcy protection earlier in May blaming its…
TOKYO (Reuters) – A lack of resources means battery electric vehicles (BEV) cannot be the auto sector’s only answer to climate change, Toyota Motor Corp’s top scientist said Thursday, warning that focusing on BEVs could lead some drivers to hold onto polluting vehicles. Some investors and environmental groups have long criticised Toyota for being slow…
