South Korea export downturn slows, trade balance swings to surplus
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s export downturn slowed in June, with auto exports extending robust rises and…
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China new home prices edge down in June for second consecutive month
BEIJING (Reuters) – New home prices in China edged down in June from the previous month, marking a second straight…
Disney accused in lawsuit of ‘systematically’ paying women less than men in California
(Reuters) – Walt Disney has been accused of systematically underpaying women in California in a lawsuit that alleges the company’s…
US chicken producers ordered to face price-fixing claims
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday said Pilgrim’s Pride, Sanderson Farms, Tyson Foods and several other…
Cboe refiles Fidelity bitcoin ETF application, plans Coinbase policing partnership
By John McCrank and Carolina Mandl (Reuters) -Exchange operator Cboe on Friday refiled an application with the U.S. securities regulator…
Wall St rallies; Nasdaq hits 40-yr milestone, Apple scales $3 trillion
By Sinéad Carew, Sruthi Shankar and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) – Wall Street’s three major indexes advanced solidly on Friday,…
Top U.S. banks raise dividends after sailing through Fed stress tests
By Saeed Azhar, Tatiana Bautzer and Nupur Anand NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. banks including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Goldman…
Google hires Brazil’s Temer to lobby on controversial internet bill
(Reuters) -Google has hired Brazilian former President Michel Temer to lobby lawmakers considering a proposal to regulate the internet, his…
Argentina makes IMF payment as deal talks grind on
By Rodrigo Campos and Jorge Otaola NEW YORK/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that Argentina is…
Alberta agency, China private equity fund ends partnership
(This June 29 story has been corrected to clarify that the entity involved is not an Alberta government agency in…