Blackstone mulls sale of Dutch bank NIBC –sources
By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Amy-Jo Crowley and Andres Gonzalez LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. buyout house Blackstone is weighing options for…
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UK businesses raise prices to pass on higher wage costs: PMI
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s services sector kicked off the second quarter with its fastest growth in a year,…
Regeneron beats quarterly profit estimates
(Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday, driven by strong demand for eczema…
Latin American election influence operation linked to Miami marketing firm
By Zeba Siddiqui and Christopher Bing SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Miami-based digital marketing firm was behind a series of…
Analysis-Fed up with shrinking savings, Europeans drain billions from banks
By Sinead Cruise, John O’Donnell and Tom Sims LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) – European savers are pulling more of their money from…
BMW stays cautious on outlook, says some car prices may rise
By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) -BMW will not cut electric vehicle (EV) prices in China and may raise some car…
Would Fed’s Powell go full ‘loathsome’ to buffer against a debt default?
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, asked on Wednesday about what the Fed would do…
Shrinking US cattle herd squeezes meatpacker profits
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. cattle producer Brad Kooima declined multiple, escalating bids from meatpackers seeking to buy…
Marketmind: Hike and hold, bank angst and Apple
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan If the Federal Reserve needs more…
Shell, Equinor profits beat forecasts as trading offsets lower energy prices
By Ron Bousso, Shadia Nasralla and Nerijus Adomaitis LONDON/OSLO (Reuters) – Energy giants Shell and Equinor reported higher-than-expected first-quarter profits…