(Reuters) – Shares of major U.S. regional banks were volatile on Wednesday, after two straight sessions of declines following the collapse of the third U.S. lender and investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s commentary at its policy meeting. The central bank is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rate by another 25 basis…
(Reuters) – Smartwatch and navigation equipment maker Garmin Ltd topped first-quarter revenue estimates on Wednesday, boosted by strong growth in its businesses catering to the aviation and marine industries. Garmin’s diversified business is helping the company navigate a downturn in spending from recession-wary consumers, which pushed down sales at its outdoor unit – the biggest…
By Lisa Richwine and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood film and television writers went on strike on Tuesday, shutting down late-night TV shows, and took their demands for higher pay to the doors of major studios in a labor dispute that hinges on how the streaming boom is changing show business. Hundreds of…
By Mathieu Rosemain and Matthieu Protard PARIS (Reuters) -BNP Paribas’s first-quarter sales beat market expectations as trading business at the eurozone’s biggest bank outperformed most of its peers, while it started to reap the benefits from rising interest rates. BNP’s quarterly profit more than doubled in the first quarter from a year earlier, bolstered by…
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Chilean peso is set for a period of stability as economic and political worries continue to fade, validating the central bank’s decision to unwind an intervention program implemented last year to calm market turmoil, a Reuters poll showed. In July last year, the peso plunged to a…
(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co expects to take up restructuring charges between $1.5 billion and $2 billion in 2023, it said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday, as part of the U.S. automaker’s move to exit unprofitable locations and cut headcount. The charges will be primarily attributable to “employee separations and supplier settlements,” the automaker said, adding…
By Shaloo Shrivastava and Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar will remain resilient against most major currencies over the coming months despite expectations of narrowing interest rate differentials, a Reuters poll of foreign exchange strategists predicted. Although the greenback weakened 0.8% last month, it was mild compared to March’s 2.3% slide as persistently…
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Greg Roumeliotis and Marie Mannes COPENHAGEN/NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. asset manager Apollo Global Management Inc plans to apply for approval from Swedish and Danish regulators to take a majority stake in SAS AB as part of the Scandinavian airline’s rescue plan, a source familiar with the matter said. The news of interest…
By Choonsik Yoo and Jihoon Lee INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – Inflation is cooling rapidly in countries including Indonesia but policymakers should consider diverse factors driving the price changes after rapid rises last year, the country’s finance minister told Reuters on Wednesday. Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati also said in an interview that Southeast Asia’s largest…
By M. Sriram and Rama Venkat BENGALURU (Reuters) -Brookfield Asset Management and Tata Group are in talks to invest in the upcoming initial public offering (IPO) for Nexus Malls, betting that the Indian real estate investment trust will benefit from a rise in the country’s consumption levels, two sources told Reuters. The IPO, the first-ever…
