Central banks stick to rate hikes with eye on market turmoil
LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is close to the end of its interest rate hiking cycle, while the…
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Russian rouble soars to one-month high as oil prices halt slide
By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) -The Russian rouble climbed sharply to a more-than-one-month high on Thursday, gaining for a fifth straight…
Shopify divests logistics arm to Flexport in strategic reversal
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Shopify Inc has divested the logistics arm it built over the past few years, in…
Shell posts $10 billion profit as trading offsets lower energy prices
By Ron Bousso and Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) – Shell on Thursday posted first-quarter net profit of $9.65 billion as…
Serbia struggles to comprehend first school shooting
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) -Shocked Serbians mourned the nine victims of their nation’s first mass school shooting on Thursday…
U.S. calls Russian claim that Washington was behind drone attack ‘ludicrous’
By Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States dismissed Russia’s allegation on Thursday that Washington was…
TenneT sale talks slow as Germany, Netherlands differ on price, offshore
By Toby Sterling, Christoph Steitz and Markus Wacket AMSTERDAM/BERLIN (Reuters) – Talks on a planned sale of Dutch state-owned electricity…
Instant View: ECB delivers seventh consecutive rate hike
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank eased the pace of its interest rate hikes on Thursday and kept its…
ECB slows rate hikes and keeps options open
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank eased the pace of its interest rate hikes on Thursday and kept its…
Fear recedes for Ukraine’s volunteers, for whom war is ‘just a job’
By Manuel Ausloos ON THE FRONTLINE IN DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – After months of living in trenches and bunkers…