Braving boos, Macron hopes ‘cathartic’ walkabouts will soothe pension anger
By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron has thrown himself into what he calls a…
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Exxon, Chevron split over how to manage rising cash piles
By Sabrina Valle and Arunima Kumar HOUSTON (Reuters) – The two largest U.S. oil companies – Exxon Mobil Corp and…
Wall St ends higher, posts weekly, monthly gains on solid earnings, Fed pause hopes
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied to a higher close on Friday and benchmark Treasury yields…
US dollar firms as inflation data backs Fed hike; yen plunges
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar rose on Friday after data showed inflation grew in March,…
Crude prices up over 2% on rising U.S. oil demand and lower output
By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices mostly rose over 2% on Friday after energy firms posted positive earnings…
Obama, Spielberg and Springsteen delight Barcelona restaurant staff
MADRID (Reuters) – People in Barcelona had to do a double take on Friday when former President Barack Obama, Michelle…
Explainer-What next for Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision deal after UK ban?
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of…
Russian Finance Minister: Hitting budget deficit of 2% of GDP depends on oil and gas – agencies
(Reuters) – Russia’s forecast of a 2023 budget deficit of no more than 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) remains…
Putin: Russia must act quickly in face of West’s ‘economic aggression’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Russia needed to act quickly to counter what he called the…
Foreign tourism to Portugal has best first quarter ever
LISBON (Reuters) – The number of foreign tourists visiting Portugal surpassed 2.8 million from January through March, making it the…