U.S. Business Borrowing For Equipment Rises 2% In January – ELFA
(Reuters) – U.S. companies borrowed 2% more in January to finance their investments in equipment compared to a year earlier,…
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Wall St Drops As Ukraine Worries Intensify
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were sharply lower on Wednesday afternoon as Ukraine declared a state…
German Parties Agree Relief For Households As Energy Prices Soar
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s coalition parties agreed on Wednesday a roughly 13 billion euro package of measures to help households…
Rough Seas Delay Salvage Operation For Burning Ship Carrying Luxury Cars
LISBON (Reuters) – Rough waters forced authorities on Wednesday to postpone a salvage operation for a ship packed with luxury…
Boots In Store For $10-billion Sale As Bid Deadline Looms
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s largest drugstore chain Boots has set a Feb. 24 deadline to receive indicative…
WTO Reschedules Ministerial, Now Set For June
GENEVA (Reuters) – Trade ministers are now due to convene for the first time in more than four years in…
Stock Rally Fades, Oil Turns Higher On Russia/ Ukraine Jitters
By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors around the world lost their appetite for risk shortly after the U.S. market…
EU sanctions hit Russian minister, top advisor, lawmakers
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed to slap sanctions Wednesday on Russia’s defense minister, a top adviser to President…
Emerging Markets Drive Global Debt To Record $303 Trillion – IIF
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging market borrowing led by China inflated the global debt mountain to a record…
Lowe’s posts strong Q4 results on strong housing market
NEW YORK (AP) — Lowe’s Cos., the nation’s second-largest home improvement chain behind Home Depot, offered an upbeat annual outlook…