By Peter Hobson (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has become a key trade hub for Russian gold since Western sanctions over Ukraine cut Russia’s more traditional export routes, Russian customs records show. The records, which contain details of nearly a thousand gold shipments in the year since the Ukraine war started, show the Gulf…
LONDON (Reuters) – British retail sales declined this month after a modest rise in April but stores expect sales volumes to stabilise in June as consumer confidence improves and energy prices fall, a survey showed on Thursday. The Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) monthly distributive trades index fell to -10 in May from +5 in…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Two of the year’s dominant themes vied for investor attention overnight as the debt ceiling impasse threatened the U.S. government’s credit rating and chipmaking giant NVIDIA soared almost 30% on the artificial intelligence boom. Even though White House and congressional Republican…
By Navya Mittal and Echha Jain (Reuters) -Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates warned on Thursday that inflation was squeezing demand for its commercial-grade wine and driving up packaging costs, sending its shares nearly 8% lower. The country’s biggest winemaker flagged challenging market conditions and consumption outlook for commercial wine, especially in Australia and the United Kingdom,…
By Paul Lienert and Nick Carey DETROIT/BICESTER, England (Reuters) – British electric van startup Arrival, which has hit many road bumps in its quest to become the next Tesla Inc, now hopes huge subsidies from the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and a second reverse merger will give it a fresh shot at survival. Since it…
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Sonali Desai. The U.S. debt ceiling saga continues to hang over global markets, with the White House and Republicans both citing progress in the latest round of talks but no breakthrough yet. Ratings agency Fitch opted not to wait, placing the country’s “AAA”…
By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -HSBC is reviewing a possible exit from as many as a dozen countries, or one in five of the markets it operates in, to sharpen its focus on Asian expansion, Chief Financial Officer Georges Elhedery told Reuters in his first interview since taking the role. The reviews follow pressure from…
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus is not looking to launch a stretched version of its A220 jetliner in the current environment, the planemaker said on Wednesday, effectively knocking down speculation of a launch at the upcoming Paris Airshow. A larger version of the 110-130-seat small passenger plane has been on the horizon for some…
LONDON (Reuters) -Microsoft filed an appeal on Wednesday of Britain’s decision to block its $69 billion takeover of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard, a company spokesperson said. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Britain’s antitrust regulator, vetoed the deal in April, saying it could hurt competition in the nascent cloud gaming market. Microsoft lodged…
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar hit a fresh two-month high against a basket of peers on Wednesday, bolstered by recent signs of a resilient U.S. economy, while unease over U.S. debt ceiling talks kept investors moving to safe havens. The dollar is not seen posing an immediate risk, unlike certain Treasury securities,…
