Exclusive-Venezuela’s oil tankers at risk of sinking, fires, spills, report finds
By Mircely Guanipa PUNTO FIJO (Reuters) – More than half of the 22 oil tankers in Venezuela’s fleet are so…
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Blackstone mulls sale of Dutch bank NIBC –sources
By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Amy-Jo Crowley and Andres Gonzalez LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. buyout house Blackstone is weighing options for…
Regeneron beats quarterly profit estimates
(Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday, driven by strong demand for eczema…
Latin American election influence operation linked to Miami marketing firm
By Zeba Siddiqui and Christopher Bing SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Miami-based digital marketing firm was behind a series of…
Would Fed’s Powell go full ‘loathsome’ to buffer against a debt default?
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, asked on Wednesday about what the Fed would do…
Shrinking US cattle herd squeezes meatpacker profits
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. cattle producer Brad Kooima declined multiple, escalating bids from meatpackers seeking to buy…
Marketmind: Hike and hold, bank angst and Apple
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan If the Federal Reserve needs more…
Analysis-Fed’s hiking pause may not signal all-clear for US stocks
By Lewis Krauskopf and David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – The end of a market-punishing rate hiking cycle may be…
German exports fall significantly more than expected in March
By Maria Martinez (Reuters) – German exports fell significantly more than expected in March, as deliveries to the United States…
TIM debates grid bids as investor Vivendi challenges strategy
By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) directors will meet on Thursday to decide their response to multibillion…