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Fed’s Bowman says she is comfortable with policy stance
[ad_1] SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – In her first public remarks as a U.S. central banker, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said she is on board with the Fed’s recent pivot to a “patient” approach to
Wall Street treads water, eyes on U.S.-China trade talks
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Wall Street struggled for direction on Monday, with investors taking a pause as the United States and China began their latest trade negotiations and U.S. lawmakers tried to reach a deal on
Italian economy to shrink by 0.3 percent this year: JPMorgan
[ad_1] Offices are seen at the Gae Aulenti square at Porta Nuova district downtown Milan, Italy, November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/Files MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s economy will shrink by 0.3 percent this year, JPMorgan analysts
China upbeat on U.S. trade talks, but South China Sea tensions weigh
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China struck an upbeat note on Monday as trade talks resumed with the United States, but also expressed anger at a U.S. Navy mission through the disputed South China Sea, casting
Sugar prices to rise as global market swings into deficit: Reuters poll
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – World sugar prices are forecast to rise this year with the market swinging into deficit in the 2019/20 season, a Reuters survey of 10 analysts and traders showed on Monday. Labourers
With Iran squeezed out, U.S. oil takes on new rivals in Europe
[ad_1] MOSCOW/NEW YORK (Reuters) – When the global oil trading industry gathered for its biggest annual meeting in Asia in September last year, U.S. oil producing companies came well prepared. FILE PHOTO: A pumpjack is
EU starts process to hit Cambodia with trade sanctions
[ad_1] A garment shop is displayed along a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia July 5, 2017. REUTERS/Samrang Pring BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union started on Monday an 18-month process to end Cambodia’s preferential trade
Corrected: Venezuela open to barter trade with India to boost oil sales
[ad_1] (Corrects spelling of oil minister’s name in first paragraph and throughout) Venezuela’s Oil Minister and President of Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA Manuel Quevedo listens to a speech during the Petrotech conference in Greater
Facebook expanding fact-checking in India before election
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo MUMBAI (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on