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Central Bank Chief Says Canadians Should Not ‘Overreact’ To Temporary…
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, writing in a column for the Financial Post newspaper on Thursday, said…
Canadian Dollar Hits 2-Week High As Fed Stance Bolsters Sentiment
The Canadian dollar touched a two-week high against its broadly weaker U.S. counterpart on
Thursday, as the…
IMF Retains 2.5% Growth Estimate For Nigeria
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has retained Nigeria’s 2.5 per cent economic growth forecast for 2021.
The…
Analysis: As Fed Tiptoes Around Tapering, Investors Look To Jackson Hole Meeting…
Investors looking for clear guidelines on when the Federal Reserve will begin tapering its massive bond purchases…
Comcast’s Quarterly Revenue Tops Estimates, Lifted By Cable Growth
Comcast Corp's (CMCSA.O) second-quarter revenue beat Wall Street estimates on Thursday, benefiting from higher…
From Facebook To Twitter, Big Tech Sees Social Commerce Driving Sales Growth
Led by Facebook, social media platforms from Alphabet's YouTube to Snap Inc (SNAP.N) and Twitter (TWTR.N) are…
Merck Revenue Beats Estimates On Keytruda Demand
Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N) reported quarterly revenue on Thursday ahead of analysts' estimates, as a recovery in…
S&P 500, Dow Set To Rise As Economic Growth Heats Up
The S&P 500 and the Dow indexes were set to rise on Thursday as a slate of strong corporate earnings reports…
China Buyers Re-emerge, Patient Fed Saps Dollar
World share markets were back on the climb on Thursday as the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled it was in no rush to…
U.S. Economy Contracted 19.2% During COVID-19 Pandemic Recession
The U.S. economy contracted at a record average annualized rate of 19.2% from its peak in the fourth quarter of…
Carlyle’s Second-Quarter Earnings Double On Asset Sales
U.S. buyout firm Carlyle Group Inc (CG.O) said on Thursday its second-quarter distributable earnings nearly…
Oil Prices Slip But Remain Near $75 After Large Inventory Drawdown
Oil prices slipped but remained near $75 per barrel on Thursday as crude stockpiles in the United States, the…
Canadian Pipeline Operator TC Energy To Switch To Green Power To Run North…
Canadian pipeline operator TC Energy Corp (TRP.TO) could spend billions of dollars on its plans to lower…
Samsung Electronics Sees Strong Chip Demand, Mobile Recovery As Q2 Profit Jumps
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Thursday forecast strong demand for memory chips in the second half and a…
Sydney Posts Record Daily Rise In COVID-19 Cases, Seeks Military Help
Australia's biggest city Sydney posted a record one-day rise in local COVID-19 cases on Thursday and warned the…
Oil Rises On United State Fuel Drawdowns Despite Surging Coronavirus Cases
Oil prices climbed on Wednesday after industry data showed U.S. crude and product inventories fell more sharply…
UK Poised To End Amber List Quarantine For People Vaccinated In US And EU
Ministers to discuss plans, with talks also to determine if they will apply to England only or all UK…
Biden Plans To Speed Up Asylum Processing And Deportations At The Border
The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it will speed up asylum claim processing for migrants at the…
Two dead, Several Injured In Acid Leak At LyondellBasell Plant In Texas
Two people were killed and several others injured following a leak of acetic acid at a LyondellBasell (LYB.N) …
United States White House Wants Broadband Funding In Infrastructure Bill
A bipartisan group of senators and the White House are debating extending a program started early in the COVID-19…
German Insurers Expect Up To $6.5 Billion In Storm Claims
German insurance industry association GDV estimates that there will be up to 5.5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in…
North, South Korea In Talks Over Summit, Reopening Liaison Office
North and South Korea are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang demolished last year and hold a…
Microsoft Set To Report Earnings After The Bell
Microsoft will release its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report after market close Tuesday.
Here’s what…
Gold Subdued As Investors Await Cues From United State Federal Reserve Meeting
Gold prices lingered below the key $1,800 per-ounce level on Tuesday, as investors maintained a cautious stance…
Coffee Prices Surge As Unusual Cold Threatens Brazilian Production
Arabica coffee prices rose 10% more on Monday, after jumping nearly 20% last week, to their highest in…
Sterling Dips Against Dollar As Stocks Slide
LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling dipped against the dollar on Tuesday as global stock markets sank led by a heavy…
London Judges Agree To Reopen $7 Billion Brazil Dam Lawsuit Against Anglo Mining…
London's Court of Appeal agreed on Tuesday to reopen a major lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP, …
One Dead, Four Missing After Explosion Rocks German Chemicals Site
One person is dead and four are missing after an explosion rocked an industrial park in the western German city of…
China Is Still Falling Short Of Meeting An Agreement To Reduce Its United State…
China’s purchases of U.S. goods are still falling short of trade agreement levels, even as overall Chinese imports…
Housing Boom Is Over In United State As New Home Sales Fall To Pandemic Low
Sales of newly built homes dropped in June to the lowest level since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in…