UK airline easyJet rejects bid offer, to raise $1.7 billion
LONDON (Reuters) -British airline easyJet said it had rejected a takeover offer on Thursday and would raise $1.7 billion from shareholders to fund its pandemic recovery and expand operations.
U.S. DoJ launches expansive probe into short selling – Bloomberg News
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U.S. manufacturing sector grows moderately; prices paid at record high-ISM
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity grew at a moderate pace in June, but employment contracted for the first time in seven months, likely because of rampant shortages
U.S. wholesale inventories rise; inventories-to-sales ratio lowest in seven years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. wholesale inventory accumulation slowed in July, lagging further behind sales, and it is now taking wholesalers the shortest time in seven years to clear shelves.
Fed’s Kashkari: Keeping an ‘open mind’ on timing of rate hikes
(Reuters) -Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari on Tuesday said he expects more clarity on the economic outlook by the time the Fed ends its bond-buying program in mid-2022, and is
Biden’s overture to Asian oil consumers serves warning to OPEC+
(In fourth paragraph corrects title of Hochstein to Senior Adviser on Energy Security) By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration's push for a coordinated release of oil
Marketmind: A time to taper
A look at the day ahead from Sujata Rao. Earlier this week, the Reserve Bank of Australia didn't blink and stuck with plans to taper bond-buying stimulus next month.
Oil prices drop on higher dollar in volatile week
By Sonali Paul and Koustav Samanta SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped on Friday, wiping out gains from the previous session, as the dollar continued to rise on bets the U.S. central bank will
Exclusive-Brazil has oil. Exxon can’t seem to find it
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp has bet billions of dollars on offshore drilling in Brazil, an area it once abandoned and now sees as key to its future.
Big Tech to face another bipartisan antitrust bill
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech