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2 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Samuel Indyk |Ed Osmond
LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - The British pound dipped slightly against the dollar but remained close to its highest level since 2022 reached the day before as hot inflation and improving relations with Europe and the U.S. continued to support the currency.
The pound was last down 0.1% against the dollar at $1.3399, having touched a high of $1.3468 on Wednesday, its strongest level in over three years.
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3 weeks ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Ed Osmond |Kate Abnett
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission proposed weakening more of the environmental conditions tied to the EU's huge farming subsidy programme on Wednesday, as part of plans to cut back regulations and paperwork for farmers.
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3 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Medha Singh |Ed Osmond
May 12 (Reuters) - The pound slumped against a stronger dollar on Monday but firmed against the euro and yen as the United States and China temporarily cut reciprocal tariffs following negotiations over the weekend.
The U.S. and China agreed to temporarily slash tariffs in a deal that surpassed expectations as the de-escalation in the trade war between the world's two biggest economies sparked risk appetite globally.
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Alun John |Ed Osmond
LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - The pound strengthened against both the dollar and the euro on Tuesday, largely due to weakness in both peers rather than major British news, which is fairly thin until Thursday's closely watched Bank of England meeting.
The pound was last up 0.2% on the dollar at $1.3323 helped by nervousness in markets hoping for trade deals between the U.S. and other countries which could reduce the effect of U.S. tariffs but may not materialise.
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Rajendra Jadhav |Ed Osmond
MUMBAI, April 30 (Reuters) - Gold demand remained lower than normal on Wednesday during an Indian festival when buying gold is considered auspicious as the rally in prices to a record high prompted retail consumers to reduce purchases.
Indians were celebrating Akshaya Tritiya, the second-biggest gold-buying festival after Dhanteras.
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Gabriel Araujo |Andrew Heavens |Ed Osmond
SAO PAULO, April 30 (Reuters) - Lender Santander Brasil on Wednesday reported a 27.8% year-on-year rise in its first-quarter net profit, landing slightly ahead of market expectations despite what it called a more challenging global macroeconomic scenario.
Santander Brasil's bottom line for the period came in at 3.86 billion reais ($686.83 million), it said in a securities filing, while analysts polled by LSEG expected net income of 3.77 billion reais.
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Lucy Raitano |Ed Osmond
London, April 30 (Reuters) - Sterling fell against a firmer dollar on Wednesday but stayed close to a three-year high and is on track for its strongest monthly performance since November 2023, as markets stay focused on looming key U.S. economic data.
At 1046 GMT, the pound was down 0.28% versus the dollar to 1.3368, and fell 0.2% versus the euro to 85.08 .
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1 month ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Sarah Young |Ed Osmond
LONDON (Reuters) - Golfers teeing off at Trump Turnberry in Scotland on Wednesday would have been oblivious to Greenpeace's protest against the U.S. President on the sand a few hundred metres away, which was only properly visible from the air....
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Shadia Nasralla |Ed Osmond |Emelia Sithole-Matarise |Barbara Lewis
Board member says in "everyone's interest" to keep transition period short
Some climate campaigners unhappy at lack of vote on strategy U-turn
BP under pressure for more change by Elliott campaign
SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, England, April 17 (Reuters) - BP's CEO Murray Auchincloss and Chair Helge Lund were re-elected on Thursday, although the sharply reduced level of shareholder support for Lund could mean his previously announced departure is sooner than expected.
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Shi Bu |Ryan Woo |Sharon Singleton |Ed Osmond
BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) - Joblessness among young people in Chinese cities dipped in March, reversing a two-month rise, official data showed on Thursday, as Chinese leadership pledges more efforts to boost youth employment.
The urban jobless rate for 16-to-24-year-olds, excluding students, dipped slightly to 16.5% from 16.9% in February, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
