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2 weeks ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Tom Hogue |Alistair Bell |Humeyra Pamuk |Valerie Volcovici
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has terminated federal employees in charge of U.S. global climate policy and climate aid as part of its reorganization of the country's diplomatic focus, the State Department said on Friday.
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3 weeks ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Tom Hogue |Bipasha Dey |Miranda Murray |Janane Venkatraman
BERLIN (Reuters) -Swiss biotech investor Xlife Sciences AG said on Wednesday its portfolio company Veraxa Biotech AG would list on U.S. exchange Nasdaq in a $1.64 billion merger deal with a special-purpose acquisition vehicle, or SPAC.
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3 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Ryan Woo |Tom Hogue |Kate Mayberry
BEIJING, April 18 (Reuters) - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned Global South nations that "unilateral bullying" was hurting a rules-based world, as Beijing kept up the diplomatic pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump to roll back his punitive trade tariffs.
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Junko Fujita |Tom Hogue |Varun H K |Rashmi Aich
TOKYO, April 14 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average ended higher on Monday, as iPhone-related shares jumped after the United States excluded smartphones and other electronics from steep tariffs.
The Nikkei gained 1.18% to close at 33,982.36, after gaining as much as 2.22% earlier in the session.
The broader Topix rose 0.88% to end at 2,488.51.
"The market is still swayed by various headlines," said Yugo Tsuboi, chief strategist at Daiwa Securities.
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1 month ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Tom Hogue |Andrea Shalal |Kantaro Komiya |Jeff Mason
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he doesn't think a foreign company should control U.S. Steel, repeating comments made last week that dimmed hopes for the $15 billion bid by Japan's Nippon Steel to buy...
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Stella Qiu |Tom Hogue |Sonali Paul
SYDNEY, April 8 (Reuters) - A measure of Australian business activity was largely unchanged in March before the turmoil from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs hit, a survey showed on Tuesday, while confidence dipped further into negative territory.
The survey from National Australia Bank (NAB) showed its index of business conditions edged up 1 point to +4 in March, but remained below long-run averages.
The confidence index fell 1 point to -3.
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Leika Kihara |Tom Hogue |Shri Navaratnam
BOJ keeps economic assessment steady for all 9 regions Some firms worried of US tariff impact on profits, BOJ says BOJ paints rosy view on domestic wage, inflation outlook Trump-induced uncertainty casts shadow over BOJ's rate-hike path Govt to compile extra budget to cushion blow, Kyodo says TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan said uncertainty over Japan's economy was growing as some firms worried about the hit to profits from higher U.S. duties, a sign President Donald Trump's...
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Ankur Banerjee |Tom Hogue
SINGAPORE, April 7 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has raised the odds of a U.S. recession to 45% in the next 12 months, joining other investment banks in revising their forecast as fears of a trade war grip markets after sweeping tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump.
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1 month ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Tom Hogue |Jack Queen |Ross Colvin |Nia Williams
(Reuters) -A federal judge said on Thursday the Social Security Administration likely violated privacy laws by giving tech billionaire Elon Musk's aides "unbridled access" to the data of millions of Americans, and ordered a halt to further record...
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Liz Lee |Shi Bu |Tom Hogue |Saad Sayeed
BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) - Joblessness among youth in Chinese cities rose a second month in February, tracking the nation's jobless rate which reached a two-year high, official data showed on Thursday.
The urban jobless rate for 16-to-24-year-olds, excluding students, grew to 16.9% from 16.1% in January, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
The unemployment rate for 25-29-year-olds climbed to 7.3% from 6.9%, as did the jobless rate for 30-59-year-olds at 4.3% from 4.0%.
