Economic News

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – The tech executive charged with stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee to death in San Francisco confronted him earlier in the evening about his ties to the suspect’s younger sister, prosecutors said on Friday in court documents that outlined a possible

By Gram Slattery MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – On issues of policy, Tim Scott, the latest Republican to declare he is interested in a 2024 presidential bid, runs largely with the current, following the party line on hot button matters from abortion to immigration.

By Alexandra Ulmer INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Reuters) – White House Republican hopefuls including Donald Trump descend on Indianapolis for the annual NRA conference on Friday, highlighting the gun lobby’s continued political potency even as the U.S. reels from the latest spate of mass shootings.

BALLINA, Ireland (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden delighted thousands of locals from his Irish ancestral home of Ballina on Friday when he saved the final words of his Ireland tour to back their Gaelic football team to break a famous decades-long curse.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that the International Monetary Fund has adequate resources to deal with global financing challenges but needs to follow through with “fair and simple” shareholding reforms that reflect the economic size of its member countries.

By Blake Brittain and Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -A federal appeals judge in Washington is under investigation by her own court for allegedly failing to carry out her duties and refusing to respond to other judges’ concerns, court officials at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said on

(Reuters) – Deposits at U.S. commercial banks rose in early April, continuing a stabilizing trend after large outflows following last month’s failure of two large regional banks and worries about the safety of the banking system as a whole.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will host a bilateral meeting with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Argentine government is in talks to issue two dollar-bonds for up to $600 million each with separate guarantees from the World Bank and the CAF as collateral, a source from Argentina’s Economy Ministry said on Friday.

(Reuters) – Boeing Co’s shares fell 4.5% in premarket trading on Friday after the U.S. planemaker halted deliveries of some 737 MAXs due to a new supplier quality problem by Spirit AeroSystems.

By Nupur Anand, Tatiana Bautzer and Saeed Azhar

(Reuters) – Futures for Canada’s commodity-heavy stock index edged up on Friday, tracking a rise in crude prices, while upbeat earnings from big U.S. banks supported optimistic investor mood.

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares firmed on Friday as Singapore became the latest country to pause its policy tightening and markets became more confident the likely next hike in U.S. rates would be the last this cycle.

By Kai Pfaffenbach and Manuel Ausloos NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops have been forced to withdraw from some parts of Bakhmut in the face of a renewed Russian assault on the ruined battlefield city, Britain said on Friday, with Moscow pressing to achieve a

By Steve Stecklow, Waylon Cunningham and Hyunjoo Jin

By Horacio Soria and Juan Carlos Bustamante

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Suspected militants killed at least 30 civilians on Friday in a village raid in Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeastern Ituri province, the head of a civil society group and a local resident said.

By Jorgelina do Rosario and Rodrigo Campos

By Andrea Shalal and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine secured promises of $5 billion in additional funding to support its ongoing fight against Russia amid “fruitful meetings” in Washington this week, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told reporters on Friday.

By Hilary Russ and Katherine Masters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tupperware’s financial woes follow a proliferation of free restaurant to-go boxes after a pandemic-era surge in delivery and carryout orders, and an onslaught of competition from cheaper food storage containers like Clorox’s GladWare.