Economic News

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday made it easier to challenge the regulatory power of federal agencies in two important rulings backing Axon Enterprise Inc’s bid to sue the Federal Trade Commission and a Texas accountant’s gripe with the Securities and

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to testify before federal police within 10 days about the Jan. 8 storming of government buildings by his supporters, a document seen by Reuters showed on Friday.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese medics said on Friday that at least 22 people had been shot and killed in violence in West Darfur state over the past week.

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban on April 14, 2022, he held a morning ceremony at a church in front of an enormous “Protect Life” sign, flanked by women and children.

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law on Friday a bill on setting up electronic draft call-up procedures aimed at making military mobilisation more efficient and closing loopholes.

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan on Friday approved a plan to build the country’s first casino in the western city of Osaka, paving the way for a large resort aimed at attracting domestic and international tourist spending.

(Reuters) – Best Buy Co Inc is cutting store jobs across the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the situation.

By Moira Warburton (Reuters) – Dangerous driving was a factor in an accident that killed four cadets last April at the Royal Military College campus in Kingston, Ontario, according to findings from a Canadian military investigation announced on Friday.

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar languished near a two-month low against major peers on Friday while the euro flirted with a one-year peak, as traders ramped up expectations of an imminent end to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s rate-hike cycle on signs of

(Reuters) – Tunisian football player Nizar Issaoui, 35, has died from burns suffered after setting himself alight earlier this week as a protest against “police injustice”, his family said on Friday.

BALLINA, Ireland (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden broke down in tears on Friday after a chance meeting at an Irish church with the priest who performed the last rites on his son Beau, a priest who accompanied Biden during the visit said.

By Andrew Hayley BEIJING (Reuters) – Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Friday, after falling 1% in the previous session, as the market weighed supportive supply conditions ahead of the International Energy Agency’s monthly demand outlook.

By Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) – Firms find that investors penalize their stock less for high greenhouse gas emissions if they voluntarily disclose that data, researchers at Lazard’s climate center said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England said on Friday that it was deepening its cooperation with the United States’ Commodities Futures Trading Commission regarding the supervision of cross-border central counterparties (CCPs), a key part of financial infrastructure.

By Mehnaz Yasmin and Niket Nishant (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co on Friday reported a surge in deposits in the first quarter, as the sudden collapse of two U.S. regional banks in March drove customers to move their money to bigger lenders.

By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday will weigh reopening a 2022 proposal that would expand the definition of an “exchange” following pushback from the cryptocurrency industry which fears being ensnared.

(Reuters) – The governing council of the Bank of Canada discussed raising interest rates at its policy meeting earlier this week before deciding to leave them on hold, the central bank’s governor, Tiff Macklem, said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) – Nurses in England have voted to reject the government’s new pay deal, their trade union said, setting out further strikes that will put the National Health Service under more strain as nurses hold out for a higher wage offer.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Pacific Maritime Association on Thursday said the largest longshore union local on the West Coast disrupted work at the nation’s busiest seaport complex for the second week in a row, as labor talks covering 22,000 dockworkers from California to Washington state

(Reuters) – Contract drug manufacturer Catalent Inc on Friday warned that its fiscal fourth-quarter results would be hit by lower productivity at three of its manufacturing facilities.