Economic News

By Jarrett Renshaw and Ahmed Aboulenein (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday will propose a new rule prohibiting healthcare providers and insurers from sharing private health information if that information will be used to investigate someone for accessing or

By Lena Masri (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has called for the Biden administration to carry out an investigation after a Reuters report showed how Russian authorities are using facial recognition to curb dissent with the aid of U.S. technology.

(Reuters) – A senior Russian official said on Wednesday that the United States’ designation of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as “wrongfully detained” meant nothing to Russia and would not change its approach to his case, the TASS news agency reported.

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Deutsche Bank AG investment banker has been charged in an indictment unsealed on Tuesday with misappropriating funds from investors who he wooed with promises of big returns from cryptocurrency trading.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed sweeping emissions cuts for new cars and trucks through 2032, a move the agency says could mean two out of every three new vehicles automakers sell will be electric within a

(Reuters) – U.S. industrial and software firm Emerson Electric Co on Wednesday said it would buy measurement equipment maker NI Corp for $60 per share in cash, giving the deal an equity value of $8.2 billion.

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Inflation data showing U.S. consumer prices rising less than expected in March may have come as a relief to markets, but some investors believe it may take a strong corporate earnings season to push stocks higher decisively.

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Detailed minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s meeting last month due out Wednesday may show just how close the central bank came to postponing further interest rate increases following the failure of two U.S. banks in the days leading up

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Meat companies should examine their supply chains for evidence of child labor, the Biden administration said in a letter sent to top meatpacking companies on Wednesday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Businesses reopened and traffic was back in urban centres of Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Wednesday after six days of violent protests over a planned shakeup of local forces, residents said.

(Reuters) – Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has recovered over $7.3 billion in cash and crypto assets, an increase of more than $800 million since January, the company’s attorney said on Wednesday at a U.S. bankruptcy court hearing.

(Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said he did not see signs of a repeat of the 2007/8 global financial crisis, speaking at the International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington.

By Steve Holland and Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Northern Irish political leaders in Belfast on Wednesday, kicking off a three-day Irish tour with a speech to mark the 25th anniversary of Northern Ireland’s

By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – Local officials will meet in Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday to decide whether to return the second of two Democratic state lawmakers who were expelled last week for protesting gun violence on the chamber floor.

(Reuters) – Economists at Goldman Sachs no longer expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in June, according to a research note published on Wednesday following data that showed consumer prices cooled faster than expected in March.

BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people.

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Wednesday said the outlook for the landmark U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal was not great as promises to remove obstacles to Russian exports of agricultural and fertiliser exports had not been fulfilled.

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland aims to become the service centre for U.S.-made Abrams tanks in Europe, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday during a visit to the United States.

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar slipped on Wednesday ahead of a closely-watched inflation reading later in the day that will provide clues on the path of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.

(Reuters) – New vehicles’ average transaction price fell below the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) for the first time in 20 months, according to data published by automotive research company Kelley Blue Book.