Even before this month's cold snap swept through Midwest and Northeast states, the Department of Energy projected that heating costs were going to track upward this winter.Read full newsRead More
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As the shale drillers moved on to richer fields, the South Texas landscape became pockmarked with abandoned structures.Read full newsRead More
The President has made clear that the United States expects Pakistan to take decisive action against terrorists and militants on its soil, and that Pakistan's actions will ultimately determine the trajectory of our relationship.Read full newsRead More
Jan 1 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.The Times- Peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle is poised to hire advisers to prepare for over a 1 billion pound ($1.35 billion) float next year. - Directors of the Palmer & Harvey (P&H) altered the terms of an interest-...Read More
Jan 1 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see:Top Economic Events Polling Unit Diary Today in Washington Political and General News DATECOUNTRY AUCTION DETAILS4-JanSpain Bond auction5-JanJapan 3-month discount bill auction8-JanFranceAuction of BTF Treasury notes8-JanNetherlands DTC auction9-JanUnited States Sale of 3-year notes9-JanUnited KingdomAuction of 1 1/4 % Treasury Gilt 20279-JanNetherl...Read More
Jan 1 (Reuters) -For other diaries, please see:U.S. Federal Reserve Polling Unit Diary Today in Washington Political and General News -----------------------------------------------------------This Diary is fileddaily.----------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, JANUARY 1RICHMOND, Virginia. - Thomas Barkin begins his tenure as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmon...Read More
The Ripple surge continued overnight, with the cryptocurrency exploding even higher, rising as high as $2.80, a $110 billion market cap and just over half that of Bitcoin's $212 billion, before easing slightly to $2.42 as of this moment.Read full newsRead More
Credit: (C) John Hilliard Tsukiji Fish Market's first auction of 2016 made headlines when a 440lb (200kg) endangered bluefin tuna sold for 14...Read full newsRead More
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Bitcoin investors are claiming Australia's banks are freezing their accounts and transfers to cryptocurrency exchanges...Read full newsRead More
By Maki ShirakiNAGOYA, Japan, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd is on track to deliver its repeatedly delayed commercial jet by mid-2020, the head of its aircraft unit said, despite a risk of an order cancellation.The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft has been delayed five times from an original delivery target of 2013, leading to spiralling costs. News this month tha...Read More
By Maki ShirakiNAGOYA, Japan, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd is on track to deliver its repeatedly delayed commercial jet by mid-2020, the head of its aircraft unit said, despite a risk of an order cancellation.The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft has been delayed five times from an original delivery target of 2013, leading to spiralling costs. News this month that...Read More
Dec 31 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics. Figures are provided by the central bank, finance ministry and ratings agencies. Newly updated information denoted by (*). -----------------------LEBANESE POUND---------------------- EXCHANGE RATE BETWEEN BANKS : 1,507.5 pounds to the dollar -----------------------KEY INTEREST RATES------------------ *T-bill rates(Dec 21 issue)...Read More
(Corrects first paragraph to show yields rose not fell)Cairo, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Average yields on Egypt's three- and nine-month treasury bills rose at an auction on Sunday, central bank data showed.Yields on the 91-day bills rose to 19.223 percent from 18.770 at the last sale a week earlier, while yields on the 266-day bills also rose to 18.754 percent from 18.097 percent. (Reporting by Nadine A...Read More
(Corrects first paragraph to show yields rose not fell)CAIRO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Average yields on Egypt's five- and 10-year treasury bonds rose at an auction on Sunday, central bank data showed.The average yield on the five-year bond rose to 15.856 percent from 15.728 percent at the last similar auction. The average yield on the 10-year bond rose to 16.025 percent from 15.740 percent. (Reporting...Read More
* Geopolitics, slumping economic growth weighed on Gulf bourses* Saudi index edged up just 0.2 pct in year, Dubai fell 4.6 pct* Valuations, higher state spending should help markets in 2018* Saudi's National Commercial Bank surges on bonus share issue* Dar Al Arkan pulls back after news of unit's IPO plan By Andrew TorchiaDUBAI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Middle Eastern stock markets far underperformed t...Read More
(Recasts with 2017 data, adds details)By Steven ScheerTEL AVIV, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Israel's economic growth slowed in 2017 to 3 percent due to weaker consumer spending and investment, provisional data showed on Sunday, although a slight pickup is expected in 2018.The provisional estimate from the Central Bureau of Statistics was based on nine to 11 months of data and was well below a growth rate...Read More
FRANKFURT, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Siemens will test the appetite of sovereign wealth funds ahead of the planned listing of its healthcare unit Healthineers next year, its chief executive told a German weekly, possibly to secure anchor investors for the flotation.The listing of a minority of the unit, which makes X-ray and MRI machines, is set to take place in the first half of 2018 and is expected to...Read More
TEL AVIV, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Israel's economy grew an annualised 3.5 percent in the third quarter, slower than previously thought on a much smaller gain in exports, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday.In a preliminary estimate last month, the bureau said gross domestic product grew an annualised 4.1 percent, faster than the average forecast of 2.5 percent in a Reuters poll.Growth in th...Read More