Wall St falls as retail sales data fans rate fears, big banks drop

Wall St falls as retail sales data fans rate fears, big banks drop

[1/2]Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights July retail sales rise more than expected Nvidia gains as UBS, Wells Fargo raise PT U.S. big banks fall as a report warns of downgrades Indexes down: Dow 0.73%, … Read more

Asia stocks stall, yuan slips as China cuts rates

Asia stocks stall, yuan slips as China cuts rates

A woman walks past a man examining an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average and stock quotations outside a brokerage, in Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou/File Photo China cuts short-term rates Japan GDP beats expectations, Nikkei jumps MSCI Asia ex-Japan index falls 0.2% SYDNEY, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Asian stockmarkets were pinned near one-month … Read more

Illumina cuts annual profit forecast as biotech funding woes linger

Illumina cuts annual profit forecast as biotech funding woes linger

The offices of gene sequencing company Illumina Inc are shown in San Diego, California January 11, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Aug 9 (Reuters) – Illumina Inc (ILMN.O) cut annual profit forecast, in a sign that a funding crunch among its biotech and pharmaceutical clients is expected to weigh on sales for its genetic testing tools … Read more

Gabon sees Africa’s first ‘debt-for-nature’ swap over the line

Gabon sees Africa’s first ‘debt-for-nature’ swap over the line

A view shows an ecoguard walking on a path in the Arboretum Raponda Walker during a press visit of this protected forest aera on the eve of the opening of the One Forest Summit in Libreville, Gabon, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Pineau/File Photo JOHANNESBURG, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Gabon moved forward with Africa’s first debt-for-nature … Read more

Wall Street closes near flat as Treasury yields surge

Wall Street closes near flat as Treasury yields surge

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) Amazon surges in extended trade after results Gloomy Spirit, Expedia results drag travel stocks lower PayPal drops after weak Q2 margins Qualcomm tumbles on signaling more pain from smartphone slump Aug 3 (Reuters) – U.S. … Read more

Fitch downgrade highlights investor worries about US fiscal picture

Fitch downgrade highlights investor worries about US fiscal picture

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Aug 2 (Reuters) – Fitch’s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating is likely to exacerbate unease about the country’s debt position, political polarization and the global standing of the U.S. dollar, investors … Read more

Asia stocks near 16-month peak on economic optimism, Aussie eases before RBA

Asia stocks near 16-month peak on economic optimism, Aussie eases before RBA

TOKYO, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Asian stocks edged toward a sixteen-month peak on Tuesday and oil held near recent highs as investors began to find more cause for cheer over global economic prospects than reasons to worry, even as data showed risks remain. The dollar hit a three-week high against the yen as investors continued … Read more

US trucking company Yellow shuts down operations, Wall Street Journal reports

US trucking company Yellow shuts down operations, Wall Street Journal reports

July 30 (Reuters) – The Teamsters said on Sunday that the union was served a notice that Yellow Corp (YELL.O) is ceasing operations and filing for bankruptcy. “Yellow has historically proven that it could not manage itself despite billions of dollars in worker concessions and hundreds of millions in bailout funding from the federal government,” … Read more

Morning Bid: Bank of Japan excites, Dow unlucky, Intel jumps

Morning Bid: Bank of Japan excites, Dow unlucky, Intel jumps

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The Bank of Japan added its own twist to a week of rising central bank interest rates on Friday, and it proved an unlucky 13 for Dow Jones bluechips (.DJI) on Wall St. The BOJ’s long-awaited tweak of its ultra-easy bond-buying … Read more