Mois : décembre 2018

WASHINGTON () – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a liberal firebrand who has taken on Wall Street and traded barbs with Donald Trump, on Monday became the most prominent Democrat to announce a challenge to the Republican president in 2020. Warren said she had formed an exploratory committee, which will allow her to begin raising money […]

WASHINGTON () – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a liberal firebrand who has taken on Wall Street and traded barbs with Donald Trump, on Monday became the most prominent Democrat to announce a challenge to the Republican president in 2020. Warren said she had formed an exploratory committee, which will allow her to begin raising money […]

WASHINGTON () – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a liberal firebrand who has taken on Wall Street and traded barbs with Donald Trump, on Monday became the most prominent Democrat to announce a challenge to the Republican president in 2020. Warren said she had formed an exploratory committee, which will allow her to begin raising money […]

SAO PAULO () – Brazil’s business community will give far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro little in the way of a honeymoon as it presses him to make good on campaign promises to tame the country’s bureaucracy and erase a yawning public deficit. FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro speaks in a synagogue in Rio de Janeiro, […]

FILE PHOTO: A flag flies behind an enclosure on the territory of the U.S. embassy in Moscow, Russia March 28, 2018. /Tatyana Makeyeva/File PhotoMOSCOW () – Russia’s FSB state security service said on Monday it had detained an American citizen suspected of spying in Moscow and had opened a criminal case against him. The FSB […]

MOSCOW () – Russia’s FSB state security service said on Monday it had detained an American citizen suspected of spying in Moscow and had opened a criminal case against him. FILE PHOTO: A flag flies behind an enclosure on the territory of the U.S. embassy in Moscow, Russia March 28, 2018. /Tatyana Makeyeva/File PhotoThe FSB […]

SAO PAULO () – Brazil’s business community will give far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro little in the way of a honeymoon as it presses him to make good on campaign promises to tame the country’s bureaucracy and erase a yawning public deficit. FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro speaks in a synagogue in Rio de Janeiro, […]

WASHINGTON () – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a liberal firebrand and Wall Street antagonist, took the first step toward a 2020 White House run on Monday, becoming the most prominent Democrat to announce a challenge to Republican President Donald Trump. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) leaves after delivering a major policy speech on […]

LONDON () – Economic optimists have for years been misguidedly predicting the twilight of the boring, safety-first bond market. And the year gone by was another one that proved them wrong, particularly in the euro zone. FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, September […]

WASHINGTON () – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren took the first step toward a 2020 presidential run on Monday, becoming the most prominent Democrat to announce a challenge to Republican President Donald Trump. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) leaves after delivering a major policy speech on « Ending corruption in Washington » at the National Press […]

LONDON () – European shares closed slightly higher on Monday as soothing comments from Washington and Beijing about trade frictions between the world’s top two economies provided some comfort for investors as a bruising year in equity markets drew to a close. Stock index price for France’s CAC 40 and company stock price information are […]

() – U.S. companies have sent home over half a trillion dollars of cash they held overseas in 2018 to take advantage of tax changes, but data suggest the pace is slowing, potentially removing a key source of support for Wall Street. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this photo illustration taken February […]

LONDON () – European shares were slightly higher in early deals on Monday as soothing comments from Washington and Beijing about trade frictions between the world’s top two economies provided some salve for investors after a bruising year in equity markets. Stock index price for France’s CAC 40 and company stock price information are displayed […]

Sir Martin Sorrell attends a conference at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in Cannes, France, June 22, 2018. /Eric Gaillard() – Martin Sorrell’s new era advertising firm S4 Capital (SFOR.L) said on Monday it had secured two major new clients in the run up to Christmas as it reported like-for-like revenue had jumped […]

Sir Martin Sorrell attends a conference at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in Cannes, France, June 22, 2018. /Eric Gaillard() – Martin Sorrell’s new era advertising firm S4 Capital (SFOR.L) said on Monday it had secured two major new clients in the run up to Christmas as it reported like-for-like revenue had jumped […]

FILE PHOTO: Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol speaks during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, November 30, 2017. /Kim Hong-JiSEOUL () – South Korea’s central bank chief said in a New Year’s message on Monday that policy should remain accommodative next year as demand-side inflation pressures were expected to remain low. “For the […]