Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid October 17, 2017 (Reuters) – The Dow Industrials breached the 23,000 mark for the first time on Tuesday, helped by a rally in shares of UnitedHealth and Johnson & […]
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Powell likely next Fed chief, though Yellen best suited: economists
FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome Powell discusses financial regulation in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts October 17, 2017 By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – Jerome Powell likely will be the next Federal Reserve chairman, according to a slim majority of economists in a Reuters poll – […]
Coming of age in an era of prosperity: Meet China’s ‘bubble generation’
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives to hold a press conference at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province, China September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Fred Dufour/Pool October 17, 2017 By John Ruwitch and Anita Li WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Call them China’s bubble generation. They were born after the crushing of the […]
New cancer drugs help J&J top profit estimates
FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Johnson’s baby oil, made by Johnson & Johnson, are seen on a supermarket shelf in Seattle, Washington, U.S., February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo October 17, 2017 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and raised its full-year forecast as the company gained […]
Uber loses another senior figure as European policy chief quits: FT
FILE PHOTO: A photo illustration shows the Uber app on a mobile telephone, as it is held up for a posed photograph in central London, Britain September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo October 17, 2017 LONDON (Reuters) – Uber’s European policy chief Christopher Burghardt has quit to join the electric […]
China’s Xi set to codify legal clout, anti-graft campaign at congress
October 17, 2017 By Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Communist Party once shunned the rule of law, preferring to rely on what Chairman Mao Zedong called “rule of man” – essentially using the authority of party leaders to govern. In recent years, though, as China’s economy modernizes, the party has […]
U.N. urges Bangladesh to move Rohingya refugees stranded at border
Rohingya refugees who crossed the border from Myanmar a day before, wash themselves in a rice field as they wait to receive permission from the Bangladeshi army to continue their way to the refugee camps, in Palang Khali, Bangladesh October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva October 17, 2017 By Stephanie Nebehay […]
China factories grapple with soaring prices as pollution crackdown bites
Visitors walk between booths at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, China October 16, 2017. Picture taken October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Venus Wu October 17, 2017 By James Pomfret and Venus Wu GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Chinese exporters at the country’s biggest trade fair are more optimistic about global demand now than […]
New Jakarta governor faces backlash for racially tinged speech
Presidential guards walk with (L-R) Indonesia President Joko Widodo and Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan for a swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta October 17, 2017 By Kanupriya Kapoor and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – The new governor of Indonesia’s capital faced […]
With Spain gripped by Catalonia crisis, VW’s Seat delays naming new model
A logo of VW is pictured at a Volkswagen dealership in Camas, near Seville, southern Spain November 5, 2015. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo October 17, 2017 BERLIN (Reuters) – With the Spanish media focused on the political crisis over Catalonia, Volkswagen’s <VOWG_p.DE> Spanish division Seat has decided to delay announcing the […]