BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank chief, Roberto Campos Neto, said on Monday that the bank successfully overcame some challenges to its autonomy posed by the new administration of[...]
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December 4, 2023
US factory orders fall 3.6% in October
(Reuters) – New orders for U.S.-made goods fell more than expected in October, marking the biggest monthly drop in roughly three and a half years, constrained by weakening demand for durable goo[...]
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Mexico headline inflation seen up in November, core index to slow: Reuters poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s headline inflation likely accelerated in November, while the core index would have continued easing, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, reinforcing expectati[...]
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Bull market in view after S&P 500 hits fresh year-high
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – The bull is nearly loose. The S&P 500’s feverish late-year rally has brought the index to its highest closing level of 2023, leaving it just 4[...]
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Canada has new fiscal goals but analysts put little stock in them
By Steve Scherer and Fergal Smith OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada has been criticized for years for failing to meet its debt-reduction goals and many economists say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau[...]
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Continental prepares for asset sales, tightens 2023 targets
BERLIN (Reuters) -Continental will make its user experience unit, which makes instrument panels and displays for vehicles, independent, opening up the option of a potential sell-off or change of owner[...]
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Stifel strategists see S&P 500 struggling to gain much ground by mid 2024
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 will likely struggle to rise much above current levels into the middle of 2024, as investors rotate away from growth stocks and the Federa[...]
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Berkshire declines to pursue its Pilot claims at January trial
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway declined a judge’s offer for a January trial to resolve its claims that billionaire Jimmy Haslam trie[...]
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Evergrande liquidation hearing pushed to Jan, focus on new debt revamp plan
By Clare Jim and Xie Yu HONG KONG (Reuters) -China Evergrande Group on Monday said it has been granted an adjournment of a court hearing into a liquidation petition to Jan. 29, giving the embattled pr[...]
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