8+ hour, 15+ min ago   (416+ words) BEIJING, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped more than 2% on Monday, after new Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and Iranian attacks on ships in the Gulf compounded supply concerns following the closure of a ​key Saudi oil pipeline. Brent crude futures…...

11+ hour, 21+ min ago   (374+ words) By Bo Erickson, Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DOONBEG, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) – No country should have lower interest rates than the U.S., President Donald Trump said on Sunday, days before the Federal ​Reserve’s next policy meeting. Speaking to reporters at…...

14+ hour, 30+ min ago   (242+ words) TORONTO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) said on Friday it will change the eligibility criteria for S&P/TSX Canadian Indices, with ​the move potentially opening the door ‌to the inclusion of major copper producer…...

18+ hour, 49+ min ago   (349+ words) BRUSSELS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney wants closer links with the European Union and is exploring whether his country could become an “associate member” of the bloc, The Wall ​Street Journal reported on Sunday. The EU, which has…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (241+ words) Sept 10 (Reuters) – JetBlue Airways cut its capacity growth forecast for the third quarter on Thursday after higher fuel costs and ​weather-related disruptions weighed on operations. The carrier, however, ‌said healthy booking trends continued into September across peak and off-peak periods....

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (232+ words) BERLIN, Sept 10 (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday rejected French far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s plan to cancel ​a portion of France’s national debt, ‌calling it “financially dangerous” and legally impossible under EU law. Mélenchon has proposed cancelling…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (193+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10(Reuters) – U.S. wholesale inventories surged in July, the government confirmed on Thursday, potentially positioning ​inventories to contribute to economic growth ‌in the third quarter. Stocks at wholesalers jumped by an unrevised 1.3%, the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said. Inventories,…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (330+ words) Sept 10 (Reuters) – The steep premium paid for aluminum in the U.S. will not drop significantly even if Washington halves the tariffs on metal from neighboring Canada, because imports ​from other countries will still be needed, Alcoa’s finance ‌chief said on…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (668+ words) LONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year in a widely flagged move on Thursday, hoping to tame an inflation rise driven entirely by higher energy costs from the Iran war. The…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (417+ words) FRANKFURT, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year in a widely flagged move on Thursday, hoping to tame an inflation rise driven entirely by higher energy costs from ​the Iran war. Surging…...