By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar bounced off two-week lows on Friday as investors awaited inflation data and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision next week for any new clues on how high the U.S. central bank is likely to hike rates. The Fed is expected to hold rates steady at its …
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) -Colombia’s government and the left-wing ELN guerrilla group declared a bilateral ceasefire on Friday, as a third cycle of peace talks closed in Havana. Preparations for the ceasefire, which will come into full force on Aug. 3 and last 180 days, are due to begin immediately, said Cuba´s foreign minister …
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By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan presented its federal budget for the next fiscal year, one of three measures the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will gauge before releasing at least some of the $2.5 billion still pending under a lending programme expiring this month. The cash-strapped country, with reserves to barely meet a …
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By Katherine Masters NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gulf in spending patterns between wealthy Americans and so-called “aspirational” shoppers is driving luxury retailers to search out new sources of revenue and, in some cases, to shift their merchandise strategies, several retailers said. Jewelry company Signet , which owns brands including Kay, Jared and Zales, was the …
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9 jun (Reuters) – El fiscal Jack Smith, cuya investigación al expresidente Donald Trump sobre documentos clasificados llevó a acusarlo, dijo el viernes que las leyes que protegen la información de defensa nacional son fundamentales y deben aplicarse. Smith dijo que trataría de que el caso se enjuicie rápidamente. (Reporte de Sarah N. Lynch y …
By Shariq Khan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than a dollar a barrel on Friday to record a second straight weekly decline, as disappointing Chinese data added to doubts about demand growth after Saudi Arabia’s weekend decision to cut output. Brent crude futures fell $1.17, or 1.5%, to settle at $74.79 a barrel, …
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By Elizabeth Howcroft, Hannah Lang and Rae Wee (Reuters) -The U.S. affiliate of Binance said it was halting dollar deposits, while trading platform Robinhood Markets said it was delisting some crypto tokens, after the U.S. securities regulator stepped up its crackdown on the crypto sector. Binance.US, the purportedly independent partner of Binance, said in a …
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9 jun (Reuters) – El expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump atacó este viernes en una publicación en redes sociales al fiscal especial Jack Smith, que le ha estado investigando por los documentos clasificados que llevaron a su imputación. “Su mujer odia a Trump, igual que él odia Trump”, escribió Trump en la publicación en …
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BUENOS AIRES, 9 jun (Reuters) – La principal región agroportuaria de Argentina está reportando el menor ingreso de camiones con soja y maíz en al menos 22 años, producto de una histórica sequía que causó severas pérdidas en la producción de los dos principales cultivos del país, dijo el viernes la Bolsa de Comercio de …
Por Nelson Acosta LA HABANA, 9 jun (Reuters) – El Gobierno de Colombia y la guerrilla izquierdista del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) firmaron el viernes un cese al fuego bilateral de seis meses dentro de la negociación de paz que mantienen para buscar la salida de ese grupo rebelde del violento conflicto armado interno. …
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