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(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Thursday as optimism around a pause in interest rate hikes waned, while a drop in shares of Cisco and Palo Alto on dour forecast further weighed on sentiment. Wall Street’s main indexes gained this week after key inflation readings including the consumer and producer price indexes […]

By Katherine Masters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Formula One motor sports, which routinely draws top-tier luxury sponsors like Rolex, is expanding its roster of partners to retailers whose core business is selling clothing at American shopping malls. Teen clothing chains Abercrombie & Fitch and PacSun are among the U.S. retail chains seeking to turn Americans’ […]

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A federal court jury will resume deliberations on Thursday in the trial of a right-wing conspiracy theorist who attacked the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer. David Wayne DePape, 43, broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home and struck Paul Pelosi over the head with […]

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Ebbing oil prices are cheerleading this week’s renewed optimism on U.S. disinflation – with retail soundings still perky into the Thanksgiving period and as the data diary shifts to housing and industry. This week’s stock and bond surge on news of […]

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Ebbing oil prices are cheerleading this week’s renewed optimism on U.S. disinflation – with retail soundings still perky into the Thanksgiving period and as the data diary shifts to housing and industry. This week’s stock and bond surge on news of […]

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Investment funds have become voracious buyers of U.S. farmland, amassing over a million acres as they seek a hedge against inflation and aim to benefit from the growing global demand for food, according to data reviewed by Reuters and interviews with fund executives. The trend worries some U.S. lawmakers who […]

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Investment funds have become voracious buyers of U.S. farmland, amassing over a million acres as they seek a hedge against inflation and aim to benefit from the growing global demand for food, according to data reviewed by Reuters and interviews with fund executives. The trend worries some U.S. lawmakers who […]

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Investment funds have become voracious buyers of U.S. farmland, amassing over a million acres as they seek a hedge against inflation and aim to benefit from the growing global demand for food, according to data reviewed by Reuters and interviews with fund executives. The trend worries some U.S. lawmakers who […]

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of hardline Republicans has put new U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on notice that he can no longer count on their support for legislation, signaling a possible early end to his “honeymoon” period. Three weeks after the Louisiana lawmaker won the gavel of the House of Representatives, […]

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of hardline Republicans has put new U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on notice that he can no longer count on their support for legislation, signaling a possible early end to his “honeymoon” period. Three weeks after the Louisiana lawmaker won the gavel of the House of Representatives, […]