Economy

(Reuters) -CVS Health on Friday named company veteran David Joyner as new CEO, succeeding Karen Lynch who stepped down from the helm of the struggling healthcare giant after an agreement…

(Reuters) -Cigarette makers Philip Morris (NYSE:PM), British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) and Japan Tobacco (OTC:JAPAF) will pay C$32.5 billion ($23.6 billion) to settle a long-running tobacco lawsuit in Canada, as part…

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Rachel Reeves will stress a commitment to stability in her first trip as Britain’s finance minister to the International Monetary Fund’s annual meetings in…

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Harry Robertson From U.S. small-cap stocks to bitcoin to the dollar, some investors are seeking out assets that…

(Reuters) – Wall Street futures climbed on Friday, led by gains in those tracking the Nasdaq 100 as technology shares broadly advanced, while Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) surged following upbeat results. Shares…

By Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Some European Central Bank governors at Thursday’s rate-setting meeting made the case for dropping a pledge to keep policy tight as…

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Bank of Canada is widely expected to reduce its key policy rate by 50 basis points on Wednesday, its fourth cut in a…

(Reuters) – Start your electric engines, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is the first of the “Magnificent Seven” to report earnings, while finance chiefs descend on Washington and markets get a taste of…

By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales unexpectedly rose in September, according to official data published on Friday that contradicted signs that consumers were downbeat about possible tax rises…