Economy

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asia shares fell on Friday as a strong dollar kept risk sentiment fragile, while longer-dated Treasury yields are heading for their biggest weekly rise…

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar rose to a 2 1/2-week high against major peers on Friday, on track for its best week in a month, amid bets…

By Leika Kihara and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese big manufacturers’ sentiment improved slightly in the three months to December, a quarterly survey showed on Friday, boding well for the…

(Reuters) – The Trump transition team is exploring ways to significantly reduce, merge, or even eliminate the top bank regulators in Washington, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. In…

(Reuters) -Spanish construction giant Ferrovial said on Thursday it closed the sale of a 19.75% stake in Heathrow Airport Holdings for 2 billion euros ($2.10 billion) to French investment firm…

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s powerful Markets Group, Michelle Neal, is stepping down and will leave the…

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  Asian markets are set to end the week on the defensive, pressured by rising U.S. bond…

(Reuters) -Costco Wholesale marginally beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter revenue on Thursday, as more Americans turned to the membership-only retail chain to shop for everything from food to home…

By Marcela Ayres and Fernando Cardoso BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s currency reversed course and weakened against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, despite a larger-than-expected interest rate hike by the central…