US equity funds attract inflows for fourth successive week
(Reuters) – U.S. investors poured money into equity funds in the week ended Nov. 27, buoyed by the naming of officials for the new Trump administration and a fall in…
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WTO chief Okonjo-Iweala reinstated for second term as trade wars loom
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was reappointed for a second term at a special meeting on Friday, the trade watchdog said, meaning her…
Futures inch up ahead of shortened Black Friday session
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures rose ahead of a truncated trading session on Friday, with Wall Street’s main indexes on track for monthly gains as the holiday shopping season…
India’s October infrastructure output grows 3.1% on year
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s infrastructure output in October grew 3.1% year-on-year, compared to a revised 2.4% growth in September, government data showed on Friday. Infrastructure output, which accounts for…
TSX futures edge higher ahead of GDP data
(Reuters) – Futures tied to Canada’s main stock index edged higher on Friday in thin trading volumes, while investors looked forward to the day’s key economic data to gauge the…
Thai investigation clears BYD over discounts, sources say
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s consumer watchdog has cleared Chinese EV maker BYD (SZ:002594) of wrongdoing over its discount practices that have prompted complaints from…
TSMC founder Morris Chang offered top job to Jensen Huang, memoir shows
By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – TSMC’s founder Morris Chang asked Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA)’s Jensen Huang to consider becoming the chief executive of the Taiwanese chip giant more than a decade…
India’s April-Oct fiscal deficit at 46.5% of FY25 target
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s fiscal deficit for April-October was 7.5 trillion rupees ($88.79 billion), or 46.5% of the estimate for the year ending March 2025, government data showed on Friday.…
Strikes to hit Volkswagen in December as clash with labour escalates
BERLIN (Reuters) -Workers at Volkswagen (ETR:VOWG_p) could go out on strike across Germany as soon as next week, the IG Metall union said in a notice on Friday, as a…
Taiwan lifts 2025 growth forecast on robust AI demand
Taiwan has revised its economic growth forecast for 2025 to 3.29%, a slight increase from the previous estimate of 3.26%, despite potential trade disruptions posed by the anticipated return of…