Economy

(Reuters) – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes jumped by the most in more than four years in September on a mix of more attractive interest rates and improving…

Investing.com – The new Labour government delivered its first budget after 14 years in opposition, announcing the biggest tax hikes in three decades, alongside billions of pounds of extra borrowing…

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA – Canada’s home ownership crisis is likely to worsen over the next few years as proposed project sales languish at historically low levels, stalling the funding…

By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – Money and sex are obvious taboo topics in the American workplace. But here is one you might not have thought of: Grief. If…

By Yousef Saba and Federico Maccioni RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is strengthening its commitment to an economic transformation plan designed to wean the economy off oil, its finance minister…

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s largest lenders posted a rise in third-quarter profits on Wednesday, although margins were slimmer for some. The frontrunner was Agricultural Bank of China (OTC:ACGBF) Ltd (AgBank), which…

By Tomo Uetake TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s major life insurers are expected to continue purchasing Japanese government bonds (JGBs) into the second half of the fiscal year, but the pace…

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Volvo Cars said on Wednesday it will invoke a right to acquire Northvolt’s shares in their Swedish battery joint venture, NOVO Energy, after Northvolt decided to no longer…

By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s economic advisory panel on Wednesday called on the government, management and labour unions to swiftly start talks on raising…