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By Nicholas P. Brown (Reuters) -Big-name retailers such as Walmart (NYSE:WMT) are increasingly using analytics to blunt the impact of one of the most unpredictable performance variables of shopping: weather.…

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Within weeks of Donald Trump’s 2016 election, U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers began mulling the impact of expected tax cuts and tariffs on the economy,…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to utilize funds from local government special bonds to increase efforts to reclaim and acquire idle land, a move aimed at stimulating the struggling property…

By Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) – German legislators on Monday (NASDAQ:MNDY) scrapped a crucial budget planning meeting as parties continued to wrangle over the timing of an election to end…

By Marco Aquino and Eduardo Baptista LIMA/BEIJING (Reuters) – In South American copper giant Peru, the incoming Donald Trump White House will find itself already on the losing side in…

By Kevin Yao and Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – New bank lending in China fell more than expected in October from the previous month and trailed behind analysts’ expectations as…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s finance ministry frontloaded a budget of 56.6 billion yuan ($7.87 billion) to support urban affordable housing projects, according to state media on Monday (NASDAQ:MNDY). This part…

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai panel on Monday (NASDAQ:MNDY) picked ruling party loyalist and former Finance Minister Kittiratt na Ranong to chair the central…

Investing.com – US stock futures rise, suggesting a possible extension to a rally in equities in the wake of Donald Trump’s election win last week. Key inflation data will highlight the…