Investing

By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s second-biggest asset manager Vanguard said on Friday it had bought UK government bonds in the wake of the new Labour government’s budget,…

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Bank of Canada on Friday started registering payment service providers as part of a plan to bring them under its regulation and promote secure and reliable…

By Lawrence White and Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s big global lenders HSBC, Barclays and Standard Chartered (OTC:SCBFF) are vying to tap into a boom in U.S. commercial banking…

(Reuters) -U.S. job growth slowed sharply in October amid disruptions from hurricanes and strikes by aerospace factory workers, but the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, offering assurance that the…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China issued revised regulations on Friday for foreign investors in its listed companies, expanding eligibility criteria and easing financial requirements in a bid to attract more foreign…

By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – Any doubts the Federal Reserve will go ahead with an interest-rate cut next week fell away on Friday after a government report showed U.S. employers…

By Yoruk Bahceli, Amanda Cooper and Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) -Short-term British government borrowing costs headed for their biggest weekly jump in over a year on Friday, while the pound…

By Shariq Khan and Gary McWilliams HOUSTON (Reuters) -Exxon Mobil on Friday beat Wall Street’s third quarter profit estimate, boosted by strong oil output in its first full quarter that…

By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)’s upbeat revenue projections on Thursday masked a sore point for the embattled company: chips touted for artificial intelligence have not lived up to…