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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. labor costs recorded their smallest increase in more than three years in the third quarter amid cooling wage growth, indicating that inflation was firmly on a…

(Reuters) -Federal Reserve policymakers are very likely to go ahead with cutting short-term U.S. borrowing costs by a quarter percentage point next week, traders bet on Thursday, after economic data…

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – As if financial markets needed another factor to complicate the near-term outlook for Federal Reserve policy, the U.S. economy and asset prices, investors…

(Reuters) -ConocoPhillips exceeded Wall Street’s third-quarter profit estimates on Thursday as the Texas-based oil and gas producer reaped the benefits of higher production, sending its shares rising 2.6% at $105.5…

By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Most Asian central banks will cut interest rates slower than the U.S. Federal Reserve over the coming year, Reuters polls showed, as solid growth…

By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Many U.S. companies have stepped up reporting on environmental and social matters in recent years even with sustained pressure from conservative politicians, data reviewed by…

By Jack Queen PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Elon Musk has been ordered to attend a Thursday hearing in a prosecutor’s lawsuit to block the billionaire’s $1 million-a-day giveaway to registered swing…

By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Global economic growth will maintain its robust pace next year as major central banks implement a series of interest rate cuts against the backdrop…

ROME (Reuters) – The European Central Bank must avoid the risk of cutting interest rates too slowly and lowering inflation excessively, Governing Council Member Fabio Panetta said on Thursday. In…