Aug 22, 2022
Ford cuts 3,000 jobs as it pivots to EVs, software

By Joseph White (Reuters) -Ford Motor Co said it will cut a total of 3,000 salaried and contract jobs, mostly in North America and India, as it restructures to catch up with Tesla Inc in the race to develop software-driven…

Aug 15, 2022
Stocks, dollar gain despite surprise weak China data

By Chibuike Oguh New York (Reuters) - Global equities and the U.S. dollar advanced on Monday despite weaker-than-expected economic data in China that prompted its central bank to cut its lending rate, stoking concerns of a global recession. The People's…

Aug 04, 2022
Oil prices hit lowest since Ukraine invasion amid recession fears

By Noah Browning LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global oil prices dropped on Thursday to their lowest levels since before Russia's February invasion of Ukraine, as traders fretted over the possibility of an economic recession later this year that could torpedo…

Aug 01, 2022
U.S. considers crackdown on memory chip makers in China

By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering limiting shipments of American chipmaking equipment to memory chip makers in China including Yangtze Memory Technologies Co Ltd (YMTC), according to four people familiar with the matter,…

Jul 22, 2022
Global slowdown fears darken as cost of living bites

By Jonathan Cable, Leika Kihara and Dan Burns LONDON/TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The global economy looks increasingly likely to be heading into a serious slowdown, just as the highest inflation in a generation prompts central banks to aggressively reverse the ultra-loose…