May 12, 2023
Analysis-Jet orders boom as airlines fear shortage

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Planemakers can't build them but airlines can't stop buying them. Even as they wrestle with industrial problems preventing the delivery of jets sold before the pandemic, Airbus and Boeing are totting up billions of…

Apr 14, 2023
Factbox-Tesla cuts more prices in a bid to spur demand

(Reuters) - Tesla Inc on Friday slashed prices of its electric vehicles in Europe, Israel and Singapore, extending a global discount drive it began in China in January while raising concern about its industry-leading profit margin. Following are details of…

Mar 02, 2023
New U.S. sanctions target Iranian petroleum, petrochemical trade

By Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on firms it said had transported or sold Iranian petroleum or petrochemical products in violation of U.S. restrictions, including two companies based in China. The sanctions are part…

Dec 30, 2022
How 2022 shocked, rocked and rolled global markets

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Trillions of dollars wiped off world stocks, bond market tantrums, whip-sawing currency and commodities and the collapse of a few crypto empires - 2022 has been perhaps the most turbulent year investors have ever…

Dec 05, 2022
Oil falls over 3% after data raises Fed interest rate worries

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell over 3% on Monday, following U.S. stock markets lower, after U.S. service sector data raised worries that the Federal Reserve could continue its aggressive policy tightening path. Brent crude futures settled…

Oct 31, 2022
Factbox-Governments act to ease inflation pain

(Reuters) - Pandemic-related disruptions to global supply chains and the knock-on effects of Russia's war in Ukraine have driven up prices of energy, commodities and basic necessities. Below is a list of actions taken by governments to try to help…

Oct 26, 2022
U.S. slaps new sanctions on Iranian officials over protest crackdown

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday targeted Iranian officials, including those overseeing Tehran's Evin prison, and others in new sanctions on Iran over internet censorship and a crackdown on protests ignited by Mahsa Amini's death…