by Reuters | Jan 22, 2021 | Asia, Business, Economy, Elections, Environment, Europe, Middle East, Politics, Top News, US
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Friday unanimously approved Janet Yellen’s nomination as the first woman Treasury secretary, indicating that she will easily win full Senate approval, but...
by Reuters | Jan 22, 2021 | Business, Economy, Europe, Middle East, UK, US
By Laura Sanicola NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices settled lower on Friday, weighed down by a build in U.S. crude inventories and worries that new pandemic restrictions in China will curb fuel demand in the world’s biggest oil importer. Brent crude futures...
by Reuters | Jan 22, 2021 | Asia, Business, Economy, Europe, US
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of stocks across the world slipped from record highs on Friday and the dollar edged up against a basket of peers as weak economic data and underwhelming earnings drove investors to reverse some recent risky bets....
by Reuters | Jan 22, 2021 | Business, Europe
MILAN (Reuters) – Mediaset has lodged an appeal against a court ruling that lifted restrictions placed on French media giant Vivendi’s stake in the Italian broadcaster, two legal sources said on Friday. Last month an Italian administrative court removed...
by Reuters | Jan 22, 2021 | Business, Europe, Politics, Technology, US
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU lawmakers have invited the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to a Feb. 1 hearing in Brussels as they try to crack down on the powers of U.S. tech giants. The European Parliament will in the coming...
by Reuters | Jan 22, 2021 | Business, Europe
By Kirsti Knolle, Nick Carey and Christoph Steitz BERLIN/LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s profit almost halved last year due to the impact of the pandemic, but a rebound in premium car sales in China and stronger deliveries in the fourth quarter...