China data steadies stocks as U.S. earnings get underway
A gauge of global stocks rose modestly on Monday after economic data from China came in as expected, but equities on Wall Street slipped on...
S&P 500 closes flat as earnings season starts
The benchmark S&P 500 index ended little changed in a choppy session on Monday after Citigroup Inc kicked off the second-quarter earnings season with a...
Republican House member introduces bill to boost U.S. 5G presence
A Republican lawmaker on Monday introduced legislation to boost the presence of U.S. firms in global industry standards bodies to combat China’s rising influence in...
Greek police question suspect over death of American scientist
Greek police were questioning a 27-year-old man over the death of an American scientist whose body was found on the island of Crete last week,...
UK PM candidate Johnson: Labour Party leader Corbyn guilty of anti-Semitism
The frontrunner to become Britain’s next prime minister, Boris Johnson, said on Monday that the leader of the main opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, was...
Trump ‘not concerned’ if people see latest tweets as racist
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended his attacks against four Democratic congresswomen, saying he was not concerned if people thought his tweets toward them...
U.S. Treasury has ‘serious concerns’ over Libra
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Monday that the Treasury department has serious concerns that Facebook Inc’s proposed Libra cryptocurrency could be misused for...
Mnuchin defends indefinite delay of Tubman $20
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Monday that the department’s decision to indefinitely delay the redesign of the $20 bill to include the image...
U.N. concerned by U.S. curbs on Iranian foreign minister while in New York
The United Nations told the United States it is concerned by tight travel restrictions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during his visit to...
Balyasny gains in first half after losses prompted reorganization in 2018
Balyasny Asset Management, a Chicago-based hedge fund that shed $4 billion in assets last year and cut 20% of its staff, was back in positive...