Bank of America plans to open 19 branches in Wisconsin by 2030, creating 130 jobs, it said on Wednesday, and is on course to open 50 branches a year across the US.
October 28, 2026Britain's economy is forecast to grow by 1% next year, finance minister John Healey said on Wednesday, citing the latest projections from the Office for Budget
October 28, 2026Iranian families are cutting back on food, housing and education as the eight-month-old war with the United States fuels one of the country's worst inflation
October 28, 2026Britain's government will have a smaller buffer to meet its fiscal targets by the end of the decade, finance minister John Healey said in his first budget speech on
October 28, 2026British finance minister John Healey said on Wednesday he would raise the threshold at which small companies start paying business rates.
October 28, 2026The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Wednesday as memory-chip firms climbed after SK Hynix's bumper results, while investors looked to upcoming key corporate earnings as the
October 28, 2026Global commodity prices are set to surge 23% in 2026, the World Bank said on Wednesday, citing rising energy prices and disruptions to cargo shipping
October 28, 2026The growing supply of used EVs has made electric SUVs more accessible to shoppers who don’t want to spend new-car money
October 28, 2026The remote Guaitecas Archipelago has more than 40 small islands and is a gateway to Chile’s Patagonia region
October 28, 2026A recent national survey reveals a US electorate that is unsettled, gloomy and likely looking for political change.
October 28, 2026Stores in waiver states may need to update their checkout systems and train employees to prevent purchases that are no longer allowed with SNAP benefits – potentially a big burden for retailers.
October 28, 2026Billing errors, testing and questions about new symptoms can lead to unexpected bills, making some patients wary to go back for their next checkup.
October 28, 2026Improving both supply and quality of childcare has been the focus of several states trying to find solutions on their own.
October 28, 2026Some options that might look like health insurance actually aren’t – and they may leave you stranded with large, unexpected medical expenses.
October 28, 2026Women in the US struggling to find hormone replacement treatments to manage menopause symptoms are facing shortages beyond estrogen patches amid surging demand,
October 28, 2026A battle between private equity firms EQT and Bain to acquire a $5 billion Japanese internet company illustrates how takeovers in Japan are
October 28, 2026Mercedes-Benz is preparing a broader strategy update for 2030 and beyond, with China to remain a central pillar of its long-term plans, CEO Ola Källenius said, even
October 28, 2026South Korea's Media and Communications Commission has fined Google and Apple for limiting users to specific app payment systems and ordered corrective measures, the regulator
October 28, 2026A US regulator proposed new rules on Wednesday to hasten liquefied natural gas projects and expand export capacity as part of the Trump administration's larger push to
October 28, 2026Two teenage plaintiffs who say social media caused them to develop serious mental health problems will take Meta Platforms and Snap to trial in Los Angeles on
October 28, 2026With jet fuel prices at roughly double their levels before the Iran war, airlines are growing increasingly
October 28, 2026Robinhood's shares fell 8% in premarket trading on Wednesday after a prolonged chill in crypto markets dragged the trading platform's third-quarter profit below Wall Street
October 28, 2026European banks went some way to easing investor concerns about slowing earnings momentum
October 28, 2026Much of this week's busy event calendar gets packed into the next 24 hours.
October 28, 2026South Korea on Wednesday fined Google and Apple a combined $47.6 million, saying they abused their dominance in app store markets by forcing local developers onto their own payment systems and by unfairly delaying app reviews
October 28, 2026Swiss generic drugmaker Sandoz lowered its full-year sales growth guidance after short-term biosimilar-supply constraints weighed on third-quarter
October 28, 2026Donald Trump Jr.-backed defense startup Firehawk Defense was valued at more than $1.4 billion in a new financing round, it said on Wednesday, as private
October 28, 2026An attacker with two knives wounded a policeman guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade overnight, before the officer shot the assailant dead,
October 28, 2026Hungary's tax authority has raided several locations and made arrests in an investigation into COVID-era medical mask and ventilator procurement by the Foreign Ministry.
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October 28, 2026The Bank of Canada is widely expected to increase its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.5% on Wednesday, in a move seen by most economists
October 28, 2026The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday, less than a week ahead of critical US midterm elections centered on the cost of living, as
October 28, 2026The slowdown in one of the US Treasury market's most scrutinized trades has driven investors to other corners of the rates
October 28, 2026On more than 100,000 acres of Nevada desert east of Reno, one of the world's largest concentrations of data centers is taking shape, providing years of work for thousands of
October 28, 2026Maya Gourdel, a 19-year-old student in Brussels, sits at a desk writing slogans
October 28, 2026From a single-model company rising from the ashes of World War Two, to a sprawling automotive empire with global reach, Volkswagen has undergone repeated
October 28, 2026Unilever expects price rises to increase in the fourth quarter and next year, it said on Wednesday as it aligns with other consumer goods
October 28, 2026US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to reassure Southeast Asian counterparts on Wednesday of Washington’s commitment to the
October 27, 2026UBS posted third-quarter net profit of $2.69 billion on Wednesday, roughly in line with expectations, and accelerated its share buyback programme despite
October 28, 2026Thailand's central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged for a fourth straight meeting on Wednesday, as widely expected.
October 28, 2026HONG KONG, Oct 28 - China is now supporting more people aged 65 and above than children, underscoring the impact of its rapidly ageing population and a declining birth rate.
October 28, 2026BNP Paribas posted a forecast-beating rise in third-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by strong performance in its investment banking division, as the lender
October 28, 2026Standard Chartered (StanChart) on Wednesday hiked its full-year growth and profitability targets after third-quarter income handily
October 28, 2026The US Department of Energy said on Wednesday it has closed a $5.1 billion loan package to Alliant Energy to expand power generation and bolster the
October 28, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The shocker in Asia's trading day came from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, which unexpectedly left rates on hold, sending the kiwi
October 28, 2026Global adoption of tokenised money is moving faster than expected among businesses looking to improve liquidity management and access new markets, a top executive from
October 28, 2026South Korea's SK Hynix will return about $75 billion to shareholders this year, it said on Wednesday, after reporting a more than seven-fold
October 27, 2026The US military has spent over $47 billion so far to prosecute the war in Iran, more than 25% higher than the Defense Department's estimate in July,
October 28, 2026A federal judge says he is considering appointing a special master to evaluate claims by the Trump administration that California has some 20,000 noncitizens on its voter rolls
October 27, 2026A federal judge has scolded the Justice Department for its unorthodox handling of a criminal case against two former FBI officials accused of making false statements to Congress about their participation in and knowledge of investigations involving Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden
October 27, 2026President Donald Trump says he's “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to reduce planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling
October 27, 2026Twenty-one US states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday over its rollback of reporting requirements
October 27, 2026Investors continue to ride the wave of AI optimism that has emerged from last week's gloom, with another tech-led rally lifting US stocks on
October 27, 2026MSCI's global equities gauge rose on Tuesday as investors awaited earnings from US technology companies and the Federal Reserve's next policy
October 27, 2026The Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment will be investigated after dozens of residents of the small town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania and Vice President JD Vance requested the review
October 27, 2026Florida mom arrested at airport for leaving 4 kids home alone during work trip to Vegas
October 27, 2026The world's top consumer goods and food companies, from Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble to Nestle and Reckitt, have warned of
October 27, 2026A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump's administration from implementing a new rule that would cut the amount of time
October 27, 2026UPS CEO Carol Tome told Reuters on Tuesday the AI data center boom is a decades-long opportunity for the world's largest parcel delivery and logistics
October 27, 2026Robinhood Markets missed Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Tuesday, as slower cryptocurrency trading and higher expenses
October 27, 2026Humanity is losing more ground in its fight against climate change
October 21, 2026US hospital operator HCA Healthcare signaled flat earnings for 2027 on Tuesday, as lower Medicaid payments and a rise in uninsured patients
October 27, 2026US energy companies expect 2026 to mark a second consecutive year of record natural gas production, as global demand for liquefied natural gas exports
October 27, 2026The US Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to reinstate the authority of immigration judges to temporarily postpone deportation cases, keeping in place an agreement
October 27, 2026The finance committee of Senegal's National Assembly will review a revised budget it initially rejected and that is crucial to sealing a new programme with the International
October 27, 2026US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he planned to visit a tanker in Texas which contains the first oil received from Venezuela following a deal that Washington
October 27, 2026ASM International forecast on Tuesday fourth-quarter revenue above expectations and said it would reach its 2030 sales target three years early, driven by AI-related capacity
October 27, 2026Oil futures settled down by almost $2 a barrel on Tuesday, though prices remain near six-month highs due to the disruption of shipping around the
October 26, 2026An AI-fueled tech rally sent US stocks to a higher close on Tuesday as third-quarter reporting season gained steam, while the Federal
October 27, 2026The New York Stock Exchange is preparing to start trading a new type of options contract that lets investors make all-or-nothing bets on whether a stock
October 27, 2026JetBlue Airways is not in talks with creditors and is not planning to restructure its debt, Chief Executive Joanna Geraghty told Reuters on Tuesday,
October 27, 2026U.S. and Cuban officials have engaged in a stunning shouting match on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly
October 27, 2026Manhunt underway for convicted killer who escaped through Tennessee prison fence and fled in stolen truck, officials say
October 27, 2026The dollar edged higher against major currencies including the euro, yen and sterling on Tuesday amid market positioning ahead of a
October 27, 2026United Parcel Service's focus on more lucrative business means it can make more money delivering slightly fewer packages during its critical
October 27, 2026A pending increase in US tariffs on steel and auto imports from Canada starting January 1 would be “catastrophic” for the industry, Honda
October 27, 2026Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said on Tuesday that the company will miss its 737
October 27, 2026The U.S. military says it has attacked a boat it accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean
October 27, 2026General Motors said on Tuesday it would transfer the listing of its common stock to Nasdaq from the New York Stock Exchange, joining a growing
October 27, 2026High inflation will persist in the global economy well into next year, according to hundreds of economists polled by Reuters, who are now increasingly concerned that
October 27, 2026Super Micro-backed cloud computing firm Argentum AI is in talks to secure a $5 billion financing deal for AI chips with a major private credit firm, according to two
October 27, 2026US consumer confidence improved in October amid an easing in gasoline prices, though frustration with the rising cost of living persisted, a survey showed on Tuesday.
October 27, 2026New orders for key US-manufactured capital goods increased in September and shipments of these products surged, suggesting business spending on
October 27, 2026Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Tuesday they had hit Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil refinery, the biggest in the kingdom, with a ballistic missile.
October 27, 2026High levels of borrowing to fund AI infrastructure is expanding private credit beyond traditional corporate lending, but a wave of loans coming due in the next few years could leave
October 27, 2026Sales of new US single-family homes fell in September, partially reversing the prior month's jump, as higher mortgage rates because of the Middle East conflict depressed
October 27, 2026Syngenta's advisers are targeting a valuation of at least $66 billion in the Swiss-Chinese agrochemicals group's planned Hong Kong listing,
October 27, 2026Brazilian markets recovered some ground on Tuesday after a sharp selloff triggered by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's reelection, while his government downplayed
October 27, 2026JetBlue Airways shares surged 20% on Tuesday, after the airline raised its revenue forecast and defended its financial position against a
October 27, 2026Atlanta business owner's $30,000 water bill dispute helped inspire new city legislation
October 27, 2026American confidence in the economy rebounded somewhat in October as gas prices fell modestly but remain elevated
October 27, 2026The Ethiopian Orthodox Church reports that two attacks in Oromia have killed at least 60 Orthodox Christians
October 27, 2026PayPal CEO Enrique Lores on Tuesday expressed growing confidence in the payments company's years-long turnaround, as cost cuts and expanding margins helped drive a
October 27, 2026China's Great Wall Motor will build its Ora 5 compact SUV in Bulgaria from early 2027 under a manufacturing agreement with a local partner, establishing its first
October 27, 2026Iranian Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei on Tuesday met Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, not seen in public since succeeding his slain father in March, a day
October 27, 2026Meta Platforms on Tuesday raised the planned size of its largest-ever equity offerings to $97.5 billion, as the social media giant taps the public market to
October 26, 2026Centene raised its annual profit forecast and said it expects 2027 earnings to be higher than this year, sending the health insurer's shares up
October 27, 2026Private equity giant Advent raised $30 billion across its latest fund complex, the firm said on Tuesday, securing capital for a flagship buyout vehicle and a new mid-market strategy
October 27, 2026Coca-Cola on Tuesday raised its annual profit forecast as soft drink demand held up in markets including India and Brazil, even as it warned
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