By Polina Devitt LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Gold has made its biggest jump since the 1979 oil crisis in…
Stock indexes fall while gold and silver rise with oil
(Refiles to add missing oil settlement numbers in paragraph 18) By Sinéad Carew and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON, Dec 17…
Factbox-Massive defense bill passes US Congress, including troop pay, Ukraine and social issues
By Patricia Zengerle Dec 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a compromise version of the fiscal 2026…
Exclusive-US FDA taps Merck drugs with blockbuster sales potential for national priority vouchers
By Patrick Wingrove and Dan Levine Dec 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving to fast-track…
OpenAI hires veteran Google executive as corporate development VP
Dec 15 (Reuters) – OpenAI on Monday confirmed that it has appointed Albert Lee, senior director of corporate development at…
Ample oil supply shields China from impact of Venezuela disruption, for now
(Corrects paragraph 1 to remove erroneous reference to tanker being Venezuelan) By Siyi Liu and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE, Dec 15…
Private credit pressures to fuel further defaults in 2026, says Morningstar DBRS
LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Weakening profit margins at private credit borrowers globally will likely lead to further loan defaults…
Wall Street banks prepare for round-the-clock stock trading, reluctantly
By Anirban Sen NEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Round-the-clock trading is fast approaching U.S. stock markets, but not all of…
Dollar weakens against yen in week packed with data releases and central bank decisions
By Chibuike Oguh and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar weakened against rivals including the…
How Canada’s farmers are producing record crops despite droughts and floods
By Ed White WAWANESA, Manitoba, Dec 15 (Reuters) – When farmer Simon Ellis first drove his combine into this year’s…