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Futures edge higher with Fed’s final verdict of the year on tap
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday, with the spotlight squarely on the year's final monetary policy meeting where the Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates un...
Dec 13, 2023
Analysis-Driverless vehicles on limited routes bump along despite US robotaxi scrutiny
By Abhirup Roy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A quest for lower costs and efficiently moving goods and groups of people is pushing demand for driverless technology in trucks and shuttles, even as robotaxis...
Dec 13, 2023
Japan’s Kishida urges BOJ to pay heed to govt focus on ending deflation
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday urged the central bank to take into account the government's priorities, such as pulling the economy permanently ou...
Dec 13, 2023
Cuba’s gasoline is a bargain – at least for those with dollars
By Dave Sherwood and Mark Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban gasoline, already one of the world's best bargains, is getting cheaper by the day for those with access to dollars, as the local peso currency ...
Dec 13, 2023
China chip firm powered by US tech and money avoids Biden’s crackdown
By Alexandra Alper and Eduardo Baptista WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese chip designer, part-owned by the country's top sanctioned chipmaker, is purchasing U.S. software and has American financial bac...
Dec 13, 2023
Argentina devalues peso, cuts spending in economic shock therapy
(Reuters) - Argentina will weaken its peso by more than 50% to 800 per dollar, cut energy subsidies and cancel public works tenders as part of an economic shock therapy aimed at fixing the South Ameri...
Dec 13, 2023
Fuel tankers face long slog as Panama Canal drought reroutes flows
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil tanker Cururo is taking the long way from Houston to Chile: sailing the length of South America's Atlantic coast, across the Strait of Magellan and heading...
Dec 13, 2023
Euro zone industry output falls by more than expected in October
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone industrial production declined by more than expected in October, with the sharpest drop for capital goods such as machinery, reinforcing survey indications that the sing...
Dec 13, 2023
China Nov bank loans rise less than expected, more easing expected
By Joe Cash and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - New bank lending in China jumped less than expected in November, even as the central bank keeps policy accommodative to support a feeble recovery in the w...
Dec 13, 2023
Russia to exempt eggs from import duties as prices climb, stocks dwindle
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian imports of 1.2 billion eggs will be exempt from duty for the first six months of 2024, the economy ministry said on Wednesday, to help rein in prices as some shops run low on...
Dec 13, 2023
