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  • U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference following the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Yellen's swan song to markets

    By Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Janet Yellen soothed markets' anxieties even while unwinding her predecessor's emergency measures to combat the 2007-2009 global financial crisis during her tenure as the first woman to...

  • French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe reacts during the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 30, 2018.   REUTERS/Charles Platiau

    France to name and shame worst cases of tax fraud: PM

    By Reuters, Reuters

    Philippe said the tougher measures were particularly necessary as his government intended to cut business and household taxes. "For grave offences, the French must know who is trying to absolve...

  • The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 30, 2018.    REUTERS/Staff/Remote

    European shares slip at end of strong month

    By Helen Reid and Danilo Masoni, Reuters

    LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - European shares fell on Wednesday as investors locked in profits at the end of a strong month while results from some of the region's biggest names also weighed. The STOXX...

  • FILE PHOTO: Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) looks on during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo

    U.S. prosecutors drop corruption case against Sen. Menendez

    By Sarah N. Lynch and Joseph Ax, Reuters

    (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has dropped corruption charges against Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, according to a court filing on Wednesday, days after the trial judge...

  • FILE PHOTO - Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sits for an interview with Reuters in the office of the suite where he has been detained at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    For Saudi tycoons freed from detention, cheers and a business challenge

    By Stephen Kalin and Katie Paul, Reuters

    RIYADH (Reuters) - Cheering supporters greeted Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal when he arrived at his skyscraper offices in Riyadh after his release from detention in an anti-...

  • AIG shares fall on planned $18 billion sale of Treasury's shares

    AIG shares fall on planned $18 billion sale of Treasury's shares

    By Reuters, Reuters

    (Reuters) - American International Group's shares fell 2.1 percent on Monday a day after the U.S. Treasury Department said it will sell $18 billion of the insurance company's shares. The Treasury's...

  • France's Hollande vows to revive economy in two years

    France's Hollande vows to revive economy in two years

    By John Irish, Reuters

    PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande on Sunday promised to turn the country's stagnant economy round by 2014 and set himself a year-end deadline to ready labor market reform. The...

  • Lufthansa cabin crew rule out strikes for six weeks

    Lufthansa cabin crew rule out strikes for six weeks

    By Reuters, Reuters

    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa's cabin crew will not strike for the next six weeks while labor representatives and company executives engage in a mediation process, union representative Nicoley...

  • Exclusive: Egypt's PM to put economic focus on growth, deficit cut

    Exclusive: Egypt's PM to put economic focus on growth, deficit cut

    By Edmund Blair and Patrick Werr, Reuters

    CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new prime minister Hisham Kandil is finalizing an economic reform plan that will rein in hefty consumer subsidies, he said on Sunday, adding that he expected the economy to...

  • Jobs rut tips scales in favor of Fed stimulus

    Jobs rut tips scales in favor of Fed stimulus

    By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve looks set to launch a third round of bond purchases this week to try to drive borrowing costs lower and breathe more life into an economy that is not...

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