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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-...

  • Mozambique coal, gas: boom for all, or just a few?

    Mozambique coal, gas: boom for all, or just a few?

    By Agnieszka Flak and William Mapote, Reuters

    MAPUTO (Reuters) - In Mozambique's port capital Maputo, glitzy offices, boutique hotels and fancy restaurants are popping up alongside crumbling colonial buildings, nourished by multi-billion dollar...

  • Pakistan Supreme Court disqualifies prime minister

    Pakistan Supreme Court disqualifies prime minister

    By Qasim Nauman, Reuters

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's increasingly assertive Supreme Court declared Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office on Tuesday, plunging the country into fresh turmoil as it deals...

  • Walgreen pays $6.7 billion for Alliance Boots stake

    Walgreen pays $6.7 billion for Alliance Boots stake

    By James Davey and Phil Wahba, Reuters

    LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. drug retailer Walgreen Co is buying a 45 percent stake in European health and beauty group Alliance Boots Holdings Ltd for $6.7 billion in cash and stock, creating...

  • U.N. investigator decries U.S. use of killer drones

    U.N. investigator decries U.S. use of killer drones

    By Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters

    GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. investigator has called on the Obama administration to justify its policy of assassinating rather than capturing al Qaeda or Taliban suspects, increasingly with the use of...

  • Alawite fortress and Sunni wasteland in Syria's Homs

    By Reuters, Reuters

    (This story is based on the observations of a visitor to Syria, known to Reuters. His identity has been withheld for safety reasons) BEIRUT (Reuters) - The view from the rooftops makes the balance of...

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