By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices gained on Friday as some oil tankers diverted course from the Red Sea after overnight strikes by the U.S. and Britain on Houthi targets in Yemen, while U.S. Treasury yields eased on news that U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fell in December. Wall Street stocks closed nearly flat …
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By Michael Georgy and Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) – Abdul Malik al-Houthi, enigmatic leader of Yemen’s Houthi fighters whose attacks on Red Sea shipping have drawn fire from the U.S. and British militaries, created the defiant force challenging world powers from a ragtag militia in sandals. Multiple shipping lines have suspended operations or taken …
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By Michelle Price, Saeed Azhar and Tatiana Bautzer WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Major U.S. banks reported lower profits on Friday in a choppy fourth quarter clouded by special charges and job cuts, with signs an income boost from high interest rates is waning and some consumer loans are starting to sour. Still, the country’s largest lenders JPMorgan, …
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By Sergiy Karazy KYIV (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited wartime Kyiv on Friday to sign a new security agreement and announce an increase in military funding for Ukraine to buy drones, including surveillance, long-range strike and sea drones. Britain, one of Ukraine’s closest allies during President Vladimir Putin’s Russian invasion, will increase …
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By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar index pared gains on Friday after U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fell in December, raising expectations of an early U.S. rate cut. It was higher on the day, boosted by safety buying after U.S. and British warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen …
By Jarrett Renshaw MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Polling shows President Joe Biden is unlikely to suffer a setback in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary this month – but if he does, it will be because of voters like Tim Fitzpatrick. A supporter of Biden in 2020, Fitzpatrick, a 24-year-old college student, is not energized by …
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By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil rose 1% on Friday as an increasing number of oil tankers diverted course from the Red Sea following overnight air and sea strikes by the U.S. and Britain on Houthi targets in Yemen after attacks on shipping by the Iran-backed group. Brent crude futures settled 88 cents, or 1.1%, …
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By Anushree Ashish Mukherjee (Reuters) – Gold prices scaled a one-week peak on Friday as an escalation in the Middle East conflict fuelled safe-haven buying, while softer U.S. producer price inflation boosted bets that the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates sooner. Spot gold was up 1% at $2,048.21 per ounce at 2:24 p.m. ET …
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By Nathan Layne and Tim Reid DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Donald Trump appears headed to victory in Iowa, but the size of the win matters if the former U.S. president wants to deliver a knockout blow to key rivals heading into Republican Party nominating contests in other states. With three days to go until …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -A group of South Korean filmmakers, actors and industry officials, including “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho, on Friday called for a probe into the handling by police and media of drug abuse allegations involving late actor Lee Sun-kyun. Lee, who shot to global fame with his performance as the wealthy patriarch …
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