Former President Donald Trump is due to surrender Tuesday in Miami after his indictment last week in a classified-documents case. What does this case mean for the 2024 White House race, where Trump has a big lead in polls for the Republican primary? Analysts are predicting that it could help…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view shows a stop sign at a security gate to the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/ NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are bracing for a wave of U.S. government bond issuance as the Treasury plans to refill its depleted…

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will temporarily close a damaged laboratory building at its flagship Maryland research site, a spokesperson told Reuters, shortly after employees filed a federal complaint alleging unsafe work conditions there. Reuters exclusively reported on May 19 that employees at the…

By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar nudged down on Monday, pulling back from six-month peaks against the yen as a U.S. debt ceiling deal lifted risk appetite in world markets and dented the greenback’s safe-haven appeal. U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday finalised a budget agreement with House…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s fiscal status overall is sound and safe, but some local governments are facing high debt risks and large pressure of debt repayment, state media Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, citing a finance ministry official. The comments came as investors and economists become more concerned about…

Topline Amid signs inflation continues to ease, the Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady at the conclusion of its policy-setting meeting on Wednesday—forgoing an additional hike for the first time since officials started raising rates last March but also unexpectedly signaling at least one more increase may be…

The honeymoon between Apple and Goldman Sachs may be over. Recent complaints from Apple Savings customers about their inability to quickly withdraw funds and encountering “rude” customer support staff from Goldman Sachs have awakened the trillion-dollar company to some of the challenges of partnering with a BaaS or Embedded Finance…

Topline The S&P 500 has already rallied to a 14-month thanks in part to Wall Street’s optimism about the Federal Reserve pumping the brakes on its monetary tightening campaign—and history suggests the index could surge considerably more should the central bank officially put an end to hikes Wednesday. Key Facts…

The drug industry and its supporters are blasting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for proposing to limit Medicare payments for the new anti-Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab to patients who participate in a trial or special registry aimed at tracking their experience with the drug. CMS says the record-keeping…

U.S. sweats workers the best! A new report by Oxfam finds among 38 rich nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) the U.S. is first — number one! — among the bottom feeders in wages, worker protection and labor rights. The U.S. ranks 36 out of 38…