© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Bull statues are placed in font of screens showing the Hang Seng stock index and stock prices outside Exchange Square, in Hong Kong, China, August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil, U.S. Treasuries and gold prices rose on Friday,…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People walk next to a sign directing for Shelter after landing in Israel at the arrivals section of Ben Gurion International airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2023 REUTERS/Marius Bosch (Reuters) – More than 30 U.S. lawmakers on Friday urged the chief executives…

© Reuters. Geoffrey Belsher, a veteran investment banker, has been appointed as Chairman and Country CEO for Canada by Barclays, with the effective start date being Monday, October 16, 2023. This appointment is pending regulatory approval. The announcement comes as Barclays continues to view Canada as a key market in…

© Reuters. Active trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Friday saw significant movements among prominent Canadian companies. Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd.’s stock led the gains, rising by 6.58% to $3.89 with 6.4 million shares traded. This was followed by Canadian Natural (NYSE:) Resources Ltd., whose stock increased by 1.91%…

© Reuters By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prima, a private-equity backed farmer that is the largest producer of peaches and other stone fruit in North America, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware on Friday. The company, owned by private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners, has about…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of the signage outside the News Corporation building, after it was announced that Rupert Murdoch would step down as chairman of News Corp and Fox in favour of his son Lachlan Murdoch, in New York, U.S., September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Bing By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters)…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The tail fin of a parked Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) airplane is seen on the tarmac at Copenhagen Airport Kastrup in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 3, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Apollo Global Management (NYSE:) is seeking to join…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: ‘X’ logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s X illegally fired an employee in retaliation for her internet posts challenging…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Transgender rights activist waves a transgender flag as they protest the killings of transgender women this year, at a rally in Washington Square Park in New York, U.S., May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Demetrius Freeman/File Photo By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge has allowed an Idaho law…

© Reuters. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:) & Co. and Citigroup Inc (NYSE:)., two of the United States’ leading banks, have voiced their opposition to the proposed Basel III rules that could result in a 25% increase in capital reserves for JPMorgan and a potential alteration in Citigroup’s equity investments strategy. The…