PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – Paris lit up the Eiffel Tower in blue and yellow and people draped in Ukrainian flags gathered at a vigil in London on Thursday, as the world marks one year of war between Ukraine and Russia. Russia invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea on Feb. 24, 2022, the biggest attack by …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s major banks are lifting their forecasts for interest rates in the wake of a decidedly hawkish turn in central bank messaging, and despite some downward surprises on wages and jobs data in recent weeks. Westpac on Friday became the latest to revise up its expected peak for rates by a quarter …
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(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon expects U.S. interest rates could hit 6%, he said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday. The Federal Reserve quickly caught up to out-of-control inflation and would probably pause interest rates at a little over 5%, but they may need to go higher, Dimon told …
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23 feb (Reuters) – El presidente ejecutivo de JPMorgan Chase & Co, Jamie Dimon, prevé que las tasas de interés en Estados Unidos podrían alcanzar el 6%, declaró el jueves en una entrevista con CNBC. La Reserva Federal ha buscado rápidamente frenar una inflación fuera de control y probablemente detendría las tasas de interés en …
By David Thomas (Reuters) – A Texas judge has thrown out disciplinary charges that state regulators filed last year against pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, finding “numerous defects” in the evidence presented. The State Bar of Texas Commission for Lawyer Discipline sued Powell last March, claiming she “had no reasonable basis” for filing lawsuits challenging U.S. …
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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Richard “Alex” Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina attorney charged with murdering his wife and son, admitted to lying to investigators about his whereabouts on the night of the killings but denied any guilt in dramatic testimony on Thursday. Four weeks into the high-profile trial, Murdaugh took the stand to testify that …
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By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet virtually on Friday with G7 leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and announce new sanctions against those aiding Russia’s war effort, the White House said. The same group came together …
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By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Nearly half of Japanese firms say that new leadership at the central bank should revise its negative interest rate policies, while more than a quarter say its price target should be changed, according to a Reuters monthly poll. The government nominated academic Kazuo Ueda to head the Bank of …
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By David French (Reuters) – Wall Street ended a topsy-turvy Thursday in positive territory, with the S&P 500 snapping a four-session losing streak, as investors grappled with how interest rate policy might affect the U.S. economy. Stock markets have been volatile this year, pulling back in February after a strong January as investors tried to …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co should disclose more about Chief Executive Jamie Dimon’s role in business decisions related to Jeffrey Epstein, the U.S. Virgin Islands said in its lawsuit accusing the bank of aiding in the financier’s sex trafficking. In a Thursday filing in Manhattan federal court, the U.S. …
