Tag

Is the worldwide Monetary Fund on board? The first tranche of bailout funds will flow to Greece once its fellow eurozone nations agree. At this stage it is unclear. We still need to talk with each other on a few issues. Greece will only avoid the threat of “Grexit” if...

Another drop in China’s currency sent global markets mostly lower on Wednesday as the move raised worries about the world’s second-largest economy, but US stocks finished mostly higher Wednesday as an afternoon rally led by Apple and energy equities overcame early...

The Nasdaq Composite Index closed up 7.60 points, or 0.2%, at 5,044.39, after being down as many as 91 points.

Then-Senator Biden was accused of plagiarism during his 1988 presidential campaign.

Sources said the move to devalue the yuan reflects a growing clamour within Chinese government circles for a devaluation of perhaps up to 10% to help its struggling exporters.

A man buys cherries in Monastiraki in downtown Athens on July 14, 2015.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he expects the bill to pass.

Echoing similar sentiments to those expressed in a statement released Wednesday evening, the bank noted that a strong economic environment, sustained trade surplus, sound fiscal position and deep foreign exchange reserves will provide “strong support” to the exchange...

“China does not have the need to start a currency war to gain advantage”, he said.

Shares in exporters such as Caterpillar and General Electric fell in the market rout this week, though many economists say the yuan’s drop so far isn’t significant enough to do much damage. It dropped another 1.6 percent on Wednesday.

Vice President Joe Biden, who has not announced a run for president, drew 9 percent of respondents’ support. The rest of the Democratic field – former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, former Virginia Sen.

New Hampshire, site of the second presidential primary, represents a key state for Democrats and Sanders strong showing there could start a wave of support that could rock the Clinton campaign.

It will also extend foreign-exchange trading hours in a potential move intended to forge the convergence of the yuan’s rate in China and the rate of the currency traded outside the mainland.

A majority of Americans believe that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email account for official business was a matter of convenience, according to a new poll released Wednesday morning by Monmouth University.

As the new poll data rolled out, Trump doubled down on his assertion, made at last Thursday’s debate, that he would not rule out a third-party candidacy – a nightmare scenario for the Republicans.