Central banks must remain independent from governments if they are to control inflation, the head of the European Central Bank said on Friday, as he was being attacked by the Italian government over his remarks on the country’s situation.
A judge on Friday denied the Serious Fraud Office’s application to reinstate charges against Barclays over its 2008 capital raising, potentially ending the biggest remaining legal headache facing the bank over its conduct during the financial crisis.
U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday, as disappointing earnings from Amazon and Alphabet rekindled a rush to dump technology and high-growth stocks, but losses were limited by data that showed economic growth slowed less than expected last quarter.
British supermarket Asda , which is subject to a proposed takeover by rival Sainsbury’s , said on Friday it would start consulting with staff over the potential loss of up to 2,500 jobs next year.
U.S. stock index futures dropped on Friday as grim earnings reports from Amazon and Alphabet rekindled a rush to dump technology and high-growth stocks, but losses were cut on data showing economic growth slowed less than expected last quarter.
British supermarket Asda , which is subject to a proposed takeover by rival Sainsbury’s , is to start consulting with staff over the potential loss of up to 2,500 jobs next year, the Press Association reported on Friday, citing sources.
U.S. stock index futures pared some losses on Friday after economic data showed that the U.S. economy grew at a lower pace than expected.
The U.S. economy slowed less than expected in the third quarter as a tariff-related drop in soybean exports was partially offset by the strongest consumer spending in nearly a four years and a surge in inventory investment.
Snap Inc shares plunged 14 percent on Friday after the Snapchat-owner posted its second straight quarter of user losses and forecast further declines, a boost for Facebook Inc’s Instagram ahead of its results next week.
Unilever on Friday said meetings where it had planned to seek court and shareholder approval to move its headquarters to the Netherlands have been adjourned indefinitely after its decision to scrap the move in the face of a shareholder revolt.
U.S. stock index futures plunged on Friday as disappointing results from behemoths Amazon and Alphabet rekindled a rush to dump technology and high-growth stocks, ahead of data that will likely show U.S. economic growth slowed last quarter.
World stocks slid lower on Friday and were set to post their worst weekly losing streak in more than five years, as anxiety over corporate profits added to fears about global trade and economic growth.
Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S. family-owned pork producer, has watched profits fall as trade tensions rise between the United States and China.
The United States’ trade wars have allowed Canada’s agriculture industry to pump up sales of soybeans and wheat to China, and pork to Mexico.
With 63 percent of MSCI’s global index now in a “bear” market, world stocks look oversold but global equity funds nevertheless attracted inflows of $8.5 billion over the past week, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Friday.
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