By Ashitha Shivaprasad and Daksh Grover (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats have ignited another gold rush, propelling the safe-haven metal to new heights and bringing the glittering $3,000 milestone into view. Spot gold climbed to a record $2,911.30 a troy ounce on Monday – its seventh record peak to date in…
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to impose a universal 10% tariff on imports and 60% on Chinese goods is likely only a starting point for negotiations, ratings agency S&P Global said in a note on Thursday. Tariffs are unlikely to be imposed at those levels, but were Trump to follow though, the…
By Shivansh Tiwary and Medha Singh (Reuters) -Shares of U.S. steel and aluminum producers surged on Monday, while their European counterparts fell after President Donald Trump disclosed plans to impose an additional 25% tariff on import of the metals. Nucor, Steel Dynamics and Cleveland-Cliffs rose between 6% and 13%, while Century Aluminum added 15% and…
By America Hernandez PARIS (Reuters) – French oil major TotalEnergies does not anticipate that Donald Trump would pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change or undo Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) legislation if he became U.S. president again, the company’s strategy director said on Monday. Aurelien Hamelle made the comments while presenting…
By Sourasis Bose (Reuters) -Canada’s Barrick Gold missed Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Thursday, weighed down by higher costs and lower production at its Nevada mines. Total gold output at Nevada Gold Mines fell to 385,000 ounces in the July-to-September quarter, compared with 401,000 ounces in the preceding three months, the company reported…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are investigating whether the fees charged by Visa and Mastercard have a negative impact on retailers, an EU document seen by Reuters showed. The European Commission, which enforces EU competition rules, sent questionnaires about both Visa and Mastercard to retailers and payment service providers in…
By Antoni Slodkowski, Liz Lee and Larissa Liao BEIJING (Reuters) – As Americans voted in one of the tightest presidential elections in decades, China braced for an outcome that – regardless of who wins – would spell four more years of bitter superpower rivalry over trade, technology and security issues. Strategists in Beijing said that…
By Ankika Biswas and Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) – Just days ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election in the U.S., investors are trying to gauge how stock markets will react as polls and betting platforms point to a tight race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Harris’ lead over the Republican…
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has no concerns over working with Donald Trump and his incoming administration on the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics given the President-elect’s continued support of those Games, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Thursday. The Los Angeles Olympics were awarded in 2017 when Trump was president following…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Apple is facing a likely antitrust fine as the French regulator prepares to rule next month on the company’s privacy control tool, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Called App Tracking Transparency (ATT), the feature allows iPhone users to decide which apps can track user…
