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 Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces stepped up bombardment across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and ordered more evacuations, creating a fresh wave of displacement from northern Gaza, to which Palestinians fear they will not be able to return. Palestinian health officials said at least 10 people had been killed and several others wounded…
April 10, 2026 Apple’s Services Empire Is Quietly Repricing — Here’s What the Numbers Are Telling Traders With hardware growth plateauing and Wall Street rotating into high-margin recurring revenue plays, Apple’s services segment is becoming the most important line item in the S&P 500. Meta Description: Apple’s Services segment now generates over $26B per quarter…
(Reuters) – Lyft said on Wednesday it will partner with Mobileye and two other companies in the robotaxi industry to bring self-driving cars onto its ridehail platform and bolster research and development in the sector. The app-based taxi platform will incorporate cars owned by third-party fleet operators, equipped with the Mobileye Drive self-driving system, as…
By Jeff Mason ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/SEOUL/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is expected to introduce new 25% tariffs on Monday on all steel and aluminium imports into the U.S., on top of existing metals duties, in another major escalation of his shake-up of trade policy. As the risk mounts of a multi-front trade war,…
(Reuters) – Major brokerages including J.P.Morgan, Barclays and Goldman Sachs have forecast a 25-basis-point interest-rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve at its November 6-7 meeting. The central bank cut interest rates by an oversized 50 basis points at its Sept. 17-18 meeting. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the reduction was meant to show policymakers’…
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…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Any agreement reached with Chinese producers on minimum prices for electric vehicles would need to be as effective and enforceable as the EU tariffs that were imposed last week, the likely future European Union trade chief said on Monday. The EU increased tariffs on Chinese-built EVs to as much as 45.3% last…
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…
(Reuters) – Blackstone Real Estate on Wednesday entered into an agreement to take Retail Opportunity Investments Corp private in an all-cash transaction valued at about $4 billion, including debt. Reuters reported on Sunday that the alternative asset manager was in advanced talks for the acquisition of the company, which owns strip malls across the United…
